Articles -"The" with Identified Nouns

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"The" with Identified Nouns	Framed \| Unframed

Read & Review

"The" is used with a noun that is identified by Shared Knowledge (of both listener and speaker.)

EXAMPLES OF SHARED KNOWLEDGE	SENTENCE EXAMPLES
Both Know (which one)	Are the children in their rooms?
Both See (which one)	Would you hand me the book please.
There Is only one; unique	The moon is beautiful tonight.
Every (noun) has one	This is my car. Put my bags in the trunk.
An expected part of an item	Where is the kitchen in this house?
Every town has one	Where is the library?
An expected service	I am going to the doctor.

Review if necessary - Using "The" with Identified Nouns

"The" is used with a noun that is identified by:

Previous Mention (before the noun)
Second Mention	I met a woman. The woman was friendly.
Post Mention (after the noun)
By Name	The Mayor, Gavin Newsome, is flamboyant .
By a Prepositional Phrase in, on, at, by, above, under, esp. of	The room in the back is where I stay. The food on the table needs to be put away. The College of San Mateo is nearby.
By an Adjective Clause (No commas are used if the clause identifies the noun.)	The boy whose mother you met is here. The carwhich you bought is being recalled.

Review if necessary - Words and Phrases that Identify Nouns

Practice

Select the article which best completes the sentence.

An asterisk * indicates an incorrect choice. Use your arrow keys to scroll text in the box.

#	READ & DECIDE	YOUR RESPONSE
1.	kids who are starting college this fall across nation were born in 1990. Comment 1:	The 0 (nothing)
2.	They do not remember the Reagan Era, or assassination attempt. Comment 2:	the 0 (nothing)
3.	They were very young when the Persian Gulf War flashed on screens of their TVs. Comment 3:	the 0 (nothing)
4.	They weren't even born when Soviet Union broke apart. Comment 4:	the 0 (nothing)
5.	For them, Germany has always been one country . Comment 5:	the 0 (nothing)
6.	They are too young to remember space shuttle blowing up. Comment 6:	the a
7.	To them, 'Tienamin Square' is just picture of a man waving to a tank. Comment 7:	0 (nothing) a
8.	Many could not tell you who leader of Libya is. Comment 8:	0 (nothing) the
9.	AIDS has been a threat to them since day of their birth. Comment 9:	the a
10.	disease, polio, is unknown to them . Comment 10:	A The
11.	caps on their soft drink bottles have always been plastic. Comment 11:	0 (nothing) The
12.	pull-top cans are before their time. Comment 12:	0 (nothing) The
13.	They have never heard vinyl record album. Comment 13:	0 (nothing) a
14.	cassette player of the 1980s has been replaced by iPods. Comment 14:	0 (nothing) The
15.	In fact, expression "You sound like a broken record!" means nothing to them. Comment 15:	the a
16.	'Star Wars' looks fake and special effects look unsophisticated to them. Comment 16:	the 0 (nothing)
17.	There have always been red M & Ms, and blue ones are not so new. Comment 17:	the 0 (nothing)
18.	They have never seen television with only 13 channels. Comment 18:	the a
19.	popcorn has always been cooked in a microwave. Comment 19:	0 (nothing) The
20.	history books that they will read in college, will be much thicker than ours were! Comment 20:	0 (nothing) The

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Julie Sevastopoulos - College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA 94402 USA