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Aim: What are definite and indefinite articles and what is the difference between them?
Do Now: Explain
What cookie with you get if I told you to pass me a cookie? What cookie would you get if I ask you to pass me the cookie? What is the difference between a and the?
Write a brief explanation
Class Notes:
The difference between definite articles and indefinite articles can be observed in the following two sentences:
Give me the chocolate chip cookie.
Give me a cookie, please.
The first sentence speaks of a particular (or definite) cookie:
Give me the chocolate chip cookie.
The second sentence speaks of any of a number of cookies (or an indefinite cookie):
Give me a cookie, please.
The difference between the definite and indefinite articles is the difference between talking about a specific cookie, or any old cookie at all.
DEFINITE vs. INDEFINITE ARTICLES
The 4 forms of the definite article are: The 4 forms of indefinite articles are
el un
masculine singular masculine singular
la una
feminine singular feminine singular
los unos
masculine plural masculine plural
las unas
feminine plural feminine plural
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