Lesson 51: Unit 49 - No Article
Learn when NOT to put a definite or indefinite article before nouns in English — with countries, languages, meals and fixed expressions, and in many other cases.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn when and why we do NOT use an article in English. You will understand the rules for leaving out the article with the names of countries, languages, meals, mountains and cities, and in fixed expressions. You will see how uncountable nouns and plural nouns used in a general sense take no article. You will consolidate what you have learned with practical examples from the text about William Peterson and a variety of exercises.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Recognise the cases in which no article is used in English.
- Apply the rule for the names of countries, languages and meals.
- Use fixed expressions with 'be in / go to hospital, school, bed' etc. correctly.
- Distinguish between the use of articles with general concepts and with specific ones.
- Complete sentences with 'a', 'an', 'the' or no article.
Lesson vocabulary
- country Germany is an important economic power.
- language French is spoken in Tahiti.
- breakfast Breakfast is the first meal of the day.
- lunch Lunch is at 12.
- dinner Dinner is in the evening.
- hospital I am in hospital.
- prison He is in prison.
- school They are at school.
- court Mr. Peterson is in court.
- mountain Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- island She lives near Lake Titicaca.
- airport They are flying from Heathrow.
- station Victoria Station is in the center of London.
- average I am an average Englishman.
- origin English uses many words of Latin origin.
In other languages: Български