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    The document discusses English grammar rules regarding articles (a, an, the) and other pronouns (some, any, this, that). It provides examples of when to use indefinite articles like "a" and "an", the definite article "the", and how to correctly omit articles in certain contexts such as subjects of study, sports, and meals. It also discusses the uses of the indefinite pronouns "some" and "any" in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. Finally, it briefly covers the demonstrative pronouns "this" and "that" and their Spanish translations.

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    RECYCLINGGRAMMAR

    THE ARTICLE:

    ThecorrectuseofarticlesisoneofthemostdifficultpointsinEnglishgrammar.Fortunatelymostarticle
    mistakesdonotmattertoomuch.

    1Indefinitearticle

    a/ei/,/a/,//

    abook
    *anapple:
    an=beforeavowel(butnoteauniversity,aEuropean,aEuro)

    Note:
    Givemeabook/Givemeonebook(notthesame)
    Ipaidhimahundredpounds=onehundredpounds
    Onceaweek,twiceamonth

    the/de/,/d/
    2Definitearticle

    thebook/thebooks

    thehasnopluralform:

    *Note:Ilikethesherry(whenspeakingingeneralnoarticleisrequired)
    Booksareexpensive/Heputthebooksontheshelf
    Lifeishard/HesstudyingthelifeofShakespeare

    Note:
    Lastweek/thelastweekinJune
    IseldomwatchTV/WhereistheTV?(latelevisin/eltelevisor)
    HelivesintheUSA,IamfromtheUK,theEU
    Iputonmyjacket,myheadaches,Icantfindmykeys
    (partsofbody,clothes,personalpossessions)

    OMISSION
    Wedonotusethewiththefollowing:

    1sportsandgames

    Iplaytenniseveryweek
    2subjectsofstudy

    Istudiedmathematics
    3languages

    Japaneseisadifficultlanguagetolearn
    4mealsandclocktimes
    Ihadbreakfastatabouteightoclock
    5preposition+noun

    Ishestillathome?Iwenttoworkearly
    6gerunds

    HuntingisverypopularintheUK
    7institutions

    ManchesterAirport,CdizUniversity

    Correct the mistakes in this letter using:

    a, an, the (or nothing)

    Dear Monique,
    We had great trip to the France last weekend. We went to little hotel that
    you recommended and it was very pleasant. Food at hotel wasnt so good
    (as you warned us) but we strolled down to city centre on the Saturday
    evening and had lovely meal there. In fact, we ate so much for the dinner
    that we didnt want a breakfast on the Sunday!
    Thanks again for advice and information. Now I must unpack and do
    washing.
    See you soon
    Love,
    Freda

    PRONOMBRES INDEFINIDOS

    some/any

    Afirmative:

    SOMEalgn,algunos,algode,(aunquegeneralmentenosetraduce)

    Ihavesomebooks

    Ihavesomewater

    Commonerror:thecoffeeissomehot

    *WeusesomeinquestionsifweexpecttheanswertobeYesandtooffer
    e.g.Wouldyoulikesometea?

    Negative/Interrogative:

    ANYalgn?/ningn

    Haveyouanybooks?
    Ihaventanymoney

    Wecanuseanyinaffirmativeclausestoo:(cualquier)

    Anypersoncanrideabicycle,itseasy.

    PRONOMBRES DEMONSTRATIVOS

    This

    este,esta,esto

    That
    ese,esa,eso,aquel,aquella

    (pluralthese)
    (pluralthose)

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