March 2003
Articles
Sing the song below to your students and sing with them.  Then get your students look at the underlined words and discuss when we need and when we don't need articles.
                                              By Driving Seca

                  (To the tune of "Yesterday Once More" by Carpenters)


When I was young I listened to
the radio, but I didn't watch TV.

I used to go to
bed early but catch a cold.

And now I'm happy that I don't need to go to
school and that I can stay

at
home.   But my mother has flue and she's in hospital.

And I heard
a voice behind.


Ch)  Every 'breakfast' and 'lunch' 'dinner' wow wow, no 'a'

        Every 'square', 'park', 'street',' zoo' and 'road' , no 'the'

        But '
the Hilton Hotel' and 'the U of Sydney',

        it can really make me cry.

        I can't explain�.why '
the Amazon' needs 'the'.
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