ARTICLE - A , AN

A , AN ���¡��� Indefinite Articles
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1. A ���˹�Ҥӷ���鹵鹴��¾�ѭ��� ( consonant sound )
A professor a lawyer a fresh egg
A student a soldier a ripe orange
2. A ���˹�Ҥӷ���͡���§����͹�Ѻ��鹵鹴��¾�ѭ���
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A European a uniform a united front
A union a university a usual occurrence
A used car a useful book
1. AN ���˹�Ҥӷ���鹵鹴������ ( vowel sound )
An elephant an uncle an old house
2. AN ���˹�Ҥӷ���鹵鹴��¾�ѭ��� " h" ��������ҹ���
�͡���§"h" ( silent h ) ���͡���§��е�ǵ���᷹
An hour an honest girl an honour
3. A , AN ������͡���Ƕ֧�������� ( speed ) �Ҥ� ( price )
�ӹǹ ( number ) ����Ѵ��ǹ ( ratio )
The car was going forty kilometres an hour.
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Egg cost fifteen baht a dozen.
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4. A , AN ������Ѻ�ӹǹ ( idiomatic phrases ) ����
to have a headache, to have cold , to have a pain ,
to have a cough , to have a fever
She had a cold yesterday. ������Ѵ������ҹ���
He has a pain at his back. ���纻Ǵ�����ѧ
¡��� to have toothache, ear ache , influenza , rheumatism
5. A ���˹�� Mr. / Miss / Mrs. + surname (���ʡ��)
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A Mr. John has called to see you.
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A ��㹡óվ���� (Special Uses of 'A' ) ���仹��
1. A ����ѧ����� such , what , ��
He has such a bad headache that he has to go to bed.
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What a funny place to live!
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2. A ����ѧ�ӵ��仹�� ��� not a , many a , quite a , rather a �ѧ������ҧ
Not a man volunteered.
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Many a man has volunteered to fight for his country.
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Rather a large crowd gathered to hear the speaker.
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There was quite a large crowd in the street.
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3. A ��˹�� noun quantifiers ���仹�� ��� a few , a lot of ,
a little
Would you please give me a few examples ?
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There are a lot of students in this school.
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Give me a little sugar, please.
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4. A ����ѧ so/too + adjective +singular noun �ѧ������ҧ
She is so sensible a girl to do a thing like that.
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She is so sensible a girl that she could not do a thing like that.
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5. half an hour / a half hour ��
She waited for half an hour. ( a half hour )
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6. A ����ӹǹ ( idioms ) ���仹��
�. ��ѧ����� make ��
make a bit for ������ , ���������
make a book ��������
make a clean breast of it ����Ҿ����ء���ҧ
make a fool of ��͡ , ������
make a fortune ������
make a habit of ������ͧ�Ԩ
make a hole ��Ѿ�����ѵԾ��ͧ�
make a night of it ʹء�ѹ��駤׹
make a noise in the world �Ҫ������§
make a point of ����繢���Ӥѭ
make a difference ������š
make a living ������§�վ
make a start �����
make a practice of ������ͧ�Ե��
�. ��ѧ����� take ��
take a trip �Թ�ҧ
take a back seat �繪�ҧ�����ѧ
take a chance �ͧ����§⪤
take a deep breath �������
take a glance �ͧ��
take a holiday ��ش�ѡ��͹
take a photo �����ٻ
take a walk �Թ�����
�. ��ѧ��������� ��
do a favor ���������
become a reality �����繤�����ԧ
tell a lie �ˡ
play a joke ��蹵š
play a trick ���⡧
call a halt ��ش
�. A ��ؾ����� (prepositional phrases ) ��
in a hurry ���պ���
as a result ��
as a matter of fact �ѹ����ԧ
as a rule �����ࡳ��
for a long time ������������ǹҹ

����� A , AN 㹡óյ��仹��
1. �����پ��� ( plural nouns ) ��駹������ A , AN
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Owls are animal. �����������ѵ��
Cows give milk. �������
Dogs bark. �عѢ����
2. ����Ѻ����� ( uncountable nouns ) �� advice ,
information , news
, baggage , luggage �繵�
He gave me good advice. �������йӷ�����ѹ
Furniture makes my room beautiful. ���������������ͧ�ͧ�ѹ���
�����˵� ����� A , AN �������������駡Ѻ�����پ�����й���Ѻ�����㹡ó�
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�Ҩ�� some ��˹�����駡Ѻ�����پ�����й���Ѻ�����
There is some milk in the bottle. �չ������ҧ㹢Ǵ
I see some student playing football. �ѹ����硺ҧ�����ѧ��蹿ص���
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�� a little , little , a lot of �繵�
He has a lot of luggage. ���ա������Թ�ҧ�ҡ
3. ����Ѻ����� �� glass , wood . iron , stone ,
paper , cloth ,milk , tea , money , grass , corn �繵�
I write on paper. �ѹ��¹����д��
Tables are made of wood. ��зӴ������
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�е�ͧ��������������仢�ҧ˹�Ҥ�蹴��ºؾ�� "of "
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�� a bottle of whisky , a pieces of paper , a tin of milk �繵�
4. �ӹ��������� ( abstract nouns ) ��� �ӹ������ʴ���������֡
�ش���� ������ҹ��������ٻ��ҧ �Ѻ��ͧ����� �� truth ,
beauty , happiness , fear , joy �繵�
Beauty is truth. ���������ͤ�����ԧ
Everyone needs happiness. �ء����ͧ��ä����آ