Unit 8

• Sports, nationalities, continents.

• Before plural nouns.

• Country names that are plural.

• With superlatives.

• There is only one of something.

• When something has been mentioned before.

• Referring to something specific.

• With jobs.

• Before singular nouns.

• Mentioning something for the first time.

indefinite

definite

Articles

no article

• With uncountable nouns.

the

a/an

• any

• none (of)

• no [ ]

• a bit of

• a little - UNC

• a few - C

• so much - UNC

• so many - C

• all

• a lot of

• plenty of

Small number/amount

• lots of

Quantifiers

no amount

Large number/amount

Punctuation

• We can't use that instead of who or which.

• We can't omit the relative pronoun.

We use them to give non-essential information.

When can we omit who, which and that?

that → substitution of who/which

whose → for possessions

when → for times

which → for things

where → for places

Use relative pronouns

who → for people

We use them to give essential information about someone or something,

non defining relative clauses

Relative clauses

defining relative clauses