Articles, determiners and quantifiers
Using a, an, the, this, those, some, any, much, many and similar words correctly.
Articles
- a / an for one non-specific countable thing; “an” before a vowel sound (an hour, a university).
- the for something specific or already known, and unique things (the sun).
Quantifiers
- much with uncountable nouns (much water), many with countable (many books).
- few / a few with countable; little / a little with uncountable. “A few” and “a little” mean some; “few” and “little” mean almost none.
Practice questions
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