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First - A, AN or THE 1- The  before a noun shows that what is referred to is already known to the speaker, listener, writer and/or reader (it is the definite article): Where did we park  the  car?  (The speaker and the listener know what car is being referred to.) We had to paint  the  apartment before we sold it. (The speaker and the listener know what apartment is being referred to.) 2-  We only use   a/an   with singular countable nouns: I have  a  sister and  a  brother. That was  an  excellent meal. We can use  the  with singular and plural countable nouns: The  lion roared. The  tree fell. The  lions roared. The  trees fell. 3- Uncountable nouns We don’t use  a/an  before uncountable nouns: Could I have rice instead of potatoes with my fish? Not:  Could I have a rice I hope we have nice weather. Not...

my, your, his, her, its, our, their Look at these example sentences: possessive determiner with gender (Male, Female, Neuter) example sentence SINGULAR my M/F This is  my  book. his M His  name is John. her F Her  first name is Mary. its N The dog licked  its  wounded paw. PLURAL our M/F We have sold  our  house. their M/F/N The students thanked  their Thai teacher. SINGULAR or PLURAL your M/F I like  your  hair. Your  two children are lovely. Be careful with these three possessive determiners: possessive determiner contraction (sounds the same) 1. your : This is your book. you're  (you are): Hurry up! You're late! 2. its : The dog licked its paw. it's  (it is/it has): It's coming. (It is coming...) It's arrived. (It has arrived...) 3. their : Which is their house? they're  (they are): They're waiting. (They are waiting...) Also note  there  as an adverb: I'm not going ...

So is it a or an?  "a" should be used before words that begin with consonant sounds (b,c,d,f,g..) I have  A  dog I have  A  corvette I have  A  union  (union begins with the sound "yoo") I have  A  one family home  (one begins with the sound "wuh")  "an" should be used before words that begin with vowel sounds (a,e,i,) I have  An  ipad I have  An  egg I have  An  apricot The exceptions to these rules are: Abbreviations and Acronyms Although it's not exactly an exception, the subject of abbreviations and acronyms can become somewhat confusing. It is important understand that even though a word is recited as "unidentified flying object" the abbreviation is "UFO" so I saw  An  unidentified flying object today I saw  A  UFO today  (UFO begins with the sound "yoo") The same goes with MRI and MBA I had  An  MRI today (MRI begins wit...

ماذا نعني بالزمن المضارع البسيط؟  هو: الفعل الذي نستخدمه للتحدث عن حدث معين لا يحدث في الماضي  بل يحدث الآن في الأوقات الحالية وهذا الحدث يحدث بتكرار أو عادة أو إنه حقيقة ثابتة  لا تتغير أو شيء من المتعارف عليه أنه صحيح.   طريقة صياغة الفعل المضارع البسيط  How to form present simple؟ طبعا عندنا طريقتين لصياغة المضارع البسيط Present simple أولا: Subject + verb (s)+object إذا فاعل ثم الفعل مضافا معه حرف الـ(s)الملحقة بالفعل ثم المفعول به  لكن فيه ملاحظه مهمة هنا إنه: لا بد إضافة حرف الـ(s) في الفعل في حالة توفر شرطين ضروريين: 1- الشرط الأول: إذا كان الفاعل في بداية الجملة عبارة عن الضمائر التالية  He , She , It إذا لو توفرت هذه الثلاث الضمائر في محل الفاعل  كان من الضروري وضع حرف الـ(s)في الفعل الذي يلي الفاعل  حرف الـ(s) يساوي العالم كله  أمثلة.../ Examples: He sings in his room. هو يغني في غرفته. She eats the apple. هي تأكل التفاحة  It snows in Alaska إنها تثلج في ألاسكا. إذا في جميع الأمثلة السابقة لاحظن...