Articles
- Indefinite article – A/AN
- when someone/something is one of many
➤ I’ve never met an autistic child. - when you mention someone/something for the first time
➤ There’s an epileptic girl in my daughter’s class. The girl is very pretty. - for professions
➤ What’s your job? I’m a psychologist. - before certain expressions of quantity
➤ A few DS young boys work in the new pizzeria round the corner.
- when someone/something is one of many
- Definite article – THE
- for specific people, places, things
➤ The Math teacher told us that he suffered from seizures when he was a child. - when we talk about someone/something that has already been mentioned
➤ There’s an epileptic girl in my daughter’s class. The girl is very pretty. - when there is only one of something
➤ An autistic boy in my class remembers most of the names of the paintings of the National Gallery in London. - before superlatives
➤ The best way to calculate your IQ is to take a test.
- for specific people, places, things
- Zero article
- to talk about people and things in general
➤ DS people can have a healthy life. - with abstract nouns
➤ Trust is fundamental in human relationships. - with home, school, work, university, bed, hospital, church, prison when used as institutions
➤ DS children can develop their social skills at school.
- to talk about people and things in general
14. Complete the sentences with the appropriate article, if necessary.
1. Yesterday I took my autistic students to ________ school library.
2. Intellectually disabled children usually love ________ small pets.
3. The DS girl feels safe when she works with ________ tallest boy in the class.
4. ________ couple of days ago, my class had to sit for an IQ test.
5. ________ seizures can be general or focal.
6. Last week, a psychologist came to ________ class to talk about friendship.
7. I gave Mary ________ book on intellectual disability.
8. ________ Psychology Faculty of Turin is doing research on autism.
9. As soon as he arrived at school, John wanted to go ________ home.
10. You can find a lot of information on epilepsy on ________ Internet.