English Grammar - Articles - How to use A, AN, THE

[htfz97]

very nice from italy :D

[ArticleSpinning]

Oh.....I Should view and red more reference again....

[FAHAD056619]

such amazing teacher

[Blackbivd]

I wish articles were that easy... there're still much more rules to study about articles like means of transport, institutions in society, forms of entertainment, musical instruments, etc.

[knightfox007]

say what

[knightfox007]

I lost you long time ago

[kennethwang2004]

vivid.

[SpawnMotion]

You are a very good teacher.

[MrElviic]

Thanks!

[CHINEZukl]

very nice lesson

[TommyTurntables1]

In Philadelphia the Phillies are Baseball and the Flyers are Hockey, and being Canadian im surprised you didn't know that ;-)

[Luissesnook]

amazing help! I have to teach this tomorrow and this just made it so much clearer to explain!! Obrigadaaa (Thank youuu)

[catbeasttrex]

Dude you saved my ass, I have "A" presentation this friday in my institute where o native english speakers go and I have to explain a/an/the, Ill base my work in your explanation but Ill have to reduce my level and fastness because they are basic level, your making a great contribution thanks a lot and gud lock !

[rztanoli]

Hey ........thanks you very much ...its is ga great help....thanks for that

[GeorgeYeg]

Sometimes it's really hard to understand articles. Especially, for people who speak Slavic languages. We don't have them at all.

[AleksandarTadich]

ok you teach articles well, but you fail at "what your talking about?" you mean you're?

[iC00Ler]

Amazing african guy! :)

[The123etc]

good job ! :)

[The123etc]

goo job ! :)

[0501847596]

black guy is so cute

[saudisprince]

6:10 = LoL

[mrkorgy]

Very informative. keep upload more

[cynderelllla]

you rock!

[hotmyself]

this is gay



[AleDuan]

Thank you so much! ^^ Was a great lesson! Like I never saw before!

[Genius225225]

Thankyou so much,so easy to understand.

[WitantoCom]

this is great and useful! thx

[sultanahfs]

you are Great .. thank you!

[amandafmp]

Hi, I'm from Brazil. I don't know I am right, but I learned that we use "a" before the words that its first letter sounds as a vowel, an example: we have the word "hour" and we use "an hour" and not "a hour". So it isn't right if we teach that we use "an" before the words that starts with vowel. I don't know I am right, I want some opinion! Despite of it your videos are the best! I have never found videos like yours! I'm sorry if I wrote something wrong! Thank you for everything. Kisses!

[miokaykim]

@amandafmp Hi, you're right. It depends on a sound of the first letter not a letter itself. 'hour'- we don't pronounce 'h' sound. That's the reason why 'an' comes before 'hour'. It is the right thing to teach that we use 'an' before the word that pronounces with a vowel sound. I hope it helps you.

[qazastan]

Hi James, great video but...

'The' is NOT only for singular objects.

Examples:

The dog. The dogs. The pen. The pens. The man. The men. Singular and plural.

a & an are for singular objects.

Also...

a is followed by a consonant SOUND. an is followed by a vowel SOUND.

an hour The h is a consonant but not a consonant sound. Hour starts with a vowel SOUND....the same as our. (Crazy English!)

Thanks for THE video. It was A pleasure. THE pleasure was all mine. :)

[ZhenyaBeylina]

Awesome lesson, James :) As always :)

[FunctionSys1]

Greetings to you

Techer James ,

Thank you for your Time , Keep in going

[Skinaknik]

I enjoyed your video. Just one little thing- you spelled "your" when it should have been "you're" as in "when everyone knows what you're talking about."

[gelox32]

'The pen is good', yea a stupid sentence but I got the idea, and that is what matters to me. ..... Thanks teacher.

[LAZCA021]

@yanickborg

He is talking about words that start with the souns that the words you or your make.

he is not contracting "you are" as your.

yanicklachingasborg. Pon atención.

[xdivisionx]

Very nice...even though I know this already.

[overker]

Everyone knows what you're talking about. NOT Everyone knows what your talking about.

[Antenowiec]

There's a mistake. "The" can be use with plural objects (of course if we mean specific things). On the other hand he didn't mention that "a" can't be use with uncountable nouns. Also "the" can't be use with the names of continents, countries, towns etc. Anyway, this lesson was very helpful for me when I didn't understand english well.

[TomJohnson10111]

GUYS ONE MORE THING THUMPS IT UP SO EVERY ONE CAN SEE. what i learned from my teacher that you also use (The) in example : a country starts with United you will say it like, The United States of America or The United kingdom or you can also use (The) in example names of mountains, names of oceans, names of seas. example:The Pacific ocean or The Dead sea or The mount everest. guys hope this helped im still in high school im not a teacher or something thumb this up so every one can see!!

[abhijithero]

i speak good english,my vocab is good,but i couldnt use articles properly and tht developed complex in me but now guru james is sheding light on this confusion .Thnx for tht guru

[richi20and]

your lesson helped me a lot, tomorrow I have to give a class about the articles so this is a good lesson for me, because you explain very well thank you.

[ito6722]

yep I have abouth 2000 english words in my head and I can understand uour lessons

[hakeem89968]

great thats very clear

[AleksandarTadich]

shouldn't it say: Everyone knows what you're talking about @ 5:50

[AleksandarTadich]

but sir, that isn't a pen

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[MrChimkin]

You're a very charming person and you know what you're doing! Thumbs up! You know, I live in Russia and I understand how difficult it is to study a foreign language whan you don't live in a country where this language is spoken. Your classess make up to it a lot!.

[draquela]

you are a good teacher, look very confident, and explain things very well, except for the fact that you spelled "your" when it should have been "you're." Kind of surprised a teacher would make such a mistake and it kind of loses your credibility as a good teacher for grammar lessons.

[Cecelle8910]

@draquela Even the best of us make mistakes. It is good to draw the teacher's attention to it.  But it does not mar their credibility. It just means you have learnt well from him/her (whomsoever your teacher is/was), your puntuation(s) and grammar.

[a7ebk77]

Thx u helped i have presentation next week and my title is articles :D

[hamzacheetos]

tnx a lot am stupid and i understand THE subjecj

[slier81]

thanks for THE lesson ^_^

[klwss22]

you the best thanks alot

[chorv69]

you should use you're and not your ... just making sure I'm not confused

[noreos17]

WHOA "everyone knows what YOUR talking about"???!?!?!

[Natalex26]

thank you so so so much for great explanation

[RealCars1]

translate it into russian

[sebastiansz]

thanks :) I'm also left handed

[3adel2222]

you helped me so much, thanks a lot man

[Flawhound]

What a pity about writing “your” instead of “you're” for “you are” on the board, but it does not detract from the lesson which is very clear and appreciated. Alexander Pope reminds us that to err is human.

[coolgairl]

wo0o0ow u r good Teacher... i am from Saudi Arabia thanxxxxxxxxx

God bless you>>(^.^)

[KingFisheR00011]

It was really a good lesson,man. But:

Why did you use a with 'thingS? Is it still the plural or everything has changed for now?? haha

And what about the abstract nouns? They're uncountable so what article should I use with them. (if any) Please. There's really a ambush in it for me. I need your help!

Thanks. Waiting hopefully.

Gritings from Russia and good-luck!

[xTcRecords101]

5:45 The correct form is "you're" ;)

[anamohamed]

James is my favorite teacher. I wish I had a class with you Mr.E Lol

[belleprieur]

nice vid!!!

[Absonata]

Clear, direkt and informativ. Thanks for lesson dude.

[qwert102030]

dude you are amazing .....

[halidowski]

! thanks for helping us to improve our eng ... !

[MrOpressed]

Hey James,

You rock! I teach ESL students and you have such a clear, kind manner.

A.

[fabervoy]

there is an error on the white board. "your" should be replaced with "you are"

[JesusWASdarkSkin]

Nice

[nb3cc]

I'd like 2 say that I learned a useful thing today. Please , keep the good work.

[Holek2]

@5:45 "everyone knows what *your* talking about" ^_^'

[BevHillsKid]

@Holek2

Wow....I thought I was the only one who caught that? I wasn't the least bit surprised either.

[commecestchouette]

Your explanations of articles in spoken and written discourse are likely informative, but please don't mislead others about American sports, i.e., the Philadelphia Flyers won the biggest baseball game? Don't the Flyers play hockey?!

[SpeechCoach1]

Hi James,

I like you're presentation, however, "the" is specific and when everyone knows what you're talking about that is also "specific" because it is a common subject, therefore, you don't have to teach anything other than "specific" when you teach "the".

[sinanand1]

an excellent lesson on article usage........Anand

[Natalex26]

Excellent

[redscorpioknight]

the videos are magnificents..thank you!!!!!!!

[justagirlfeb]

every lesson seems so clear and simple

because of your way of teaching

you have a unique way .I realy appreciate what you are doing . undoubtly , you are helping a lot of people

thank you so much from morocco

[missanhton]

Oh! I'm listening carefully . You're good teacher

[humaghafoor]

i really understand the difference between a and the thank u huma from pakistan

[astroboy421]

it's not a pen it's acually a marker lol >.>

[khanpreston1]

i simple question.could we use "had" with "wish".i mean is the sentence correct.i wish i had two cars.???

[CheerfulScoot]

@khanpreston1 yes, it is correct

[marshmallow1507]

thank you for clarifying this to me... Lea - from the Philippines

[Elit335]

very very good !

[mrkyorke]

PM  Skills: Just listen and try to learn more about articles.

[Guanakon]

thanks for help now its easy ^^

[apimther]

thank you =)

[giansky66]

your lessons are useful

thank you

[ailovemyface]

what I like to you James is that you teaches very natural and sounds interesting.I wish to be your teacher.I want to learn more from you I also want to teach in the future . be my teacher. kisses

[Th3ViiRuS]

these videos are help me when i learn English. Thx a lot dude.

[christcs]

i have a pen,and than i lend the pen to my friend,than my friend told me that he has lose the pen that i have lend to him

[roah]

gonna try this out on my adult class. they tend to forget the articles when speaking and writing.

[azx100ful]

thank you so much

great lesson

i am from gulf

[tdog661]

wat is with the philidelphia flyers?

[vcky73]

ur a hotty!!!interesting

[milesadmu]

Aww! You're very good ! Lavet! Tthou' I already know that all. Thanks James! ^_^

[youngnewtonian]

He is VERY good at explaining. A mistake: At 5:36 he wrote "your" whereas it should be either "You are" or "You're". ;)

[TheSolitaryRex]

He's a cool ass new age teacher.

[willygasa]

you could be more didatic by using colored markers and taking advantage of the board.....good job anyway......

[Subhead01]

brother your the best, nice work

[tipperro]

It is the Philadelphia Phillies that won the World Series-Flyers is the hockey team

[leetammy17]

wow!! please post more video...very easy for me to understand

[WalleDbm]

that's so clear, thanks a lot. See you at EngVid.

[rotenFalke]

this was too basic, anyways, very well explained =)

[thoughtbell]

Thanks for posting. Nice, clear lesson--will help me explain articles to my students.