Page 108 - Red Feather Book 2

ARTICLES
A, an and the are articles.
Articles are divided in definite and indefinite.
a) Definite article: THE
• We use definite articles to refer to specific persons, places or things.
The giants felt threatened.
b) Indefinite articles: A and AN
• We use indefinite articles to talk about something in general. This means
any person, place or thing.
A is used before a consonant sound
An is used before a vowel sound.
Odin gave his people a system of writing.
An ice giant was created.
Read the paragraph below. Identify the articles and adjectives that tell what kind, how many and which one. Circle them.
To the north of this chasm there was a great area of mist that rose above powerful streams that eventually made their way into the chasm. When the cold air of the chasm touched the water it caused it to turn to ice and soon it was covered with glistening, frozen waterfall. To the south of this region was Muspelheim, the land of fire. The fire was guarded by Surtr, the flame giant. Surtr possessed a magnificent light sword that flashed through the darkness of the universe and set sparks flying everywhere. Once, several embers fell into the chasm and melted some of the frozen water.
The Aesir 105 Norse Mithology
Sometimes we can use a/an or the for the same word, it all depends on how you use it.