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  • This is a check-up video for articles, prepositions, and adjectives.

  • I've written some sentences on the board.

  • Let's try to finish them together.

  • Okay.

  • The first sentence says, “It's __ ___umbrella.”

  • Okay.

  • We have the noun.

  • We need an article and an adjective to describe the umbrella.

  • Okay.

  • So here it is.

  • Let's describe the color.

  • Okay.

  • We would say 'black'.

  • Remember, the adjective comes before the noun.

  • Now we need an article.

  • And the correct article is 'a'.

  • It's a black umbrella.”

  • Okay.

  • Next, “It's ___ ___ ___.”

  • We have three blanks.

  • Here, we have the noun 'ant'.

  • So, we're going to put that at the end.

  • Okay.

  • Let's use the adjective ugly.

  • Okay.

  • Remember, again, the adjective comes before the noun.

  • “…ugly ant.”

  • It's __ ugly ant.”

  • We need an article.

  • Should we use 'a' or 'an'?

  • Well, 'ugly' starts with the vowel 'u', so we have to say 'an'.

  • It's an ugly ant.”

  • Next.

  • It's __ __ __.”

  • Okay.

  • We have the noun 'car'.

  • So, we put that at the end.

  • Again, let's use an adjective that describes the color.

  • Let's use 'blue'.

  • Okay.

  • What article should we use?

  • We have to say “a”.

  • It's a blue car.”

  • Okay, and last.

  • “I __ ___ nice girl.”

  • That's me.

  • We have the noun 'girl'…and the adjective 'nice'.

  • So, we need the article.

  • We're going to say “a”.

  • Now, we're missing one more thing.

  • We need the 'be' verb 'am'.

  • “I am a nice girl.”

  • Okay, let's move on to the next part.

  • Okay, let's continue with the checkup.

  • Here's a picture.

  • Okay.

  • Look at it carefully.

  • What is it?”

  • What is it?”

  • It's __ banana.”

  • We need an article here.

  • And it's the first time I'm talking about this, so we're going to say “a”.

  • It's a banana.”

  • Where is ___ banana?”

  • Now, you know, I'm talking about this one.

  • It's specific.

  • So, I'm going to use the article 'the'.

  • Where is the banana?”

  • Okay. And now, let's think about the preposition.

  • It's __ the chair.”

  • We need to use the preposition 'on'.

  • It's on the chair.”

  • Okay.

  • Let's move on.

  • What are they?”

  • Okay.

  • They're ____ oranges.”

  • Okay.

  • We have more than one.

  • That's why we said, “They arethey'reandoranges” …with an 's'.

  • Okay.

  • Can we use 'the'?

  • No, you don't know what oranges I'm talking about because it's the first time I said

  • anything about them.

  • Then, can I use 'a' or 'an'?

  • No, 'a' or 'an' is used for any one thing.

  • So here we do not need any article.

  • They're oranges.”

  • What are they?”

  • They're oranges.”

  • Okay.

  • Where __ __ oranges?”

  • Okay.

  • Now, again, you know I'm talking about these specific oranges, so we use 'the'.

  • Where __ the oranges?”

  • Okay, remember, when you ask a question with plural, you need 'are'.

  • Where are the oranges?”

  • Okay.

  • Now, let's think about the preposition.

  • They're ___ the chair.”

  • Okay.

  • The preposition we need is 'under'.

  • Okay.

  • They're not 'on', “they're 'under' the chair.”

  • Okay, let's move on to the last part.

  • Okay, let's continue with the checkup.

  • Now, we have two short stories here.

  • You have to help me find the mistakes.

  • The first sentence says, “It's snake.”

  • Well, we're missing an article.

  • Okay.

  • And that article is 'a'.

  • It's a snake.”

  • Okay.

  • It's blue a snake.”

  • Can you find the mistake?

  • Okay.

  • Remember, the adjective 'blue' has to go between the article and the noun.

  • So, we have to move the article to the front.

  • It's a blue snake.”

  • That is the correct answer.

  • It's a blue snake.”

  • Okay, the next one.

  • The snake under the box.”

  • It sounds right.

  • The snake under the box.”,

  • but we forgot the 'be' verb.

  • The snake is under the box.”

  • Okay, let's move on to the next story.

  • It's a octopus.”

  • Okay, we have an article, but octopus starts with the vowel 'o'.

  • So, we have to use 'an'.

  • It's an octopus.”

  • An octopus is big.”

  • Hmmm

  • This one's a little bit hard.

  • But remember, we're talking about the same octopus.

  • So now, this octopus is specific.

  • So, we have to change the article 'an' to 'the'.

  • The octopus is big.”

  • The octopus from the first sentence.

  • Last, “The octopus are under the chair.”

  • What's the mistake?

  • The octopus…”

  • There's only one.

  • So, we don't use 'are', we have to sayis”.

  • The octopus is under the chair.”

  • Okay.

  • So that was our checkup for articles, prepositions and adjectives.

  • I hope you guys understand better and I'll see you in the next video.

  • Thank you.

  • Bye.

This is a check-up video for articles, prepositions, and adjectives.

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