QUIZ: "The", "An", "A", Англи хэлний МЭДЛЭГЭЭ СОРИОРОЙ!

An apple (Why? Use "an" before a word that starts with a vowel sound.)

a cloudy day (Why? Use "a" before a word that starts with a consonant sound.)

a university (Why? Use "a" before a word that starts with a consonant sound EVEN if the word is spelled with a vowel.)

an empty room (Why? Use "an" before a word that starts with a vowel sound.)

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Why? Use "the" before a country name that has a common noun - such as kingdom, states, or emirates -- in it.)

(X) Rio de Janeiro (Why? Do NOT use any article before a country or city name that is only a proper noun - such as Brazil, Singapore, or Mongolia )

The Louvre (museum) (Why? Use "the" before the names of museums)

The Hawaiian Islands (Why? Use "the" before the names of island chains, mountain ranges, peninsulas, and forests)

(X) Mt. Everest (Why? Use no article before the proper names of specific mountains and islands)

The Ganges River (Why? Use "the" before the names of rivers)

(Why? Use "a" before mentioning an unknown noun in a story/conversation. By unknown we mean a noun which all parties in the conversation have not yet heard of.)

(Why? Use "the" after you've mentioned a noun once in a story because, now all of the parties in the conversation know the specific noun you are discussing.)

(Why? Use "a" before mentioning a general noun in a story/conversation. By general we mean "not specific".)

(Why? Use "a/an" before mentioning a general noun in a story/conversation. Use "an" in this case because the word "hour" starts with a vowel sound /aeo/ even though it is spelled with the consonant "h".)

(Why? Use "the" because, at this point in the story, everyone listening knows exactly which specific cat the storyteller is talking about. It's the cat that followed her home.)