Course Description

A whole course about just two words.

There are a lot of rules for using a and the in English.

So many, in fact, that it's not possible to explain them in just one quick lesson.

This course explains all the rules in detail and gives you practice quizzes at every step.


Included

A useful downloadable summary of all the rules (a "cheat sheet").

Qualified English Teacher .

• CELTA Certificate in teaching English to adults • BA Linguistics & Phonetics - 1st Class Honours - Leeds University • 10 years of experience teaching English and developing language learning materials, including at the BBC. • Previously worked as an English teacher at Cambridge House, Madrid

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Lesson 1 - The Basics

    • The basics

    • The 'Cheat Sheet'
  • 2

    Lesson 2 - Specific or general?

    • Specific or general?

    • Quiz - Specific or general?
  • 3

    Lesson 3 - Singular, plural or uncountable?

    • Singular, plural or uncountable?

    • Quiz - Singular, plural or uncountable?

    • Quiz - Choose the correct article

    • Quiz - Everything you have learnt so far
  • 4

    Lesson 4 - Other rules

    • Other rules

    • Quiz - Choose the correct article
  • 5

    Lesson 5 - Fixed expressions

    • Fixed expressions

    • Quiz - Choose the correct article
  • 6

    Final Quiz

    • Practise everything you have learnt

    • Final Quiz