Prática de Shadowing: ARTICLES - A? An? The? | How can I use these correctly? - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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A. An.The. Or, nothing? When do we use these articles? I'm Arnel from Arnel's Everyday English and today we're looking at these.
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First, we use a with a consonant sound. And we use an with a vowel sound. Vowel?
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Consonant? Vowels are: a e i o u and consonants are all the other letters. I need to tell you, normally in spoken English we pronounce a, uh. So listen out for that. I have an Apple, vowel sound ah, an. I have an orange. I have an umbrella. I have an orangutan... I have a dog, the consonant sound. I have a shoe. I have a cup of coffee. A + consonant sounds, a + vowel sound. But, let's look at a few exceptions: I go to a university. He is a unique person. I need an x-ray. So why do I have a with u?
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U is a vowel. It's because of the sound. University is pronounced y we have the Y consonant sound. Again he is a y y unique person, so of course we have u the vowel but, we need a consonant sound. An x-ray? X is a consonant, e= x-ray. Let's look at a and an. First we use a or an with a singular countable noun when we speak about something in general. I need a pen. do you have a pen?
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Do I need a specific pen? I don't care, any pen is fine. What did you do last night? I watched a movie. Which movie? It doesn't matter, I'm not being specific, a an in general. We also use these when we introduce something for the first time yesterday I saw a seagull eating a hamburger in the middle of the street. So, it's the first time I'm telling you, a or an. When speaking about someone's job, I'm a teacher you're an engineer. Next rule, when we want to say one with big numbers.
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I need a hundred roses, I need 100 roses. I've eaten a thousand mangoes in my life.
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A thousand ,one thousand. How many times? I go to the gym twice a week. I have a coffee three times a day. Did you know hummingbirds can flap their wings 70 times a second? Okay so we looked at the rules for a and an, let's continue with: the. Remember early in the video I said I need a pen, do you have a pen? I need a pen, do you have a pen? See, I did say it! You already know we use a or an for something in general. The is specific. Yes, I bought the sofa.
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Here both the speaker and the listener know exactly which sofa I'm speaking about, it's clear when we use the we use: the. We use the when we mention something for the second time. I saw a seagull eating a hamburger in the middle of the street.
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Can you believe it, the seagull finished the hamburger in about two minutes. Now I'm repeating my subjects, I use the. With superlatives, coffee is the best drink in the world. You are the smartest person I know.
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I think cheetahs are the fastest animal in the world. With groups of society. The rich, the poor, the homeless, the youth. Robin Hood steals from the rich and gives to the poor. When there's only one of something. The Sun, the moon. the government, the Queen. With mountain ranges, oceans, seas, rivers, the Alps, the Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Thames, the Orkney Islands, lie in the Atlantic. With plural countries. What do I mean by plural countries? We say: the United Kingdom because there's many parts together. We say the United States, the Netherlands. We have that s, there's a plural there. The Philippines, the with plural countries.
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With instruments. I can play the piano. My brother can play the guitar very well. With morning, afternoon and evening. See you in the morning. I usually work in the afternoons. The evenings are our busiest time. But, we say at night, not at the the night. We've already looked at so many different rules I hope you're feeling okay! Now, I need to tell you there's always exceptions, you know this. If you remember rule number five, there's only one of something, we use the. But there are always exceptions. So we say Buckingham Palace but we say the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower. So you have the grammatical rules and just be prepared to become familiar with different exceptions. No an, no a, no the. We're speaking about zero article, we also need to know this.
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So a quick review: I want a dog. A with countable nouns, general. It doesn't matter. I want a dog. I want the dog from that movie Benji. The specific dog. I love dogs. When we use a plural countable noun or an uncountable noun, we don't use an article when we speak about it in general. I love dogs, they're my favorite animal. Do I want to be specific? I love the dogs from that TV show. Streets, towns, cities, countries and specific mountains. I live in New York City on Fulham Road.
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The New York City? The Fulham Road? No. I want to climb Mount Everest one day. Not the Mount Everest. Fantastic, you've done an excellent job, there are a lot of rules to remember! So, what I want you to do is write me an example sentence using: a, and, the and no article. can you do it? Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to me so you never miss another video and I'll see you very soon!
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Sobre esta lição
Nesta prática, você vai aprender a usar corretamente os artigos "a", "an" e "the" em inglês, além de entender quando não usar nenhum artigo (zero article). O vídeo explica regras básicas, exceções e contextos de uso, como generalizações, especificidade e referências a profissões, superlativos e mais. Ideal para quem quer melhorar a fala e a compreensão, com foco em exercícios de shadowing para fixar o aprendizado.
Vocabulário e frases chave
- Consonant sound (som de consoante)
- Vowel sound (som de vogal)
- Singular countable noun (substantivo contável singular)
- Superlative (superlativo)
- Zero article (nenhum artigo)
- Plural countries (países no plural)
Dicas de prática: shadowing
O shadowing é uma técnica eficaz para melhorar a pronúncia e a fluência. Para essa lição, siga estes passos: reproduza o vídeo em trechos curtos (5-10 segundos), pause e repita imediatamente, imitando o tom, a velocidade e a entonação do falante. O Arnel fala de forma clara e pausada, o que facilita o acompanhamento. Foque nas exceções, como "a university" ou "an x-ray", pois elas exigem atenção aos sons, não às letras. Pratique diariamente por 10-15 minutos, usando um site de shadowing ou apenas o vídeo, para internalizar as regras. Lembre-se: o shadowspeak ajuda a treinar o cérebro a processar e produzir a língua em tempo real. Aprender inglês com vídeos e shadowing em inglês é uma combinação poderosa para se tornar mais confiante na fala. Teste-se: crie frases usando "a", "the" e zero article, como no exemplo do vídeo, e compare com as respostas para ver seu progresso!
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | I've eaten · We've already looked · you've done |
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | is pronounced · be prepared |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — o maior ou o menor de um grupo | the best · the fastest |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que está acontecendo agora ou nestes dias | we're looking · I'm not being · I'm speaking |
O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.