Look at these examples to see how articles are used.
She's a doctor.
Here are some of the most important things to know about using articles.
When we say what people's jobs are, we usually use a/an.
He's an architect.
She's a scientist.
My grandmother was a teacher.
Singular, countable nouns always have an article – a/an or the (or another determiner – my, your, this, that, etc.).
We use a/an – the indefinite article – when we talk about something for the first time, or something that is part of a group or type.
I saw a good film yesterday.
Do you want a drink?
We use a when the word that follows it begins with a consonant sound. We use an when it's followed by a vowel sound. This makes pronunciation easier.
She has a university degree.
It took me an hour to get home.
We use the – the definite article – when the listener already knows which thing we are talking about because it was mentioned before or because there's only one of them.
I'm going to take the dog for a walk.
Have you seen the car key?
They go to the school next to the bridge.
When we talk about things in general, we normally use a plural or uncountable noun with no article.
Birds eat worms.
Water freezes at 0°C.
Children need a lot of sleep.
When we talk about a particular group of things, we use the.
We went to the zoo and saw the kangaroos. (These are the particular kangaroos in that zoo – not kangaroos in general.)
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نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
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یاشار اسکندری | 2 | 100/00 % |
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Farnoush Toghiany | 2 | 100/00 % |
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Amirreza Mehdizade | 2 | 93/75 % |
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سعید نصیری | 2 | 87/50 % |
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Faranak Feiz | 2 | 81/25 % |
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آرمان سلطانی پور | 2 | 81/25 % |
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Matin Azimipour | 2 | 81/25 % |
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نازيلا حاجي صباغ | 2 | 81/25 % |
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مینو موسوی راد | 2 | 81/25 % |
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Kimia Fooladgar | 2 | 75/00 % |
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mina roshanaei | 2 | 75/00 % |
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Elahe Namdarpour | 2 | 75/00 % |
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انسیه منتظری | 2 | 75/00 % |
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علی محمد بیرژندی | 2 | 75/00 % |
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zahra aboufazeli | 1 | 75/00 % |
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mehrdad mehrdad | 2 | 56/25 % |
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Soheila Karimi | 2 | 50/00 % |
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سارا رییسی | 1 | 50/00 % |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
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َAmeneh Darvishzadeh | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Mehrad Hashemi | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Noushmehr Norsobhi | 1 | 100/00 % |
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مهدی حسین پور آقائی | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Farnoush Toghiany | 21 | 98/36 % |
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zahra namdari | 46 | 98/21 % |
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یاسمن محمدی پور | 4 | 98/08 % |
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Sheida Taheri | 3 | 97/37 % |
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پژمان همدانی | 3 | 97/37 % |
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محمدحسین میرزایی | 3 | 97/30 % |
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Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % |
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yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % |
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مهدی هنرمند | 1 | 95/24 % |
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محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی | 3 | 94/44 % |
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Arzhang Saberi | 4 | 93/33 % |
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Soheila Karimi | 124 | 92/73 % |
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aram farhmand | 10 | 92/31 % |
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یاشار اسکندری | 98 | 91/14 % |
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الشان مقیمی آذر | 11 | 90/80 % |
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عباس پورمیدانی | 1 | 90/00 % |