Упр.4a Уроки 3-4 Юнит 6 New Millennium English 11 класс

1. 4 A. Explain the use of the articles with “plant” in the highlighted paragraph in Ex. 2B above. In which cases do we talk about particular plants, and in which about plants / a plant in general?

We use the with plant when we mean a particular plant that has already been mentioned or is clear from the context.

We use a / an with plant when we mean one plant in general, not a specific one.

We use plants without an article when we talk about plants in general as a class.