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Articles
An Articles is a word used to define a noun . It describes whether the noun is specific or unspecific. It is just like adjectives, but it doesn't describe a noun like adjectives, it only points out the noun.
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MORE ABOUT ARTICLES
EXAMPLES OF ARTICLES
Types Of Articles
There are two types of article that we use to point out a noun or a group of nouns :-
Indefinite Articles :-
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There are two indefinite articles :- 'A' and 'An'.
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They are indefinite(not clear) articles, so they are used before a noun that is not known/clear to us.
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They are used before singular noun.
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They are used before the noun that is general(whose identity is not known).
Indefinite Articles 'A'
Article 'A' is used before the noun that starts with consonants(B,C,D,F........X,Y,Z).
For Example :-
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There is a book on the table.
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I saw a rhinoceros, a lion and a giraffe in the zoo.
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She gave me a blue pen.
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My mother gave me a hug.
Indefinite Articles 'An'
Article 'An' is used before the noun that starts with vowels(A,E,I,O & U)
For Example :-
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I ate an apple in breakfast.
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He is an honest boy.
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My mother told us an interesting story.
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This is an autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi.
Definite Articles :-
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'The' is a definite article.It is used before both singular and plural noun.
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It is used before the specific or particular noun(it's identity is known to us)
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It is used when we talk about the same person/object again and again.
For Example :-
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There was a crow. The crow was very thirsty.
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We went to a zoo. There were many animals in the zoo.
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She gave me a pen. The pen was blue.
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The children were playing in the garden.
MORE ABOUT 'THE'
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'The' is used when there is only one such thing. Example :- The Earth ; The Sun ; The Moon.
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It is used before the ordinal numbers.Example :- She won the first prize in the race.
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It is used before the title attached to the proper noun. Example :- Akbar the Great.
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It is used before important events. Example :- The World War ; The Independence Day.
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It is used before tBefore the name of countries. Example :- Japan ; India ; Singapore. There are some exceptions we write UK and USA as The UK and The USA because they are compound nouns with adjectives. UK - united= adjective , kingdom= noun ; USA - united = adjective , states and America = nouns
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Before the name of games and sports. Example :- He is playing football.
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Before the name of language and subject. Example :- He completed Hindi homework after Math.
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Before the name of people. Example :- Ali was playing with his monkey.
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Before the name of days and months. Example :- He will start his work from Monday.
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Before the whole class. Example :- The rich ; The poor.
Fill in the blanks with the correct options.
(a/an/the)
1)- We went to celebrate birthday at ....... restaurant.
2)-My mother always tell ....... story at bedtime.
3)-My company adviser helped me to deal with ....... the client.
4)- Do you remember ...... temple we used to go.
5)- There is ..... apple for you in the refrigerator.
6)-She is .... best in mathematics.
7)- We had ...... ice-cream after dinner.
8)- My sister needs ..... computer to learn CAD.
9)- ....... couple was going to watch .... movie.
10)- ....... grandfather was reading ..... book, while ...... grandmother was watching TV.