Introduction NIMAI CHANDRA KIRTONIA SUBIDPUR HIGH SCHOOL NALCHITY,JHALAKATI Class-VIII English 2nd Paper Subject: Article Time-50 minutes

The Mountain looks nice.

The Titanic sank in the Atlantic.

How beautiful the world is!

দা মাউন্টেইন ) The Mountain( দা মাউন্টেইন ) দি আটলান্টিক ) The Atlantic ( দি আটলান্টিক ) দা ওয়ার্ল্ড ) The World ( দা ওয়ার্ল্ড ) দা মাউন্টেইন ) The Mountain( দা মাউন্টেইন ) দি আটলান্টিক ) The Atlantic ( দি আটলান্টিক ) দা ওয়ার্ল্ড ) The World ( দা ওয়ার্ল্ড )

The দা দি What does it mean?

Let us know the pronounciation of ‘The’

The দা দি র CVCV CVCV Consonant Vowel pronounced দা pronounced দি

Follow The cow is a domestic animal. দা Consonant The apple is a tasty fruit. দি Vowel

Use of ‘The’ Can you guess what are we going to discuss today?

Our today’s lesson is- Use of Definite Article ‘The’

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to--- apply the correct pronunciation of ‘the’ use ‘the’ properly apply the specific use of ‘the’ At the end of the lesson, students will be able to--- apply the correct pronunciation of ‘the’ use ‘the’ properly apply the specific use of ‘the’ Learning outcomes

The girl is a student. The house where I live in is very nice. The eggs in the basket look fresh. The definite article “The” is used before singular and plural nouns. Let us make sentences with ‘the’

“The” is used to specify something. This is a car. The car is red. Which car? The specific car which is in the above picture.

“The” is used something before unique/universal/natural. The earth moves round the sun. Birds fly in the sky at large.

‘The’ is used before famous treatise ( গ্রন্থ ), newspaper, families, nationalities, religious communities and so on. The Quran is the best treatise in the world. I read the daily Ittefaq.

‘The’ is used before the name of a hill. The Bandarban hill

“The” is used before the name of rivers. The Nile is the gift of Egypt. The Padma is a big river.

seas oceans The Bay of Bengal The Pacific Ocean

deserts islands The Sahara The Andaman

“The” is also used before the names of musical instruments. The violin

The guitar The piano

“The” is used before ____ too. morning I get up from bed very early in the morning.

afternoon Birds return to their nests in the afternoon.

evening Birds fly here and there in the evening.

“The” is used before the names of the state belonging to a union with other states. The USA (United States of America) The USA (United States of America) The UK (United Kingdom) The UK (United Kingdom)

You have to remember. ‘The’ is always used before two kinds of nouns. 1. Specified nouns ( পূর্ব থেকেই নির্দিষ্ট করা আছে ), The sun 2. To specify a noun/nouns ( নির্দিষ্ট করে বুঝাতে ), The boy

Individual Activities (Orally) Individual Activities (Orally)

He is a boy. Boy is a student. He goes to school regularly. Teachers of his school like him very much. Boy respects his teachers properly. He never neglects lessons given by his teachers. Use ‘the’ where necessary. This is a book. I have purchased book with tk Book contains many interesting stories. So I have chosen book for myself. There are many interesting books in shop. But this is book which I prefer most. I will complete reading book within a very short time.

Evaluation Answer the following questions. 1.What are the pronunciations of ‘The’? 2.Where does ‘The’ pronounce da ( দা )? 3.Where does ‘The’ pronounce di ( দি )? 4.What do you mean by specified nouns? 5.What do you mean to specify a noun/nouns?

Padma is a big river. There are many villages on bank of river Padma. People living by river earn their livelihood by catching fishes and conducting business. River plays most important role in our national economy. Home Work Insert ‘the’ where necessary.

Verse Universal Allah is the greatest, Allah is the fittest, Allah is the latest and Allah is the best.

Peace be upon you all.

We would like to express our cordial gratitude to the Ministry of Education, Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education, NCTB, A2i and the panel of honorable editors ( Md. Jahangir Hasan, Assistant Professor (English) TTC, Rangpur, Ranjit Poddar, Associate Professor (English) TTC, Dhaka, and Urmila Khaled, Assistant Professor (English) TTC, Dhaka, to enrich the contents.