ARTICLES

What are Articles? A, AN and THE are called Articles. Articles are demonstrative adjectives. They are used before noun and qualify noun. Example: A book, A pen, An apple, The Ganga, The Times of India,

KINDS OF ARTICLES How many kinds of Articles are there? There are two kinds of articles. 1 Indefinite Articles 2 Definite Article 1 INDEFINITE ARTICLES What are indefinite Articles? A and AN are called indefinite articles because they are used before nouns Which mean uncertain persons or things.

Example: A book, A pen, An apple, An orange, 2 DEFINITE ARTICLE The is called Definite article because it is used before noun which means particular person, Place or thing. Examples: The Ganga, The Sun, The Moon, 1 Indefinite articles (A,AN)

1 Indefinite articles (A,AN) Use of Indefinite Articles: At the time of using a or an before noun Noun should be pronounced. A is used before consonant sound and an is used before vowel sound. A pen, a book, a house, a dog, In the above words a is used before first consonant sound p, b, h, and d.

An is used before vowel sound. An orange, an apple, an hour, an honest Man, an engineer, an M.P., an M. L. A, In the above words an is used before vowel sound o, a, o, o, e, a, a. Use of THE The is used before name of religious river. The Ganga, the Jamuna, the Brahmputra

The is used before name of religious book The Ramayana, the Geeta, the Bible, The is used before name of newspaper. The Times of India, The Hindustan time The is used before name of memorial building. The Tajmahal, The Jama masjid, The Qutub Minar , The Red fort, 5 The is used before name of musical Instrument. The harmonium, the violin,

6 The is used before name of the title of the institutional head. The principal, the vice-chancellor, the prime-minister, the chairman, the president, 7 The is used before name of planet and heavenly bodies. The sun, the moon, the star, the earth, the Jupiter, the mars, 8 The is used before name of ocean.

The Indian ocean, the pacific ocean, 9 The is used before name of sea. The Arabian sea, 10 The is used before name of the ranges of mountains. The Himalayas, the Alps, 11 The is used before adjective which denotes class. The poor, the rich, the blind, 12 the is used before common noun.

The lion is a wild animal. 13The is used before name of community. The Hindus, the Muslim, the Christian, 14 If the formation of sentence is noun +of + noun the is used before first noun. The students of SRM university are not Painstaking. 15 The is used before name of political parties. The congress party, the Janata party, 16 The is used before name of armed forces. The army, the navy, the air force,

17 the is used before name of the branches of government 17 the is used before name of the branches of government. The executive, the judiciary, the legislative, 18 The is used before name of club, committee, foundation, The united nation, the rotary club, 19 The is used before Punjab state Due to geographical factor.

Where is the not used? 1The is not used before proper noun. John, Jack, India, Delhi, 2The is not used before material noun. Water, milk, butter, 3The is not used before name of games and sports. Cricket, football, hockey, 4The is not used before abstract noun. Childhood, politeness, beauty,

5 The is used before material noun in Particular case. The tea of my cup is Not hot. The milk of my cow is sweater

EXERCISE 1 Use appropriate articles a, an, and the wherever necessary. 1.....happy man 12.....Urdu teacher 2...interesting play 13....honourable man 3...university teacher14....ex-M.P. 4......aspirin tablet 15....hour delay 5.......English name 16....high wall

6.......angry tiger 17....united team 7.......old woman 18....young officer 8....urgent message19.....Australian team 9...unique opportunity.20....useless book 10...European language21....B.B.C. news 11....H.E. School 22independentcountry

EXERCISE 2 India is ....very large country. Would you like tea? This is....best I can do. He is.....senior teacher. Shankar is....honest boy. Delhi is.....city. He has....big dog. Shut....door, please. This is....book I wanted He bought....utensil.

She is....hour late. Raja hit him.....head . Mr Sana is.....M.A. He has interesting book. .....table has four legs. ......headmaster calls you. Ink is....useful article ....English often fought...French. ....Sun rises in.....East. He is....worst player.  

EXERCISE—3 I have....one rupee note. My brother is....officer. Rajesh is....fool. I saw.....beggar. He plays.....harmonium. They read.....Times of India. ....Owl is....bird. They shot.....bird. There is..... school in Patna.

He is.....N.C.C. cadet. English is.....easy language. Have you read.....Bible? He has seen.....Red Fort. He is.....real Hitler. John likes ......music of France. ..... richest are not....happiest. She is.....M.Sc from....university of Delhi. ....rich are happy. He is....European. He plays on.....harmonium.