1. Welcome to my class my dear students.

2. Introduction Md. Hasan Hafizur Rahman Lecturer & Head of the Department (English) Campus-5,Cambrian School & College, Dhaka Md. Hasan Hafizur Rahman Lecturer & Head of the Department (English) Campus-5,Cambrian School & College, Dhaka Class-VIII English 2 nd Paper Part: Grammar Item: Article Class-VIII English 2 nd Paper Part: Grammar Item: Article

3. This is my an orange.

4. He goes to the school regularly. Afnan is a student.

5. Omission of article What may be our today’s lesson ?

6. Our today’s Lesson is- Omission of Article Unit-11, Lesson-1 Part-3 Omission of Article Unit-11, Lesson-1 Part-3

7. Learning outcomes At the end of the lesson, we will be able to ----  apply the omission of article  why article is omitted  the use of cross At the end of the lesson, we will be able to ----  apply the omission of article  why article is omitted  the use of cross

8. Article is omitted before something plural in general. Lions are wild animals. Which lions? All lions in general.

9. He bought my car.He bought a car. possessive Article is omitted when possessive pronouns are used before nouns.

10. No article is used before a proper noun. Proper nouns are the words which name specific people, organizations or places. This is Mr. Kabir. Article is omitted

11. Let’s solve the problems _________ birds fly in the sky. _________ birds of Sundarban look very nice. Rahim is a good boy. _____ boy goes to school regularly. _____Mr. Rahman is a teacher. I like______ him very much. He likes to ride _____cars but he only rides _____ car of my father.

12. Cambrian College is the first digital educational institution in Bangladesh. Article is omitted

13. I like to play basketball. When lunch is ready, please call me. Also an article is not used before the names of meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner… etc.) and the names of games/sports ( cricket, basketball, tennis … etc.)

14. Let’s practice We are the students of _______ Dhaka Zilla school. We live in ______ hostel of our school. We take our_______ lunch at 1:30pm. When it is 5pm we play _____ cricket in the school play ground. We also play _______ basketball, table tennis on Friday. At 9pm we take our_______ dinner.

15. Also an article is not used before the names of countries, cities, continents, parks. England Lake park Dhaka Asia

16. Follow I went to England to enjoy the England tour. Not a country A country Article omitted Ok

17. _____ Bangladesh is a country of ______Asia. ______Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. Many people come here to enjoy______ Dhaka fair every year. They also enjoy the airport, the museum and the shopping malls. ______ Lake park is another enjoyable sight to them. Use article where necessary. Put a cross (×) where an article is not needed.

18. Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque Also an article is not used before titles when the person’s name is mentioned. Sher-e- Bangla means the tiger of Bengal. Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque was titled as ____ Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque.

19. Talib goes to school. Why? Because he is a student; it is his regular duty. No article is mentioned here. Also an article is not used before the names of school, hospital, prison, bed, home when we refer to the purpose as regular duty.

20. Talib’s mother went to the school to collect his report. Because, she is not a student; it is not her regular duty. She is a visitor. Why is article used here? So, article (the) is allowed here.

21. Which articles of the following should be omitted? Write in groups. My father, the Mr. Akib is an officer. He goes to the office regularly. I am a student. I study in the Cambrian School. I go to the school regularly like my a father’s going to his an office. Group Work

22. Feedback Answer the following questions. 1)What do you mean by plural in general? 2)Why is article omitted before a person? 3)Why is article not used before Bangladesh? 4)Why is article used before England tour? Answer the following questions. 1)What do you mean by plural in general? 2)Why is article omitted before a person? 3)Why is article not used before Bangladesh? 4)Why is article used before England tour?

23. Home Work Fill in the gaps with articles. Put a cross (×) where an article is not needed. To make (a) _____ journey by boat we hired a big (b) _____ boat, (c) _____ boatman and (d) _____ oarsmen were very nice. We had our (e) _____ breakfast early in the morning, I took (f) _____ egg with the breakfast.(g) _____ sky was clear and the weather was fine. Fill in the gaps with articles. Put a cross (×) where an article is not needed. To make (a) _____ journey by boat we hired a big (b) _____ boat, (c) _____ boatman and (d) _____ oarsmen were very nice. We had our (e) _____ breakfast early in the morning, I took (f) _____ egg with the breakfast.(g) _____ sky was clear and the weather was fine.

24. Verse Universal If you respect others, you will be respected.