Adjectives ‘a’ (or) ‘an’ and ‘the’ are called articles.
A/an means one.
‘a’ (or) ‘an’ is called the indefinite article, because it doesn’t point out any particular person or thing.
(e.g.) a boy (one boy) an ass (one ass)
‘the’ is called the definite article, because it is used to speak of some particular person or thing.
(e.g.) the boy the ass
Use of ‘a’ or ‘an’
‘a’ is used before a noun beginning with a consonant or consonant sounds.
(e.g.)
a lady, a year, a union, a university, a European, a one-way road, a history student.
‘an’ is used before
1).words beginning with a vowel (a,e,I,o,u) or vowel sound
(e.g.) an Englishman, an Indian, an umbrella, an ant, an orange.
2).words beginning with silent ‘h’
(e.g.) an hour, an honest man
Use of ‘the’
‘the’ is used to refer a particular persons or thing.
(e.g.) : The workers of this office are very sincere.
‘the’ is used before names of
Rivers, seas, oceans, gulfs, bays, mountain ranges, groups of islands, famous buildings, famous books, ordinal numbers, important posts, places if the names are in plural, newspapers, places if the names are in plural, newspapers, places having ‘union’ or ‘united’ in them, musical instrument, directions, superlative degrees of adjectives.
Examples:
The Ganges, the Himalayas, the Red sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman’s, the United States of America, the Bible, the Quran, the Mahabharata, the Times of India, the East, the First, the best book tec.
‘the ’ is not used before
Proper nouns, names of single mountain, streets, days of the week, months of the year, material nouns etc.
Try this:
Use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before each of the following:
1). ----------------- American
2). ---------------- Hindu custom
3). --------------- M.C.A degree
4). ---------------- young lady
5). ---------------- uniform
6). -----------------honest person
7.) -----------------hostel
8.) I saw----------------- old man with ----------------umbrella. -----------------umbrella was new.
A/an means one.
‘a’ (or) ‘an’ is called the indefinite article, because it doesn’t point out any particular person or thing.
(e.g.) a boy (one boy) an ass (one ass)
‘the’ is called the definite article, because it is used to speak of some particular person or thing.
(e.g.) the boy the ass
Use of ‘a’ or ‘an’
‘a’ is used before a noun beginning with a consonant or consonant sounds.
(e.g.)
a lady, a year, a union, a university, a European, a one-way road, a history student.
‘an’ is used before
1).words beginning with a vowel (a,e,I,o,u) or vowel sound
(e.g.) an Englishman, an Indian, an umbrella, an ant, an orange.
2).words beginning with silent ‘h’
(e.g.) an hour, an honest man
Use of ‘the’
‘the’ is used to refer a particular persons or thing.
(e.g.) : The workers of this office are very sincere.
‘the’ is used before names of
Rivers, seas, oceans, gulfs, bays, mountain ranges, groups of islands, famous buildings, famous books, ordinal numbers, important posts, places if the names are in plural, newspapers, places if the names are in plural, newspapers, places having ‘union’ or ‘united’ in them, musical instrument, directions, superlative degrees of adjectives.
Examples:
The Ganges, the Himalayas, the Red sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman’s, the United States of America, the Bible, the Quran, the Mahabharata, the Times of India, the East, the First, the best book tec.
‘the ’ is not used before
Proper nouns, names of single mountain, streets, days of the week, months of the year, material nouns etc.
Try this:
Use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before each of the following:
1). ----------------- American
2). ---------------- Hindu custom
3). --------------- M.C.A degree
4). ---------------- young lady
5). ---------------- uniform
6). -----------------honest person
7.) -----------------hostel
8.) I saw----------------- old man with ----------------umbrella. -----------------umbrella was new.
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