ARTICLES A, AN , THE EXERCISE WITH ANSWERS

 

ARTICLES 

 

A, AN ,  THE 

 

"An article is a word or a letter which is used before noun and tells about the certainly of that noun ".

There are two kinds of articles: 

1. Indefinite articles ....................A/An

2. Definite article......................The 

# (i)  A or An is called the indefinite Article  because it leaves indefinite the person or thing spoken of . 

For example ,

A girl means any girl .

A teacher means any teacher .

             USE OF ' A' 

1.  If consonant is the first letter of a countable singular  common noun  , we use 'A'  before it .

For  example 

# Robi has a book .

#  I met girl there .  --- wrong

# I met a girl there .

2. 'A' is used before some indefinite numbers . 

For example , 

#  a lot of 

#  a great deal of  

#  a large  number of 

#  a quarter of 

#  a number of 

#  a half of 

3. 'A' can be used before some indefinite collective numbers .

For example ,

#  a  team of 

# a flock of 

# a swarm of 

# a bunch of 

# a gang of 

# a herd of 

# a panel of 

4. If adjective is followed by a singular noun , 

we use 'A'  before that adjective

For example ,

#  Poli is beautiful girl ------- wrong 

  

#  Poli is a  beautiful   girl--- correct.

                     👇          👇

           Adjective         Noun   

But   

Rita has a good health .----- wrong 

Rita has  good   health . -- correct .

  

                 👇         👇 

       Adjective     Adjective

For example  ,

whenever a noun is not used after Adjective we do not use article before it.

5. 'A' is used at the place of place 'per' .

Example ,

# Petrol is sold at Rs eighty -five  a  litre .

                                                     👇

                                                     per

# Apples are sold at sixty rupees  a   kg.

                                                     👇

                                                     per    

6. To show the whole class of common noun use 

'A' before a common noun . 

For  example ,

# A bird has two wings .

# A monkey have a tail .

#  i. e  All birds have two wings 

          All monkeys have a tail.

But , common noun like  Man and woman do not follow the above rule.

For example ,

#  A man is mortal . --------wrong

# Man is mortal .------- correct.

7. Sometimes at the place 'on'we can use article 'A' 

For example ,

 

# Rita was  seen  a  bed .

                           👇

                           on 

# Kisor went a hunting . 

                     👇

                     on

8.If we put article 'A' before plural number the forthcopming noun becomes singular .

For example ,

# A five day match .

# A ten mile walk .

# A fifteen man committee .

But ,

# Five days match.

# Ten miles walk .

# Fifteen man committee .

9.'A' is used before these words because they have the sound of consonant in their first letters .

For example ,

# A university 

# A unique film.

# A one - rupee note . 

# A one -act play . 

# A union .

# A one - act play .

# A European. 

# A one - sided decision 

10. If noun is placed  after such , quite , rather , how etc ,.we use 'A' before that noun .

For example ,

# I have never seen such girl in my life .-------- wrong 

# I have never seen such a girl in my life .------ correct 

# Ruma is quite dull girl. --- wrong 

# Ruma is quite a dull girl . ---- correct.

11.If these words are used in singular , we use 'A' before them .

Noise , Lie , Hole , Headache , etc.

 For example ,

 #  The pupil makes noise in the class .--- wrong 

# The pupil makes a noise in the class .--- correct

# Jogi always tells lie . --- wrong 

# Jogi always tells a lie .--- correct

          USE OF 'AN'

1. Vowel starting nouns or words take 'An' before them .

For example ,

# Sudarshan is an intelligent boy 

# The president made  a appeal for the poor.

2.  An  is used before some H starting words in which  

H is not  pronunciated .

For example ,

#  An honest man .

# An hour.

# An heir .

# An honourable  person .

# An homage to the dead .

3. If  H , L, M, N, F , R , X , are the first letters of abbreviations , we use An  before them .

For example ,

# An M.A 

# F.R.C.S. girl.

# An H.S .school.

# An L.L.B. student.

# An N.C.C. team .

#An  x- ray clinic .

* THE OMISSION OF INDEFINITE ARTICLES

1.  Indefinite articles  can not be practiced two times  

for the  same noun in the same sentence 

For example ,

# Vivekanand was a saint and a hero.  --- wrong

# Vivekanand  was  a saint and hero.--- correct .

But ,

 # Vivekanand was both a saint and hero ---correct.

# Samir is neither a poet nor a writer.  -- correct .

# Ovi is either a poet or a singer. --correct .

# Rupali is not only a philosopher but also a critic.

2. Indefinite article should not be used before the names of meals.

For example , 

  # Robin  was present at  a dinner .--- wrong 

# Robin was present at dinner. -- correct.

But,

# It was  tasteful dinner.--- wrong .

# It was  a tasteful dinner.--- correct

# That was very nice break fast .-- wrong

# That was a very nice break fast --- correct.

So, in the case of adjective indefinite article must be used .

3. A or An should not be used before  material noun .

For example ,

It is a glass so it can be broken easily . -- wrong

               👇

              lead

#  It is glass so it can be broken easily  .--- correct.

# It  is a paper you should write on it  .  ------wrong 

# It is paper you should  write on it . ---- correct 

But ,

# Bring glass of water .--- wrong 

# Bring a glass of  water -- correct

# I read newspaper.---wrong 

# I  read a  newspaper. --- correct.

4. No use of article     is there after what kind of and what sort of .

For example ,

# What  kind of a boy he is -- wrong .

# What kind of boy he is .--- correct 

# What sort of a novel it is  ---- wrong 

# What sort of novel it is --- correct 

5. These  are some uncountable nouns , so we should not use indefinite article before them.

# Furniture       # Traffic 

# Stationery       # Offspring

# Poetry       #  Information

# Scenery       # Advice 

# Perfumery     # Abuse 

# Damage      # Telephone

# Luggage 

# Baggage 

# Postage

# Haltage 

           USE OF ' THE '

2. The is called the Definite Article , because its points out some particular person or thing.

For example,

He visited the minister. 

Means some particular minister.

She called the doctor .

   Means some particular doctor.

The following rules are applied to in using The before define noun.

1. Definite article The  is used before a noun if it is used before relative pronoun stressly.

For example ,

# She is a girl who sing a ghazal .-------- wrong 

# She is the girl who sing a ghazal .------- correct.

# This is a bird which can fly ------ wrong 

# This is  the bird which can fly ------ correct .

2. The is placed after  one of , each of , neither of , either of  ,none of , everyone of etc.

For example ,

#  One of  boys is absent.---wrong

# One of the boys is absent --- -- correct.

# Neither of girls is intelligent.----- wrong 

# Neither of the girls is intelligent-------- correct.

# Either of men was present.---wrong

# Either of the men was present----- correct.

3. The  is used before the name of commission .

For example ,

The verma commission is still functioning .

4. If Adjective is followed  by proper Noun use The before that adjective .

For example ,

# We love immortal Gandhi.----- wrong 

# We love the immorta l Gandhi.----- correct.

                       👇                    👇                 

              Adjective                     Proper noun

5 . Whenever common Noun is used as adjective it is preceded by definite article The .

For example ,

 When Raju found a boy the father came in him 

                                           👇   

                              the love of father

# When Meeta saw a girl the mother came in her 

                                           👇   

                             the love of mother

6. The is used before the names of :

# Gulfs   

# Seas  

# canals 

# Deserts

7. We place definite article The   before the names of : 

# Group of Islands 

# Series of Mountain 

# Religious books 

#  Holi scriptures / Community

For example , 

# The West indies 

#  The Rocky  # The Hindu 

# The Gita

8. Definite article is used before the name of :

#Places      # Ships    # Stars   # Musical instruments.

 

For example ,

 

#  The pawan Hans

# The Titanic

# The sun

#  The Guitar

# The Times of India

#The Prince of Wales

9. We use The before Comparative Degree if it is used for two , or , it  is used in  parallel.

 

For example ,

Which is the more beautiful  the Himalayas or the Alps.

The more you labour the more you again .

Ramu is the better  of the of the two .

The higher you , the lower  is the wind.

 

10. If the two proper nouns are compared , we use  definite article before the last proper noun.

For example , 

# Sachin is the Lara  of India .

# Kalidas  is the Shakespeare of India .

11. The is used before ordinals.

For example ,

# The formal   # The latter

# The first  # The second

# The last 

But , 

# The Ist division.

12. The issued before the names of some countries and organisations.

# The United States  # The United Kingdom

#The Yemen

 13 . The is used before the name of grand buildings and movements 

For example ,

# The Taj Mahal  # The Qutub Minar 

# The Charminar  # The Jama Masjid

# The Lotus Temple 

14 . Definite article The is used before  the name of historical caste .

For example,

# The Brahmin  # The Sudras 

# The Aryanas # The Alpine 

15 The must be used  before Superlative degree.

For example ,

# Rohit is the tallest boy  of his school. 

# Rohit is the tallest and best boy in the of his school.

16 . The  must be used before the name of titles and posts.

For example ,

# The iron Man  # The Chief  Minister

# The President  #  The Principal 

# The Father of the Nation  #  The Rai Bahadur 

The  end.

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