articles

ARTICLES


A, AN, THE

If the person or the thing spoken of is not definite then A and an is used

Give me a book – it can mean any book

I want an ice cream – it can mean any cream

These are called indefinite article. It is used of refer a particular person or thing.

THE DEFINITE ARTICLES:

When particularly referred

I lost the pen that you gave me

Before the names of holy books and news paper

The bible the Bhagavad Gita the Indian express

Before the names of famous building

The Taj Mahal the Eiffel tower

Before the names of rivers, seas, oceans, mountain,

The Krishna the bay of Bengal the Himalayas

Before the descriptive names of the countries

The U.S.A the U.K the U.A.E

BEFORE SUPERLATIVES

Highest tallest largest

Before ordinal numbers

Ill meets you on the 15th

2nd prize III row

BEFORE DIRECTIONS,

North, south, east and west, left, right

Before unique objects

The sun the earth the mars Saturn, star

Before musical instruments

The violin the harmonium the guitar, etc.,

EXAMPLES AT A GLANCE

Raja saw a beautiful lady at the post office

Shabir bought a pencil

Gokul met an educated lady

Sangeetha is an intelligent girl

TEST YOURSELF ON ARTICLES:

Sangeetha has ------- umbrella

Srilanka is -------------island

Urdu is-------- different language where as Tamil is------- easy language to learn

My brother has gone to ------------U.S

------------Krishna is ----------river

I saw ---------elephant------------owl and ----------dog

He knows to play -------------guitar

Usha was ---------- first girl to arrive

They returned after--------hour

She is-------------naughty girl

Mambalam is --------------holy city

This is ------------third time I visited London

We buy--------- times of India

---------Bible -----------holy book of Christians

--------Orange -------- day keeps you healthy all day