LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO STATE THE DEFINITION OF AN ARTICLE.
• THEY WILL BE ABLE TO NAME THE ARTICLES ‘A’, ‘AN’ AND ‘THE’.
• THEY WILL RECOGNISE THAT ARTICLES ARE ALWAYS USED WITH NOUNS.
• THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE THEM CORRECTLY.

ARTICLES

• THERE ARE THREE ARTICLES
• ‘A’, ‘AN’ AND ‘THE’
• ‘A’ AND ‘AN’ ARE CALLED- INDEFINITE ARTICLES
• ‘THE’ IS CALLED- DEFINITE ARTICLE.

A, AN, THE

• ‘A’, ‘AN ‘AND ‘THE’ ARE USUALLY CALLED ARTICLES. THEY ARE REALLY DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES.
• A & AN ARE CALLED INDEFINITE ARTICLES BECAUSE THEY USUALLY LEAVE INDEFINITE THE PERSON OR THING SPOKEN OF AS- A DOCTOR ; i.e. ANY DOCTOR.

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A, AN, THE

• THE IS CALLED THE DEFINITE ARTICLE, BECAUSE IT NORMALLY POINTS OUT SOME PARTICULAR PERSON OR THING ; AS-
• HE SAW THE DOCTOR; MEANING SOME PARTICULAR DOCTOR.

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INDEFINITE ARTICLE�

• A OR AN- THE CHOICE BETWEEN A AND AN IS DETERMINED BY SOUND.
• BEFORE A WORD BEGINNING WITH A VOWEL SOUND ‘AN’ IS USED AS- AN ASS, AN ENEMY, AN ORANGE, AN UMBRELLA, AN HOUR, AN HONEST MAN AN HEIR

USE OF ‘A’, ‘AN’, ‘THE’

• THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE IS USED BEFORE SINGULAR COUNTABLE NOUNS e.g.-A BOOK, AN ORANGE, A GIRL.
• THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IS USED BEFORE SINGULAR COUNTABLE NOUNS, PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS AND UNCOUNTABLE Nouns e.g.- THE BOOK, THE BOOKS, THE MILK.

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INDEFINITE ARTICLE

• BEFORE A WORD BEGINNING WITH A CONSONANT SOUND ‘A’ IS USED AS- A BOY, A WOMAN, A HORSE, A UNIVERSITY,, A UNION, A EUROPEAN, A USEFUL ARTICLE. BECAUSE THE WORDS - UNIVERSITY, UNION etc. BEGIN WITH A CONSONANT SOUND THAT OF YU .

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USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLE

1. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A PARTICULAR PERSON OR THING , OR ONE ALREADY REFERRED TO . AS-
1. THE BOOK YOU WANT IS OUT OF PRINT. (WHICH BOOK ? THE ONE YOU WANT.)
2. LET’S GO TO THE PARK ( THE PARK IN THIS TOWN )
3. THE GIRL CRIED ( THE GIRL ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

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USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLE

• 2.WHEN A SINGULAR NOUN IS MEANT TO REPRESENT A WHOLE CLASS. AS-
• THE COW IS A USEFUL ANIMAL.
• THE HORSE IS A NOBLE ANIMAL.
• THE CAT LOVES COMFORT.
• THE ROSE IS THE SWEETEST OF ALL FLOWERS

USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLE

• 3.BEFORE SOME PROPER NAMES VIZ,THESE KINDS OF PLACE- NAME- (a). OCEANS AND SEAS . eg. THE PACIFIC, THE BLACK SEA
• (b). RIVERS e.g. THE GANGA, THE NILE
• ( c). CANALS eg. THE SUAZ CANAL.
• ( d) DESERTS. Eg. THE SAHARA

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USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLE

• 4. BEFORE THE NAMES OF CERTAIN BOOKS; AS-
• THE VEDAS, THE PURANAS, THE RAMAYANA.
• 5. BEFORE THE NAMES OF THINGS UNIQUE OF THEIR KIND; AS
• THE SUN, THE SKY, THE MOON, THE EARTH, THE SEA.

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USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLE

• 6.WITH SUPERLATIVES; AS
• THE DARKEST CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING.
• THIS IS THE BEST BOOK OF CHEMISTRY.
• 7.WITH ORDINALS ; AS-HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO ARRIVE.THE NINTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK IS INTERESTING.
• 8.BEFORE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AS
• HE CAN PLAY THE FLUTE.

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USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLE

• 9.BEFORE THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PLACES; AS-
• THE TAJ MAHAL, THE GOLDEN TEMPLE, THE LIBRARY, THE ZOO
• 10.BEFORE THE NAMES OF PARTY AND ORGANISATIONS; AS-
• THE CONGRESS, THE JANATA THE LOK DAL.

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USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLE

• 11.BEFORE THE BIG RANKS; AS
• THE PRIME MINISTER, THE PRESIDENT, THE PRINCIPAL.
• 12.BEFORE THE NAMES OF NATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES; AS-
• THE ENGLISH, THE FRENCH, THE HINDUS.

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USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLE

• 13. BEFORE THE NAMES OF RELIGIOUS BOOKS, NEWS PAPERS AND MAGAZINES -
• THE GITA, THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THE INDIAN REVIIEW.
• 14 BEFORE THE PROPER NOUNS WHICH ARE USED AS COMMON NOUNS. AS-
• KALIDAS IS THE SHAKESPEARE OF INDIA.
• KASHMIR IS THE SWITZERLAND OF INDIA

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HOME ASSIGNMENT

• WRITE THE USE OF ‘A’ AND ‘AN’ AND ‘THE’.
• WHAT ARE INDEFINITE ARTICLES?
• ‘THE’ IS CALLED A DEFINITE ARTICLE, WHY?

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