ARTICLE

                                                                              ARTICLE                                  

Article – The words a, an, the, are called article.

                                               

                                There are two kinds of article –

a)      Indefinite article

b)     Definite article

Indefinite article – ‘A’ and ‘an’ are called indefinite article.

Error –

Ø  If any word starts with vowel letter and gives vowel sound then it takes article ‘an’ before them.

e.g. –

                I have a apple.                   (û)

                I have an apple.                (ü)

Ø  If any word starts with consonant letter and gives vowel sound then it takes article ‘an’ before them.

e.g. –

                You are a honest boy.                    (û)

                You are an honest boy.                 (ü)

Ø  If any word starts with vowel letter and gives consonant sound then it takes article ‘a’ before them.

e.g. –

                This is an one rupee note.            (û)

                This is a one rupee note.              (ü)

Ø  If any word starts with consonant letter and gives consonant sound then it takes article ‘a’ before them.

e.g. –

                This is an book.                (û)

                This is a book.                   (ü)

Ø  Article (i.e. a, an) is not used before the uncountable nouns and proper nouns.

e.g. –

                I have a mangoes.           (û)

                I have mangoes.               (ü)

                You have a milk.              (û)

                You have milk.                 (ü)

Definite article – ‘The’ is called definite article.

Error –

Ø  ‘The’ is used before a particular thing.

e.g. –

                Give me the books from the table.

                Switch on the table.

Ø  ‘The’ is used before the names of rivers, seas, oceans, mountains, islands.

e.g. –

                the Ganga, the Yamuna, the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, Sea, the Black Sea, the Himalayas, the Andaman and the Nicobar Islands

Ø  ‘The’ is used before the names of the newspaper and sacred books.

e.g. –

The Hindustan Times, the Times of India, the Vedas, the Purans, the Mahabharata, the Bible, etc.

Ø  ‘The’ is used before the unique things.

e.g. –

                the sun, the moon, the earth, etc.

Ø  ‘The’ is used before the names of religions and nationals.

e.g. –

                the Christians, the Hindus, the Muslims, the French ruled over Pondicherry, etc.

Ø  ‘The’ is used before the superlative adjective.

e.g. –

                the most, the best, the worst, etc.

Ø  ‘The’ is used before the ordinal numbers.

e.g. –

                He is the first person to do this.

Ø  ‘The’ is used before well-defined nouns.

e.g. –

                We must help the poor.

Omission of the articles –

Articles are not used in the following cases –

Ø  Before man when it relates to mankind –

e.g. –

                Man is mortal.

Ø  Before cities –

e.g. –

                Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, etc.

Ø  Before countries –

e.g. –

                India, China, France, Britain, Nepal, etc.

Ø  Before names of persons –

e.g. –

                S. C. Bose, Sundar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, etc.

Ø  Before days –

e.g. –

                Sunday, Monday, Saturday, etc.

Ø  Before months –

e.g. –

                March, June, July, August, etc.

Ø  Before materials –

e.g. –

                gold, silver, iron, etc.

Ø  Before abstract nouns –

e.g. –

Honesty is the best policy.

I value friendship.

He is known for his charity.

Ø  Before arts and sciences –

e.g. –

                Do you know painting?

                I know English.

Ø  Before titles –

e.g. –

                Lord Mountbatten, Lord Krishna, Prophet Mohammad, etc.