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An article is a short monosyllabic word that is used to
define the noun is specific or not. Since they are used to
speak about a noun, they can be considered adjectives.
There are three articles in English – ‘A’ , ‘an’ and ‘the’
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These articles are divided into two types normally :
-Definite Article- The
-Indefinite Article- A/An
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‘An’ is used with a Singular Countable Noun starting with a
Vowel sound
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A, E, I, O, U
A– Album, Airplane
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Event, Essay T
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Island, Insect
O– Officer, Owl, Oven
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U- Umpire, Undergraduate
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-‘A’ is used with a Singular Countable Noun starting with a
Consonant Sound
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Eg: p, b, t, d, g, s
A doctor m O A B CA
Exercise
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A hotel
_____ Am MP
⑨ _____ Ar heir
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& _____
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An honourable man ⑧ _____
An F.I.R
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* humble boy
③ An
_____ hour A university
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A euphoric person ① _____
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Am umbrella
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An MLA 04_____ year
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A one rupee coin
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Uses of ‘A/an’
When we talk of a thing or a person that is indefinite or that
is mentioned for the first time
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The little girl was so brave.
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Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived in a forest.
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Anjali has a sister
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In place of per, a/an can be used
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Per
Nithin earns Rs 50K a month. per
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& Vande Bharat express runs 90 kms an hour.
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& She visits him three times a week
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9 He drinks two cups of coffee a day
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per
To single out some person/something as a representative of
a class of things, animals and persons
A teacher should always be patient.
· A smart phone can perform can perform many functions.
A lion is often called the king of the jungle.
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When a verb is used as a noun
I hadO
a talk yesterday.
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They go for
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walk everyday.
Rohan has gone for a ride.
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With a few words denoting the number of countable nouns
such as couple, hundred, thousand, million, dozen etc.
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I have a --
couple of friends in Dubai.
We plantedO a hundred
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trees in the park. ②
They sold a million copies of the book.
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Billion
If a singular countable noun comes after
rather/quite/such/many, ‘a/an’ should be used in between
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He is quiteOm
a talented musician.
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She is suchO a good friend. S -
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an idea was discussed at the meeting.
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studen class
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‘A/an’ is used in exclamatory sentences with ‘what’ or ‘how’
but not with ‘what sort of’, ‘what type of’, ‘what kind of’, and
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‘what variety of’
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I What a beautiful day!
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How a lovely garden this is! I
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What variety of apples do you have?
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To make a common noun of a proper noun to express
quality, we use ‘a/an’
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He is-
an Einstein when it comes to solving complex problems
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She is a Picasso with her artwork
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In a few phrases ‘a/an’ is used
T In a nutshell, in a hurry, make a foot, make a profit, make a
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noise, make a mistake, make - a decision, make
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a promise,
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take a break, give a hand, as a result, in a while, as a rule,
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for a change etc. -
~His contribution really &
made a difference
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- As a rule, we do not allow pets
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Can you give me a hand with this task?
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- Generally, a/an is not used with proper nouns, but when the
speaker doesn’t really know about whom he is speaking,
‘a/an’ can be used
& A Midhun has come to meet you
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- There’s a John waiting at the reception
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- This book was written by an Akhilesh Sharma
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Nouns
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A/an shouldn’t be used with Plural Nouns and Uncountable
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A students are there are in the class.
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le of
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I had a bread in the morning.
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Note : In order to make the uncountable nouns countable,
we use a few words like piece, slice, loaf, strand etc
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No article should be used if a possessive/
distributive/demonstrative adjective is used before a noun
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This is myX
a car
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You can take hisZ
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a bike
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a girl is studious