Topic "Article" Very Helpful for Part of Speech.

1. Articles
Prepared By:
Muhammad Awais Ch

3. An article is an adjective. Like adjectives,
articles modify nouns.
AA, anan and thethe are called articles
A, anA, an are called indefinite articles
TheThe is called definite article

4. TheThe is used to refer to
specific or particular nouns.
A / anA / an is used to modify
non-specific or non-
particular nouns.
AN THEA

5. We use a, an, or the before nouns that we want to
introduce.
Nouns are names of people, places, animals or things.
A Person
A Place
A thing

6. ‘A’ is used
 Before beginning with a
consonant sound.
(Eg) a boy, a bird
 Before a singular noun beginning
(Eg) a book, a school, a dog.
 Even before vowel letters which
don’t have vowel sound.
(Eg) a European, a unit, a union.

7. we also use a before u when it
sounds like the word ‘you’ and
before eu.
sounds like ‘you
starts with u = university
a university

8. Some words start with a vowelvowel letter but begin with a
consonant sound, so we use aa before these words too.
a university
a uniform

9. We use aa before words that begin with a
consonant.
a girl
a clock
a lamp

10. ‘An’ is used
Before a word beginning with a vowel
(Eg) an idiot, an apple
Before a word beginning with ' h' but not
sounded
(Eg) an honour, an hour, an honest man

11. We use an before words that begin with a vowel
sound .
an orange
an umbrella
an eye
a,e,i,o,u are vowels

12. 'The’ is used'The’ is used
1.Before unique objects
(Eg) the sun, the sky, the moon
2.Before the names of mountains, rivers,
oceans, deserts etc.
(Eg) the Ganges, the Sahara, the Pacific
3.Before the names of books
(Eg) the Bible, the Ramayana, the Quran

13. 4. Before the superlative degree
(Eg) the best, the tallest
5. Before musical instruments
(Eg) the flute, the violin
6. Before an adjective to denote a whole class
(Eg) the old, the rich, the poor

14. We use the when we know that there is
only one of a particular thing.
the sky
the world
the North Pole

15. Omission of articleOmission of article
1.Before the names of relations (father, uncle,sister )
2.Before the names of material (gold, silver, diamond )
3.Before proper noun ( Lotus, Chennai, Priya )
4.Before abstract noun (honesty, wisdom, truth )
5.Before language ( Tamil, Hindi, English )
6.Before certain phrases ( at noon, by train, on foot )

16. 1 Do you have ____ umbrella?
2 ____Ravi, ____Chenab ,___Jhelum, and
___Indus fall into ____Arabian sea.
3____darkest cloud has a silver lining.
4 He was ____first man to arrive.
5 Not ____word was said.
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17. 6 One evening _____ beggar came
to my door.
7He can play ____flute.
8I read ____ Holy Quran in the
morning.
9____rich do not like ____poor.
10Horse is ____faith full animal.
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18. THE END!!!THE END!!!