Articles is playing a biggest role in english. So here I gave some slides. I hope this will be useful for you all.In grammar , Article is a kind of determiner . So you all guys should learn it thoroughly .
NOW, here I gave some fill in the blanks TO UNDERSTAND VERY WELL the Articles :-
1. I saw ----- very beautiful girl.
a
an
the
2. I forgot to bring my pencil. Do you have ----pencil i could borrow.
a
an
the
3. I have ---- new bike.
a
an
the
4.what is --- capital of India?
a
an
the
5. I saw ----- old man walking in the road .
a
an
the
2) Fill in the blanks:-( to understand where the articles must come) :-
1. I have ----- two older sister and a younger brother.
a
an
no article
2. I drank ------ cup of coffee , but the coffee was too hot.
a
the
no article
3. Last winter , I and My friends travelled to ------Europe .
a
an
the
no article
4. Someone call ---- police.
a
the
no article
5. Once there was ----- king.----- king had two wives.
a, the
the, an
a,no article
the,a
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11. The is used
before the language
stands for its people.
(Not for language, only
for people).
Eg:-
* The Spanish
12. Before the names of
seas,ocean,rivers,mountain
s,gulfs and group of island
etc....
Eg:-
* The gulf of mannar,
* The pacific ocean,
* The ganges,
* The himalayas
23. Indefinite Article:-
“A” and “An” are known
as indefinite article.
It is not used for a
particular thing or
person.
24. i.e.; We should use “A
or An” (indefinite
article) when a thing
or a person which is
first introducing.
25. If another time we are
going to use the same
thing or a person
in a place we should use
“the” which is a definite
article.
26. For example :-
Once there was a
queen.(here we are using “A”).
The queen had two
sons.( Here we are using “the”
.Because again we are saying
the specific person so, we are
using “the”).
27. An will used in the
place of one
(singular)which is
expressing vowel
sound.
Eg:- An Apple🍎
30. “A” used before the
words which are giving
consonants sound.
i.e.; the consonant sound
is important, not the
consonant words.
For eg:-
* A bike
* A tray
36. “A” is used before
name and
surname.(stranger).
Eg:-
* A Mr.Newton
37. We must use “A”
when the vowel
sound heard like a
consonant sound.
Eg:-
* A University.
38. Indefinite Article
SOME
◦ * Some means a certain
amount or number of.
* Some is also used in
uncountable nouns and plural
countable nouns.
* Some also considering as
indefinite article.
39. Contexts used for some:-
“Some” is used before
when indicating an
unspecified amount of a
count or non count noun.
Eg:-
*Would you like some
tea ?
40. Sometimes some is used in questions
and answers.
Eg:-
*Would you have some money?
* Yes, I have some money.
41. We have use some before the exact
number not stated.
Eg:-
* Take some bananas.
42. Do not use any article before the names of
specific places ,peoples ,months ,days and metals.
Eg:-
* January, * Iron, * Sunday
* Gandhi, * Anna salai ,
43. Do not use any articles before
Continents ,countries and cities.
Eg:-
* Asia is the largest continent in the
world.
* New Delhi is the capital of India.
* Newyork is the best city.
44. Do not use any article before
the abstract noun and
common noun.
Eg:-
* Honesty is the best
policy.(abstract noun)
* Potato is my favorite
vegetable.(common noun)
45. Do not use
any article before
languages.
Eg:-
* French is the
easiest language.
46. Do not use any article before foods ,
festival and relatives.
Eg:-
* We celebrate pongal in the month
of January,
* Oats is good for diet.
* My father is my good friend.
47. Do not use any article before games
and sports.
Eg:-
* They are playing cricket.
* Chess is my favourite game.
48. Do not use any article before plural countable
nouns and uncountable nouns.
Eg:-
* Laptops are useful machine.
* Sugar is bad for your teeth.
Note:- Sometimes plural noun and uncountable
nouns use article the in a particular sense.
49. Do not use any article before
schools,hospitals, college,university and
prison.
Eg:-
* He is still in hospital.
* I learned hindi at school.
* She is studying at university.