English grammar, articles

1. a
an
the
The BASICS
English Language Learning Series

2. Where do they
come?
before “nouns”..

3. before
Singular,
Countable
nouns
Where & how are they
used?
Articles
a
an
the
Indefinite
‘general’
Definite
‘specific’
before
Singular / Plural
Countable /
Uncountable nouns

4. • A book
• An
engineer
Articles
a
an
the
Indefinite
‘general’
Definite
‘specific’
• The book
• The
doctor

5. The
Sound..
What determines
it?
Vowel Consonant
actor
elephant
island
orange
umbrella
boy school
forest
hospital
university

6. What about
these?
house
horse
hour
an honest man
a
a
an

7. What about these?
university
union
umbrella
European
a
a
a
n
a

8. What about
these?
house
an honest man
ear
year
a
an
a

9. What about these?
a one-rupee note
a one-eyed man
a useful article
a yellow building

10. • Before a particular person or
thing
• One already referred to
• book you want is available.
• Let us go to theatre.
• He shouted at her and girl
cried.

11. • Before most Proper Nouns..
• Names of People..
• Names of Continents, Countries,
Cities..
• Names of individual mountains, hills..
• Individual islands, lakes..

12. BUT

13. • Before some proper names of places
• Oceans & seas the Bay of Bengal
• Rivers the Ganges, the river
Krishna
• Canals the Buckingham canal
• Deserts the Sahara, the Thar

14. • Before some proper names of places
• Groups of Islands the West Indies
• Mountain Ranges the Himalayas
• A few countries the Indian Republic
the United Kingdom
the Netherlands
the US

15. If you know one
language, learning
another is EASY…
A Foreign
Language can be
best learnt by
REPETITION