The document discusses the usage of the articles "a", "an", and "the" in the English language. It explains that "a" and "an" are called indefinite articles and are used before nonspecific nouns, with "a" preceding words beginning with consonants and "an" preceding words beginning with vowels. It also discusses some exceptions to this rule regarding words beginning with "h" or vowel sounds. "The" is called the definite article and is used before specific or previously mentioned nouns as well as titles of works, places, days, single units, and names of religions or nationalities.

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3. Article
Today’s Topic:
Article
Article: A, An And The are called
article. It qualifies Noun.
Indefinite Definite

4. Indefinite Article: A and An are called Indefinite Article.
For example:
 He bought a book
 The boy eats an egg.

5. Uses of A and An
 A is used before the word starting with consonant and an
sits before the word starting with vowel(a, e, i, o, u).
 For example:
 a hen
 a boy
 a pen
 an apple

6.  If the consonant ‘h’ of any word is pronounced, article ‘a’
sits before it. For example:
This is a horse
 He is a historian

7. If ‘h’ is not pronounced, article ‘an’ sits before it. For
example:
He is an honest man. I have been reading for an hour

8. If the vowels in the beginning of the words are pronounced
like ‘u’, article ‘a’ sits before them.
 It is a ewe.
 This is a European flag.
 He is a university student

9. Generally article ‘an’ is used before the vowel ‘o’ if it is
pronounced like o
.
That is an open field. This is an open heart surgery.
But if the vowel ‘o’ is pronounced like ‘one’, article ‘a’ is
used.
 It is a one taka note.
 He is a one eyed man.

10. If the first letter of any abbreviation is pronounced like
Vowel ‘an’ sits before it.
i. Mr. Rahman is an M.A.
ii. Dr. Arif is an F.R.C.S.
iii. Mrs. Ferdousi is an F.C.P.S.
But if the first letter of any abbreviation is pronounced like
Consonant ‘a’ sits before it.
i. He is a B.A.
ii. He is a B.A.G.
iii. She is a B.Sc.

11. Other uses of ‘A’ and ‘An’
1. Before singular common noun:
 Before one person or one thing:
A dog An ant
 He bought an ice-cream.
 I live in atiny-room.

12.  ‘a’ sits before lot, little, few:
He earns a lot of money.
There is a little water in the glass.
There are a few apples on the table.

13.  ‘a’ sits before- couple, dozen, score, hundred, thousand,
million:
i. They sold a dozen pens.
He earns a hundred taka a day.
i. A million of people attended the meeting.

14. ‘a’ sits before exclamatory words like ‘what’, ‘how’ ,
‘such’ etc.
i. Such a long quee.
What a beautiful flower it is!
How nice a bird it is!

15.  ‘a’/’an’ sits before some phrases:
i. In a body
ii. In a hurry
iii. In a nutshell
iv. In a fix
v. In a temper
vi. To take an interest

16. Uses of ‘The’
 Before the singular common noun and singular plural
noun:
i. The boys are playing football.
i. The girl is reading.

17.  Before Singular Common Noun:
The cow is useful animal.
The rose is a nice flower.

18. Before river, sea, ocean & hill:

TheHimalayas
ThePadma
TheAndaman's
ThePacific

19.  Before the name of religious book and newspaper:
The Holly Quran The Vagbat Gita
The Holy Tripic The Bible

20. The Daily SunThe Bangladesh
Protidin
Before the name of Newspaper:

21.  Before date: The 10 of January, the 21 of February
 Before single unit of nature:
The earth The sun The moon

22.  Before nation:
The Muslims The Poor
The Rich TheEnglish

23. He is the best boy in the class.
Before profession
He joined the army
Before superlative degree

24.  Before singular designation: The headmaster, the
Principal, The President
 Before musical instruments:
Before epithet: Alexander the great was a great
warrior.
 He plays the piano.

25. Group Work
Group A
Write down 10 examples
using article ‘a’ and ‘an’
Group B
Write down 10 example
using article ‘the’

26. Evaluation
i. What is called article?
ii. What is called Indefinite article?
iii. What is called Definite article?
iv. Give five examples which need article ‘a’
v. Give five examples which need article ‘an’

27. Home Work
Write down ten sentences
using article a, an the.

28. Thank you all.