This document provides information about articles in the English language. It defines definite and indefinite articles, and gives rules for their use. The definite article is "the" and it is used to refer to things already mentioned or uniquely specified. The indefinite articles are "a" and "an" and they are used for things not yet mentioned or of no particular identity. Examples are given to illustrate the rules for using definite vs. indefinite articles. The document concludes with some example questions to test the use of articles.

1. WELCOME

2. BADHIRIYA B.Ed
TRAINING COLLEGE
VELICHIKKALA
• NAME - MIDHULA ASOK S.
• OPTION - ENGLISH
• REG. NO - 16514392007

3. POWERPOINT
PRESENTAION
ON ARTICLE

4. INTRODUCTION
An article is a word that is used
with a noun to indicate the type
of reference being made by the
noun. Article specify grammatical
definiteness of the noun in some
languages extending to volume
or numerical scope.

5. DEFINITE ARTICLE
A definite article indicates that
its noun is a particular one which is
indefinitable to the listener. It may
be something that the speaker has
already mentioned, or it may be
something uniquely specified. The
only definite article is “the”

6. INDEFINITE ARTICLE
An indefinite article indicates that
its noun is not a particular one
indefinitable to the listener. It may be
something that the speaker is
mentioning for the first, or its precise
identity may be irrelevant or hypothetical
or the speaker may be making a general
statement about any such thing.

7. RULE FOR THE USE OF
DEFINITE ARTICLE
“The” is used,
* Before universal things.
eg: the sun, the moon, the earth etc.
* Before name of epics
eg: The Bible, the Vedas
* Before superlative degree
eg: the greatest king, the youngest brother

8. * Before ordinal numbers
eg: the first, the second
* With adjectives to refer a whole group of
people
eg: The French, the English
* With names of geographical areas, rivers,
mountains, canals etc.
eg. The Ganges, the Suez, the Atlantic,
the Himalayas etc.

9. RULE FOR THE USE OF
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
Indefinite article is used,
* Before vowels and consonants
eg: an engineer, an apple, a doctor
* With names of jobs
eg: John is a teacher
* With nationalities and religions in the
singualr
eg: George is an English man

10. * With exclamatory sentence
eg: What a surprise!
* Before countable noun which is singular
eg: This is a ripe mango
* Before positive degree
eg: This is a big house

11. QUESTIONS
(Fill in the blanks with a, an and the)
1) …………. aeroplane was flying over the sea.
2) English is ………….. easy language.
3) ………. eldest son is playing.
4) Cow is ……….. animal.
5) ……………. moon is ……….. satellite of earth.

12. 1) An aeroplane was flying over the sea.
2) English is an easy language.
3) The eldest son is playing.
4) Cow is an animal.
5) The moon is a satellite of earth.
ANSWERS

13. CONCLUSION
The three articles in English are a, an and
the. The leaner has to decide noun – by noun
which one of the articles is to use. In fact, there
are four choices to make, because some times
no article is necessary. Native speakers of
course, use the articles correctly without
thinking in everyday speakers, of course, use the
articles correctly without thinking in everyday
spoken language.

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