Module 2A
GRAMMAR
Dr. Chandrama Swain
Assistant Professor
SASL
OUTLINE
▪ Articles in English
▪ Omission of Articles
▪ Exercises
▪ Next Class Outline
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
ARTICLE
INDEFINITE DEFINITE
A AN THE
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
▪ Like adjectives, articles modify nouns
▪ A, an and the are called articles
▪ A and an are called indefinite articles
▪ The is called definite article
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
THE Used to refer to specific or particular nouns
A + AN Used to modify non-specific or non-particular
nouns
Used before nouns we want to introduce
Place Person Name Thing
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
▪ Used before beginning with a consonant sound
▪ Example: a boy, a bird
A ▪ Used before a singular noun beginning
▪ Example: a book, a school, a dog
▪ Used before vowel letters which don’t have any vowel sounds
▪ Example: a European, a unit, a union
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
▪ A should be used before words which start with a vowel letter
but carry a consonant sound
A ▪ For example: a university, a uniform, a one-rupee note
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
▪ A should be used before words that begin with a consonant
▪ For example: a girl, a clock, a lamp
A
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
▪ An should be used before a word beginning with a vowel
▪ For example: an idiot, an apple
AN ▪ An should be used before a word beginning with ‘h’ but not
with its sound
▪ For example: an hour, an honour, an honest man
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
▪ An should be used before words beginning with vowel sound
▪ Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
AN ▪ For example: an orange, an umbrella, an eye
ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
▪ The should be used before unique objects
▪For example: the sun, the sky, the moon
▪ The should be used before names of mountains, rivers, oceans,
THE deserts, etc.
▪For example: the Ganges, the Sahara, the Pacific
▪ The should be used before the name of books
▪ For example: the Bible, the Ramayana, the Quran
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▪ The should be used before the superlative degree
▪For example: the best, the tallest
▪ The should be used before musical instruments
THE ▪For example: the flute, the violin
▪ The should be used before an adjective to denote a whole class
▪ For example: the old, the rich, the poor
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▪ The should be used when we know that there is only one of a
particular thing
THE ▪ For example: the sky, the world, the North Pole
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