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Use of Articles – a, an Examples

 Sometimes, a noun begins with a He is an honest man.
consonant but is pronounced with Here, ‘h’ is silent.
a vowel sound.

 We also use the article a with nouns  A European lady visited the museum. (begins
that begin with vowel letters but with yoo sound)
are pronounced with consonant  A one-rupee coin is here. (begins with wa
sounds. sound)

 A university is coming up here. (begins with
yoo sound)
Use of Articles – the Examples

 The definite article the is used William had some friends. The boy wanted to
when we have already mentioned be great.

the person, place, animal or thing
we are talking about.
 We use the before names The Himalayas; The Ganga;
of mountain ranges, rivers, The Indian Express; The Bible; The Quran; The

newspapers, religious books and Gita; The sky
unique things.
 We use the before ordinal numbers.  The last seat is empty.

 The third boy in the queue is my classmate.

 We also use the when we refer to I know the girl who won the singing content in
a particular person or thing. school.

C. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.

1. Miss Manes was writing series for ‘Woman's Torch’. series was on

'Haunted English Country Houses'.

2. Aayansh has joined university in Delhi.

3. She has invited neighbour to dinner. neighbour has shifted here
from Goa.

4. owl is considered to be wise.

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