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7. What was the cause of death of many soldiers at the British hospital in Crimea?

8. Why was Florence Nightingale called ‘the Lady with the Lamp’?

Think and Answer • Critical Thinking

A. How did Florence Nightingale look after the injured and sick soldiers? Do you think it
was a difficult task?

B. Do you think nursing is a noble profession? Why?

Grammar Spot • Articles (a, an, the)
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions

Articles
A, an and the are called articles in English grammar. They are placed before the nouns

they modify.

Examples: a nurse, a lamp, a hospital, an operation
theatre, the best nurse REMEMBER
Articles are, in fact, adjectives
A singular countable noun is always used with a/an when though they are often taught
it is referred to for the first time. and learnt separately.

‘A’ and ‘an’ are called indefinite articles.

We do not use an indefinite article with plural nouns or uncountable nouns.

Using Definite Article ‘the’

We use ‘the’ to refer to Examples
Unique things the sun, the sky, the earth

the Gita, the Bible, the Quran, the Guru
Names of religious books
Granth Sahib
the Central Board of Secondary Education,

the Reserve Bank of India
Full names of organisations
We do not use the before abbreviated

forms like CBSE.
The Times of India, The Telegraph, The
Names of newspapers
Hindu

Names of rivers the Godavari, the Ganga, the Yamuna
Names of mountains the Himalayas, the Aravallis, the Alps

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