Articles.
Article ‘a’ is used before a singular noun and whose pronunciation begins with a consonant sound.
Article ‘an’ is used
before a singular noun and whose pronunciation
begins with a vowel sound.
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Use
of ‘a’ |
Use
of ‘a’ |
Use
of ‘an’ |
Use
of ‘an’ |
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|
A
book A
cat A
horse A
house A
water bottle A
hare A
bunch of keys A
colony of houses A
gang of thieves |
A
unit A
utensil A
university A
union A
uniform A
euro A
European A
usual practice A
one way traffic A
one rupee coin A
young man A
woman A
year A
yak A
historical place |
An
apple An
eagle An
island An
onion An
umbrella An
astronaut An
engine An
inn An
old woman An
ounce An
urgent job |
An
honour An
honest man An
heir An
hour An
X-ray An
unusual sound An
LED lamp An
LCD TV An
RSS man An
MP An
MLC An
FBA agent |
A
lot of money A
few of them A
little space A
bit of rest. Many
a man |
Use of article ‘ The’-- The is use before :
|
Religious
books , Epics & Scriptures |
Designations |
Institutions
/ Organizations |
Institutions
/ Organizations |
|
The
Bhagavadgeeta The
Quoran The
Bible The
Grantha Saheb The
Avesta. The
Ramayana The
Mahabharatha The
Iliad The
Aeneid The
Odyssey The
Epic of Gilmamesh The
Metamorphosis The
Icelandic Sagas. The
Vedas The
Yajurveda The
Upanishad. The
Shrutis. The
Smritis The
Puranas |
The
President The
Prime Minster The
Defense Minister The
Secretary The
Chief Justice The
Chief of the Air Staff The
under secretary The
Director The
Deputy director The
Principal The
Head Master The
CEO of ….. |
The
Indian Army The
Western Railways The
Eastern Command The
CIA The
FBI The
Supreme court The
UNO The
NATO The
WTO The
IMF The
Stake Bank of India The
Ministry of Home affairs. The
Central Bureau of Investigation |
The
University of Texas The
London School of Economics. The
institute of Medical Science The
RAW ( Research and Analysis Wing) The
University of Mysore But Mysore
University ( The is not used) Karnataka
University, Dharwad. Cardinals &
Superlatives : The
first, the last, the fourth…… The
best, the most, the least, the oldest, the worst |
|
Mountain
Ranges |
Oceans
& Seas |
Major
Rivers |
Deserts |
Gulfs
& Straits |
|
|
|
The
Himalayas The
Vindyas The
Western Ghats The
Nilgiris The
Hindukhush The
Karakoram The
Pir Punjab The
Alps |
The
Atlantic Ocean The
Pacific Ocean The
Indian Ocean The
Arctic The
Antartica The
Arabian sea The
dead sea The
Mediterranean The
Caribbean sea |
The
Nile The
Amazon The
Themes The
Ganges (Ganga) The
Godavari The
Couvery The
Krishna (Since
Bhima, Tunga, Bhadra etc. are Tributeries, ‘The” is not used ) |
The
Sahara The
Gobi Desert The
Namib The
Atakama The
Black Rock |
The
Gulf of Maxico The
Gulf of Kutch The
Gulf of Mannar The
Gulf of Oman The
Palk Strait The
Strait of Gibralter The
Hudson Strait The
Strait of Megallan |
|
|
|
Countries
( Republics) |
Union
of states |
Cities |
Group
of islands |
Unique
objects |
||
|
The
Czech Republic The
Congo The
Democratic Republic of Korea The
Peoples’ Republic of China (
if only China is written, ‘The’ is not used) |
The
United Kingdom The
United States of America. The
United Arab Emirates. |
The
Hague The
Bronx The
Dallas (
Here, word ‘The’ may not be article. It may be the part of the name) |
The
Andamans The
Maldives. The
Hawaii The
Bahamas The
Caribbean Islands The
West Indies The
Philippines (For
Lakshadweep, the is normally not used) |
The
Universe The
Solar System The
Sun The
Moon The
Earth. The
Human Race (
‘The’ is not used for other planets, like Venus, Mars etc) |
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|
Names
of direction |
Names
of News Papers & Magazines |
Extraordinary
works of Art & Architecture |
Channels
, Canals |
Imaginary
lines ( Geography) |
|
The
North The
South The
East The
West The
North East The
North West The
South East The
South West |
The
Hindu The
Indian Express. The
Tribune. The
Times of India. The
Front Line The
Week The
New York Times The
Washington Post |
The
Mona lisa The
Colosseum The
Great Wall of China. The
Taj Mahal. The
Red fort. The
Qutub Minar. The
Hagia Sophia Museum |
The
Suez canal The
Panama Canal The
Corinth Canal The
Kiel canal The
English Channel The
Ambrose Channel |
The
latitude The
longitude The
Equator The
Meridian The
Greenwich The
Tropic of Cancer The
tropic of Capricorn |
·
The is used before the names
of the family. ----
The Reddys are invited. The
Kulkarnis have made a lot of progress.
·
Article ‘The’ is used with
the adjectives to refer to a group of people.
The poor, The rich , the elderly, the helpless ,
·
Article ‘The’ is used with
Nationality, / Ethnic people.
The British, The French, The
Red Indians, The Aaryans, the
Dravidians, the Mongolians. Note : I like the French ( French means people of France)
I like French. ( here, French is
a language, so, no article is used)
·
Article ‘The’ is used before
a singular noun which represents a whole class of that word.
1). The camel is the ship of
desert. 2) The dog is a
faithful animal. 3) The rose smells
sweet.
Correct
the following sentences if you find an error and rewrite them.
1).
Dog is a faithful animal.
2) Where is a pen I gave you
? 3) Icebergs of Arctic are
melting. 4)
Earth moves around Sun. 5)
European nations have an union. 6) The
Mount Everest is a tallest peak. 7) Poor are neglected in
India. 8) They sailed across Persian Gulf. 9) We visited West Indis and South Africa.
10) I still remember a day we met. 11) She is the Hindu. 12) He is CEO of
Microsoft company. 13) I need an water. 14) Rose smells
sweet. 15) We need
lot of money for this project.
16) I am a best
player in our team. 17) An elderly
should be respected. 18) The no one
knows who she is.
19)
Shakespeare was a Kalidasa of English literature. 20) Tropic of
Cancer runs through India. 21) Police has to take the
responsibility.
Milan Tomic
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