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                                                                 Articles

                                                An article is a word that modifies or defines
                                                the noun. In English grammar there are
                                                          three types of nouns.








                                                                                           The                   The
                                A                                  An
                      The word 'a' is called            The word 'an' is also               word 'the' is called  the
                      indefinite article which                                                definite article . It is
                                                                                              used for specific or
                      is used before a word            called indefinite article
                       which begins with a             which is used before a                    unique nouns.
                     consonant . We  use 'a'          word which begins with                    We use 'the' for
                     with singular countable                                               singular or plural nouns.
                              nouns.                   a vowel sound. We use                Eg- 1. Jack fell sleep in
                         Eg- 1.Samira is                  'an' with singular                    the green chair.
                                                          countable nouns.
                         reading a book.                                                     2. The sun is shining
                     2. I bought a new dress.         Eg- 1. We should eat an                        today.
                                                            apple everday.
                                                          2. My father is an
                                                             honest man.
                                                                                           We use the with-- United
                      Remember that some                                                     countries(the United
                          vowels have a                                                         Arab Emirates)
                        consonant sound.                                                       ,deserts(the Gobi
                          Eg-University,                      Some words                            Desert),
                           unicorn etc.                                                     We do not use the with
                                                            begin with h that
                        So here it will be--               we can't hear .We                    most  countries(
                          a university,  a                   use an in such                       India),cities(
                             unicorn.                            cases.                          Bhubaneswar)
                                                            Eg- an hour, an
                                                              honest man.
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