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English Series
Grammar Vocabulary Comprehension
2-4 QUESTIONS
 ARTICLES
 SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS  UNSEEN PASSAGE
 PARTS OF SPEECH
 Noun  IDIOMS AND PROVERBS  PARA JUMBLES
 Pronoun  PHRASAL VERBS &
 Adjective
 Verb  ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION SENTENCE JUMBLES
 Adverb  OPENING / CLOSING
 Preposition
 Conjunction STATEMENTS

 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT  PARA COMPLETION

 TENSE
 MODALS
 VOICE
Exam Cover : SSC CGL, SSC 10 +2 , SSC CPO ,
 NARRATION MTS , UPSC , SI , Bank Clerk,
RRB , MPPSC , Bank PO
  Articles are actually Adjectives. They are used
ARTICLE to modify Nouns.
(a , an ,the)

ARTICLE

Indefinite Article Definite Article

(a / an) (The)

Examples :  There is a person on the phone.

 There is the person on the phone
 I need to buy a watch.
 Is this the watch you were looking for ?
 The book was not available online.
  Indefinite articles are used for a noun which is not specified
CONCEPT :
It is always used before Singular Countable Noun.
 “An” is used before the words that start with the sound of a
Hindi vowel.
Singular Countable Noun ?

 Noun is a name.

Countable Uncountable
Nouns Nouns
Ex : Pen, Desk, Boy, Ex : Water, Honesty,
Laptop, Glass etc. Beauty, Brightness,
Quickness
 Practice

 ………..unit  ………..M.L.A.

………...honest man ………...Umbrella

…………hour …………M.A.

…………university …………Honesty

……… .one rupee note …………happiness

 USES OF INDEFINITE ARTICLE

 To suggest the sense of “one”.

Examples :
 100 meters make a kilometer.
 The person has brought a suitcase with him.

 In sense of each/every/per.

Examples :
 We are going 60 miles an hour.
 You have to take this medicine twice a day.
 In exclamatory sentences , before a singular countable noun.

Example :
 What a great shot !
 How innovative an idea is that !
 How beautiful a picture is that !

 Before a proper noun in sense of “any” or “some”.

Examples :
 There is a Rahul on call.
 A Mr. Sharma has come to meet you.
 A Neha is waiting downstairs.
 When a proper noun is being used as a common noun.

 She is a Lata Mangeshkar of my class.

 She is the Lata Mangeshkar of my class.

 He is a Sherlock Holmes of our group

 Kalidasa is the Shakespeare of India.

 Mountains
Uses of “THE” ranges

Examples :
Names of rivers ,  The Himalaya
Seas, Ocean, Gulfs,  The Mount Everest
Bays Deserts

Examples : Holy books

 The Ganga , The Thames etc.
 The Red sea, The Indian ocean etc.
Examples :
 The Persian gulf
 The Bay of Bengal etc.  The Mahabharata
 The Thar , The Sahara etc.  The Bible
 The Quran etc.
 Group of Islands Historical buildings

Examples : Examples :
 The Red Fort
 The Andaman and Nicobar
 The Jallianwala Bagh
Islands
 The Taj Mahal
 The Northern Andaman

Newspapers,
Magazines Superlative degree

Examples : Examples :
 The National Herald  The Fastest train
 The Business Standard  The best movie
 The Forbes  The slowest Creature
 Names of Trains ordinals

Examples : Examples :

 The Vivek Express  The first desk

 The Gareebrath Express  The last student in the line
 The Rajdhani Express  The third chapter

Physical positions Unique proper noun

Examples Examples :
 On the top of the hill  The Earth
 in the middle  The Moon
 for the latter half  The Great wall of China
 Before an adjective , to represent a class.
Examples :
 We should respect the elderly.
 The rich should not look down upon the poor.

 Before the names of musical instruments.

Examples :

 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan plays the “Sarod”.

 The flute is a soulful instrument.
 Before comparative degree in case of choice.

Examples:
 She is the better of the two sisters.
 Which is the more beautiful painting of these two paintings ?

Before the names of cups and trophies.

Examples:

 India won the first world cup in 1983.

 Vidarbha won the last Ranji trophy.
 Before caste and communities

Examples:

 The Rajputs are known for their bravery.

 The marathas were very powerful at one
time.

Before a common noun to give it a force of

superlative.
Examples:

 Neta ji was the leader.

 She is the woman of my dreams.
  Before common noun to give it an abstract sense.

Examples: What is ABSTRACT ?

 The judge in him woke up.

 The demon in him overpowered his  existing in thought or as an
humanity. idea but not having a physical
or concrete existence.

 Before the names of countries that are federation or have the word
kingdom or republic in their names.
Examples:

 The U.S.A.
 The United Kingdom
  Names of political parties  Before inventions
Examples Examples

 The BJP  The Radio

 The JDU  The Television

 Before Nationality.  Before dates.

Examples Examples

 The Greeks.  The 19th of March

 The French  The 15th of August
  Before the names of dynasties and empires , wars , revolutions,
centuries or any event of historical importance.

 The Mughal empire was the most powerful during

Akbar’s reign.
 The Gupta dynasty.
 The British empire.
 The civil war.
 The Green Revolution.
 The fifth century.
 The Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
 Omission of Article

 Before proper nouns.

Examples:

 The Delhi is the capital of the India.

 He is a Rohit.
 The Samsung is a good company ?
 Person is waiting downstairs.
 Indefinite articles are never used for uncountable nouns. However, “the” can be
used if they are being specified in any way.

Examples:

 The leather is used in making shoes.

 The leather of Agra is famous.
 The water is life.
 The water of the Ganga is sacred.
 I am going to invest in the gold.
 The gold of this ring is of good quality.
 Honesty is the best policy.
 The honesty of this man is appreciable.

Before names of languages.
Examples:
 The Chinese forces attacked us.
 I learnt the Chinese.
 I learnt the Chinese language.
If the name of the language is
followed by the word “language” ,
the is used.
The English .
The English language.
 Before common nouns used
in their widest sense.
Examples:
 The man is mortal.
 The lion is carnivorous.
Before modes of travel.
Examples:
 By the air/ by air
 By the road/ by road
 Before “ school, college, prison, court, home, church bed, hospital, market when
their purpose is different from the usual one.
Examples:

 He went to prison for his dishonest deeds.

 She went to the prison for inspection.
 I go to bed early.
 The suspect went to the bed.

 Before regular meals except when there is an adjective.

Examples:

 The breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

 The breakfast was very delicious.
 A good breakfast is very important.
 When two or more nouns refer to the same person or thing , the article should
be used only for the first noun. But , if they refer to two different nouns , the
articles is used for each noun separately.
Same is the case with adjectives.

Examples:
 The principal and the teacher has/ have come.
 I have a black and white cat
 I have a black and a white cat.
 She is both a talented manager and a proud mom.
 The inner and outer walls of this container are made of different materials.

“THE” is always used before : movie, theatre, cinema, office, picture, circus,
station, bus-stop etc.
QUESTIONS ASKED
IN PREVIOUS YEAR
PAPERS
 Find the error in the following statements if any.

 Taxi- hailing ventures are (a) / significantly increasing the number (b) / of cabs that (c)
/ offer free Wi-fi , following success (d) / of pilot projects. No error (e)
(Bank PO 2015)

 ………. lack of communication skills is frustrating and can make ……… aspiring student
over sensitive
(MP SI 2017)

 The need to set up a good library in the locality (b) / has been in the minds of people
(c) / for some time now (d) / No error (e)
(SBI PO 2016)
 partnership has been signed by (a) / an Indian pharmaceutical company (b) / with a
1 from Japan in order to (c) / develop a vaccine for the Chikungunya virus (d). No
error (e).
(Bank PO 2017)

 The mathematical (a) / calculation of this (b) / problem is easier than (c) / a
previous one (d). No error (e)
(SSC 2019 )

 Here is (a) / something (b) / pretty you can (c) / wear in party (d) . No error (e)
(SSC 2018)

 Revolutionary scientists (a) / designed a multiple (b) / strategies to make the (c) /
will of people discernible (d). No error (e)
(Bank PO 2018)
 If a man diligently seeks to come into the contact (a) / with the best that (b) / has been
thought and (c) / said in this world he will (d) / become simple and selfish. No error (e)
(Bank PO 2016)

 Amongst 60 odd (a) / monuments in our town (b) / Red Taj is the most elegant (c) / and
relatively well preserved (d) . No error (e)
( SSC 2019 )

 Prime minister is holding (a) / the important meeting to review (b) / the security and
safety (c) / of doctors working in government hospitals (d) . No error (e)
( SSC 2017 )