ARTICLES(3)

Indefinite Definite
articles article
(a, an) (The)
ALPHABET(26)

vowels consonants
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Rule of sound

consonant --- a a
book
word a pen
sound vowel --- an an
orange
an apple
letter

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A
1.Consonant sound --- a book, a pen

2.__ Unit, __university, _European, _eulogy = Yu

but __umbrella

3. __one-man army, __one-way road = W

but ___ onion

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An

1.Vowel sound – an orange, an Indian

2.Silent h __ hour, __ honour, __ honest

but __ horse, __ hotel
3.__ M.A. __ M.Sc. __M.L.A __M.P
but __ B.Sc, __ B.com

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__ N.G.O __ X-RAY
__ URL __ UNION
__ UNIT __ L.L.B
__ S.P __ YEAR
__ F.I.R

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The
1.Unique things : The sun, The moon, The earth
2.Holy books: The Geetha, The Bible, The Quran
3.Music: The Flute, The Guitar, The Violin
4.Newspaper : The Hindu, The Indian Express
5.Initials : The U.S.A, The U.K, The U.A.E

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6. Plural names of countries : The west indies
The Maldives
The Nederlands
7. River, sea, ocean : The Ganga,The Arabian sea,
The Indian ocean
8. Mountains : The Himalayas
Peaks : Mt. Everest (no article)
9. Monuments : The Tajmahal, The charminar

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Omission of articles:

1. General sense : (no article)

1. Gold is precious metal
2. Boys are generally naughty

2. Specific sense : (article)

1. The gold in my ring is too soft.
2. The boys of St. Xavier are stupids

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Temple, School, University, Hospital, Stadium

1. Primary purpose (no article)

1. I go to temple to pray to god.

2. Secondary purpose (article)

1. She goes to the temple to have prasadam.

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Omission of articles:

1. General sense
2. Primary sense
3. Proper noun
Material noun
Abstract noun ***
4. Uncountable noun ***
5. Lunch, Dinner

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1. Have a drink
(have something to drink – not necessarily

one drink)
2. Have one drink
(not two or three)

1.English
2.The English

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