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Articles (A, An, The)


Articles are words used before nouns to define or specify them. There are two types of articles: indefinite articles (A, An) and the definite article (The). “A” and “An” are used for general or non-specific nouns; “A” is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, such as a boy or a cat, while “An” is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, such as an apple or an hour. It is important to note that the use of “A” and “An” depends on sound, not spelling; for example, a university is correct because it starts with a “yu” sound, and an hour is correct because the “h” is silent. On the other hand, “The” is the definite article and is used for specific or known nouns; it is used when referring to something particular, something already mentioned, or something unique, such as the sun, the moon, or the Taj Mahal. For example, in the sentence I saw a dog. The dog was barking, “a dog” refers to any dog, while “the dog” refers to a specific one. In short, “A” and “An” are used for general meaning, whereas “The” is used for specific meaning.


Article āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻāύ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻŋ nounā§° āφāĻ—āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻ• āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Article āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ—indefinite article (A, An) āφ⧰⧁ definite article (The)āĨ¤ “A” āφ⧰⧁ “An” āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ; “A” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ consonant sound⧰⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āφāĻ—āϤ, āϝ⧇āύ⧇ a boy āĻŦāĻž a cat, āφ⧰⧁ “An” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ vowel sound⧰⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āφāĻ—āϤ, āϝ⧇āύ⧇ an apple āĻŦāĻž an hourāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦ āϝ⧇ “A” āφ⧰⧁ “An” āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āύāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧋āρāϤ⧇ spelling āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, sound āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ; āϝ⧇āύ⧇ a university āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•, āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āχ “yu” sound⧰⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āφ⧰⧁ an hour āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•, āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ “h” āĻ¨ā§€ā§°ā§ąāĨ¤ āφāύāĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ “The” āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ definite article, āϝāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻž āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ; āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āϤ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŦāĻž āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁, āφāĻ—āϤ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āĻ“āρ, āϝ⧇āύ⧇ the sun, the moon, āĻŦāĻž the Taj MahalāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇ I saw a dog. The dog was barking āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϤ “a dog” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϝāĻŋāϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāϟāĻž āϕ⧁āϕ⧁⧰, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ “the dog” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁⧰āĻŸā§‹āĨ¤ āϏ⧰āϞāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ•’āϞ⧇, “A” āφ⧰⧁ “An” āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āφ⧰⧁ “The” āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


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1. An apple is on the table. āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞāϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Explanation: “apple” starts with a vowel sound → An


2. She has an umbrella in her bag. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āϤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻžāϤāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Explanation: “umbrella” starts with vowel sound → A


3. I saw an elephant at the zoo. āĻŽāχ āϚāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻšāĻžāϤ⧀ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤ Explanation: “elephant” starts with vowel → An
4. He is reading a book. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāχ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Explanation: “book” starts with consonant → A

5. The sun rises in the east. āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āωāϠ⧇āĨ¤
Explanation: “sun” is unique → The

6. There is a cat under the chair. āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ–ā§ā§°ā§āĻšā§€ā§° āϤāϞāϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Explanation: “cat” (general) → A

7. We visited the Taj Mahal last year. āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāϛ⧰āϤ āϤāĻžāϜ āĻŽāĻšāϞ āĻ­ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤ Explanation: Famous monument → The

8.She wants an ice cream after school. āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻāϟāĻž āφāχāϚāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€āĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤ Explanation: “ice cream” starts with vowel sound → An

9.A boy is playing in the garden. āĻāϟāĻž āϞ’ā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻ›āĻžāϤ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Explanation: “boy” starts with consonant → A

10. He bought an orange from the shop. āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāϞāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ Explanation: “orange” starts with vowel → An

11. The moon looks beautiful tonight. āφāϜāĻŋā§° ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ–āύ āϧ⧁āύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤ Explanation: Only one moon → The

12. I have a pencil in my pencil box. āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āϚāϤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Explanation: “pencil” starts with consonant → A


Rule



  • A → consonant sound (a boy, a cat)

  • An → vowel sound (an apple, an umbrella)

  • The → specific / unique (the sun, the Taj Mahal)


Worksheet 2 (Hard Level MCQs)


Q1. He is ___ honest man. : āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ___ āĻ¸ā§Ž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article


Ans: (b) an
Explanation: “honest” has silent ‘h’, vowel sound → an : “honest” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤ ‘h’ āύ⧁āĻļ⧁āύāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ → āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → an


Q2. She is ___ university student. : āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ___ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧟⧰ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article


Ans: (a) a
Explanation: “university” starts with ‘yu’ (consonant sound) → a : “university” ‘yu’ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ⧰⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ → āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → a


Q3. ___ Ganga is a holy river. : ___ āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§° āύāĻĻā§€āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article


Ans: (c) the
Explanation: Names of rivers → The : āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āφāĻ—āϤ → The āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§Ÿ


Q4. I saw ___ one-eyed man. : āĻŽāχ ___ āĻāĻ• āϚāϕ⧁⧰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻš āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϞ⧋āρāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article


Ans: (a) a
Explanation: “one” starts with ‘w’ sound → consonant → a :  “one” = “wan” āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → 


Q5. He is ___ MLA. : āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ___ MLAāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article


Ans: (b) an
Explanation: “M” pronounced “em” → vowel sound → an :  “M” = “em” → āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → an


Q6. ___ Himalayas are very high. : ___ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧟ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻ“āĻ–āĨ¤ : Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article


Ans: (c) the
Explanation: Mountain ranges → The : āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž → The āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§Ÿ


Q7. She gave me ___ useful book. : āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻŽā§‹āĻ• ___ āωāĻĒāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§€ āĻŦāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article


Ans: (a) a
Explanation: “useful” starts with ‘yu’ sound → a :  “useful” ‘yu’ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → a















Q8. He is ___ best player in the team. : āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻĻāϞ⧰ ___ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻļā§ā§°ā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ  āϖ⧇āĻ˛ā§ā§ąā§ˆāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article

Ans: (c) the
Explanation: Superlative degree → The : āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž (best) → The


Q9. I have ___ European friend. : āĻŽā§‹ā§° ___ āχāω⧰⧋āĻĒā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article

Ans: (a) a
Explanation: “European” starts with ‘yu’ → consonant → a : “European” = ‘yu’ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → a


Q10. ___ Earth revolves around ___ Sun. : ___ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ ___ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ⧰ āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°ā§‡āĨ¤ Option : (a) a, a (b) an, the (c) the, the (d) no article

Ans: (c) the, the
Explanation: Unique objects → The Earth, The Sun  āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ → The āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§Ÿ


Q11. He is ___ engineer. : āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ___ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article

Ans: (b) an
Explanation: “engineer” starts with vowel → an : āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ⧰⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ → an


Q12. She plays ___ violin. : āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ___ āĻŦ⧇āĻšāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŦāϜāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article

Ans: (c) the
Explanation (Eng): Musical instruments → The : āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āφāĻ—āϤ → The


Q13. He waited for ___ hour. : āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ___ āĻāϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article

Ans: (b) an
Explanation: “hour” has silent ‘h’ → vowel sound → an : “hour” āϤ ‘h’ āύ⧁āĻļ⧁āύāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ → an



Q14. ___ rich should help the poor. : ___ āϧāύ⧀ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšā§‡ āĻĻ⧁āĻ–ā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻšāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻžā§Ÿ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤
(a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article

Ans: (c) the
Explanation: “The + adjective” = whole class → The rich : “The + adjective” = āĻāϟāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϟ → The


Q15. This is ___ unique idea. : āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ ___ āĻ…āύāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article

Ans: (a) a
Explanation: “unique” starts with ‘yu’ → a :  “unique” ‘yu’ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → a


Revision (Very Important)

  • Use A : Consonant sound → a boy, a university

  • Use An : Vowel sound → an apple, an hour

  •  Use The : Unique → the sun, Rivers/mountains → the Ganga, Superlative → the best , Instruments → the guitar