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A,An and The: Articles कहते हैं। ➟ No noun,no article.
Example: She is a very good.
➟ Articles का प्रयोग noun के पहले होता है।
Example: She is a student.
➟ अगर noun की बिशेषता बताने बाला adjective वाक्य में मौजुद हो तो article का प्रयोग adjective के पहले होता है।
Example: She is an excellent student.
REMEMBER, USING A OR AN DEPENDS ON THE SOUND THAT BEGINS THE NEXT WORD. SO….
- a + singular noun beginning with a consonant.
Example :a boy,a car,a bus,a dog,a one rupee note,a University,a year,a ewe
- an + singular noun beginning with a vowel:अ,आ,इ,ई,उ,ऊ,ए,ऐ,ओ,औ
[महत्वपूर्ण है First Sound of pronounciation]
Example: an elephant,an egg,an apple,an idot,an umbrella,an honest man,
➟ He is an MLA/MP.
➟ He lodged an FIR.
➟ He is an SHO.
➟ She is an LLB graduate.
➟ He is an heir(उत्तराधिकारी) to the throne (सिंहासन).
➩ कुछ गिनती बताने बाले शब्द जैसे-: hundred,thousand, million,dozen,couple के पूर्ब a लगता है।
Example-:
➟ A dozen pencils were brought by her.
➟ I have a hundred pens.
➩ जब वाक्य में Verb का प्रयोग Noun कि तरह किया जाता है,उससे पहले a/an लगाया जाता है।
Example-:
➟ He goes for a walk daily.
➟ I want to have a drink.
➟ I had a long talk for them.
➩ A/An is not used with uncountable noun.
Uncountable Noun
➟ music, art,love,happiness
➟ advice,information,news
➟ furniture,luggage
➟ rice,sugar,butter,water
➟ electricity, gas,power
➟ money,currency
➩ ‘A’ is used before fractions and half/fractions.
Example:-
➟ 2¼ – two and a quarter meter.
➟ 3½ – Three and a half meter.
➟ She has to run half a mile everyday.
➩ We can use the definite article before any common noun.
Example:-
✿ The mother is taking care of the baby.
✿ The girls were not in the stadium.
✿ They will go to the school next week.
✿ I study with him in the university.
✿ He is playing with the dog.
➩ The is used to refer to the things that are only one in the world or unique.
Example:-
✿ The stars shine in the sky.
✿ The sun rises in the east.
✿ The sky is blue.
✿ The president of India will be announcing something today.
✿ The sun sets in the west.
✿ The earth revolves around the sun.
➩ The is used to refer to the parts of the body.
✿ The right lung of Rakesh is infected.
✿ Smoking is harmful for the lungs.
✿ He caught him by the neck.
✿ There was an injury in the right eye.
✿ The heart pumps blood in the body.
➩ The definite article is used before dates or periods of time not the years.
✿ They married on the 20th of April.
✿ It is a popular song of the 1940s.
✿
She has her birthday on the 15th of November.
✿ The 2007 was a wonderful year. ❌
✿ 2007 was a wonderful year.✔️
➩ The is used before the names of seas, rivers, deserts, mountains and the names of large public buildings.
✿ The ship crossed the Pacific Ocean.
✿ Delhi stands on the banks of the Yamuna.
✿ The Sahara is a famous desert.
✿ She came across the Himalayas.
✿ We visited the Taj Mahal.
✿ Rahul went to the Town Hall.
DON’T USE “The”
Names of most countries/territories: Italy, Mexico,etc.however, the Netherlands, the Philippines, the United States are some which use the before them.
Names of cities,towns, states and streets .
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