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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.

USE OF THE

➩ 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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