DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

ARTICLES• There are two types of articles• Indefinite article• Definite article

INDEFINITE ARTICLE

• A or an called indefinite article because we use a or an when we do not mean a particular thing

• Ex: 1)He brought me a pen • 2) I prefer an apple to an orange

DEFINITE ARTICLE

• The is called the definite article because we use the when we speak of a particular person or thing

• Ex:1) I gave him the book, he wanted.• 2) He is the boy whom I have seen just now at the school.

RULES FOR ARTICLES(A IS USED)• A is used before a word beginning with a consonant having a consonant

sound • Ex: A house, A candidate, A dog, A man, A lawyer, A teacher• Before a word beginning with a vowel having a consonant • Ex: A university, A European, A uniform, A one eyed man, A one rupee

note• We use a/an when we define or describe people or things • Ex:1) He is a doctor

• In the sense of a certainty • Ex:There lived a poor man in my neighbourhood• In the sense of some • Ex: He has a chance of success• In the sense of kind• Ex: Iron is a useful metal • To represent a class• Ex: A cow is a useful animal

• To make a common noun of a proper noun • Ex: A denial came to judgment• To indicate price speed etc • Ex: He bought the apples at thirty rupees a dozen • In exclamations • Ex: what a pity• Before few, great deal, good deal, little • Ex: a few, a great deal, a good deal

RULES FOR ARTICLES(AN IS USED)

• Before a word beginning with a vowel having vowel sound • Ex: An ox, an eye, an apple• Before a word beginning with a consonant having a vowel sound• Ex: An M.A, an M.com, • Before word beginning with silent H or Y.• Ex: An hour, an honest

RULES FOR DEFINITE ARTICLES• Before a particular person or thing or one already mentioned • Ex: Let us go to the hotel.• I saw a boy in the garden. The boy was handsome.• Before a common noun to show a species or class.• Ex: The lion is the king of the forest.• Before an adjective used as a noun.• Ex: We should help the poor• The honest are considered as fools by many now.

• Before a proper noun used as a common noun • Ex: Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India• Before superlative degrees• Ex: Time is the best healer • Before a comparative degree when selection is must • Ex: Bablu is the better of two• As an adverb before comparative • Ex: The higher you go the cooler it is

• Before ordinates, names of sacred books, ships, trains, news papers• Ex: The second boy of the last row is my friend • The vedas, The Bible, The Rayalaseema Express, the titanic• Before the names of nations and communities, directions, organs of body • Ex: the north The India

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BY ARE LAVANYA