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Folklore of cultures across the world is rich in many interesting

characters. Let's read about some of them here.
1. The phoenix is an imaginary bird that is said to burn itself after every five
hundred years and be born again, rising from its ashes.
2. The Chinese dragon is a large four-legged snake-like creature that is
to bring good luck. believed
3. The Sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body, a human head and the
wings of a bird.
4. The werewolf is supposedly a man who changes into a
violent wolf at night, and
returns to its human form by day.
5. The unicorn is a horse-like white animal with a large,
pointed horn on the
forehead.
6. The yeti is a large, hairy ape-like creature that is believed to
inhabit the high
Himalayan regions.
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 are called articles. Articles
the They are used
A,an
and
phrases.
betore nouns and noun

A.An
before singular countable
Ais
uced
used
consonantsounds. nouns or noun phrases that
begin with
awardrobe, ashop, a unit, a cup of
coffee, cute a
Anis usedbefore singular countable nouns or noun
baby
with vowel sounds. phrases that begin
anexample, an elt, an urchin, an honest officen
and an are called the indefinite articles
A
because they refer to things and
people in general: any person, animal or thing.

AFill in the blanks with a or an.

1. Parvati bought
....AMenvelope and,.o,... postal stamp.
2. She took out..a...sheet of paper
study table. from,..9..drawer in her
3. She then took. pen and began writing
paper.
on something the
4. She was writing....a. letter to her grandparents.
5. Her grandparents lived in ..villagefar away from the city.
b. Parvati's grandparents had visited the city...4.year ago on her
birthday.
I. They had brought g.large box of home-made sweets. They
Ma also brought her oh. overcoat and..... pair of beautitul
gloves.
8. grandparents..A. lot and wanted them to
Parvati missed her
visit her again.
9. My uncle spent five years in...AR. European village.
10. M.P. from Lucknow.
Sajid's father is.....
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The is called the definite article because it refers to a particular person,
animal or thing.
Here are some important uses of the article the:
Before a noun that refers to something specific or a noun that has
already been mentioned
The hill station that we visited was very beautiful.
Here, we are talking about not just any hillstation but the particular
hill station that the speaker visited.
Iread a short story yesterday. The story was very engaging.
We have used the definite article in the second sentence because we
are talking about the story which has already been mentioned in the
first sentence.
Before a singular countable noun when it represents the whole class it
belongs to
The tiger is a ferocious animal.
The dinosaur lived sixty-six millionyears ago.
Before superlatives
Sara is the most intelligent girl in her class.
Before nouns that refer to something unique
The moon is the earth's only natural satellite.
The sun rises in the east.
Before some proper nouns like the names of rivers, seas, oceans,
mountain ranges, holy books, trains, ships, aeroplanes, monuments,
famous buildings, institutions, newspapers and awards.
TheGodavari is India's second longest river after theGanga. (rivers)
The Arabian Sea is a part of the Indian Ocean. (sea and ocean)
The Gita is full of wisdom. (holy book)
The Rajdhani Express usually runs on time. (train)
The Statue of Liberty is in New York City. (monument)
The Indian Express is a leading newspaper in India. (newspaper)
Before uncountable nouns that have been made particular
Did you drink the juice that was kept on the table?
The furniture that we bought last week was
damaged.
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Before the names of citizens of certain countries

The Japanese are known for their hard work.
The English once ruled a large part of the world.
We do not use the in these contexts:
above
betore proper nouns except in the cases mentioned in the list
Srilata is in Rome.
o
before abstract nouns and uncountable nouns unless they have
made particular
Success comes with hard work.
Milk is very invigorating.
general sense
before plural nouns when they are used in a
Oranges are rich in vitamin C.
names of some materials like gold, silver and paper.
before the
We recycle paper in our office.
Gold is a precious metal.
languages
before the names of games and
college.
Rishu is studying Russian at
the beach.
We played volleyball on
complete these sentences.
correct options to
BUnderline the
The ring was made of (the platinum/
1.
platinum). team reached
Indian)cricket
2. (Indian/The December.
England on 21
Narmada/Narmada) flows through
3. (The Gujarat.
Madhya Pradesh and
apple/Apple)juice that I had this
4. (The delicious.
morning was very
popular English newspaper in Kolkata.
Telegraph) is a
5. (Telegraph/The holy book of
Christianity.
Bible) is a
6. (Bible/The orange/orange)juice.
have (the
7. Uttara loves to reading now was shortlisted for (Booker
8. (The book/Book) that Iam
Prize/the Booker Prize).
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9. She got admission in (the University of Hyderabad/University of

Hyderabad).
10. Can you speak (the Mandarin/Mandarin)?
Read this passage and insert articles in the blank spaces whereve
C required. Put across (x) where no article is needed.
Heidi was awakened early next
morning by .....a.....
loud whistle..The... Sun

was shining through..khe..

round window and falling in
golden rays on her bed and
on.......O..... large heap
of hay.
As she opened her eyes
everything in ...x.he.. oft
seemed gleaming with...
gold. She looke around her in
astonishment and could not imagine for....
while where she was. But her grandfather's deep voice was now
heard outside, and then Heidi began to recallall that had happened:
howshe had come away from her former home and was now on...
mountainwith her grandfather instead of with old Ursula. She felt
very happy as she remembered alI ......a. many new things that
she had seen ...Ao.e... day before and which she would see again
that day, and above all she thought with delight of.he
dear goats.
Heidi jumped quickly out of bed and a very few minutes sufficed
her to put on..tN...clothes which she had taken off As.
night before, for there were not many of them. Then she climbed down
.the...adder and ran outside .JAhut.There stood
Peter already with his flock of goats, and ....n... grandfather was
just bringing his two out of the shed to join....hp...others. Heidi
ran forward to wish.......0od morning to him and
..t4,...goats.
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inthe blanks with a, an or the.
Fill the.Write NA if no Articles

1. Prahlad found . . . . mobile phone

article is required.
in the school bus. He returned he
mobile phone to its rightful owner.
It is A!. engaging tilm - you must
watch it.
3. Japanese filmmaker Akira
Kurosawa is regarded as one of
greatest filmmakers in the history of
cinema.
4. What I want most now is
cup of coffee.
5. students who were selected for
requested to stand in
queue. science quiz are
6. Somali is
helpful girl. She donates books and
poor children. clothes to
7. My uncle works for
focuses mostly on news channel.
news channel
sports and ...entertainment.
8.
Snails are not particularly
9. food has gone stale. Pleaseknown for their speed.
put it in the dustbin.
10.
English language has evolved over
borrowed large number of words from centuries. It has
other languages.
Let's Play Grammar
The odd one out
Play the odd-one-out game.
Your teacher will callyou to the
Class one by one. On the board,
you will find front of the
tonumbered.
The nouns written in rows that
be used with teacher will assign you a number. Based on whether a orare an is
the nouns, you have to choose the odd one out in
example: apple, banana, eggplant
starts with a consonant sõund, The and orange. The answer is
that row. For
banana because it
have found the odd others start with a vowel sound. Once you
front of it. one
out, make a sentence using the noun but use 'the' in

Example:
The banana I got for lunch was not
ripe.
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