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Article by Neetu Mam
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The examples given below clearly state that Article comes with Noun.
Eg. 1. a
He is _______ good boy.
2. She is _______
× excellent. ← No Noun, No Article
3. a
She went for _______ walk/ ride/ drive/ stroll/ talk.
'a + verb' becomes Noun
4. a
This degree is _______ must for this exam.
Here 'a + Modal' → Noun
ARTICLE
Examples:
1. He is a singer.
6. Once upon a time, there lived a saint, nearby the place of the king.
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Fill in the blanks with A/An
1. An
________ orange 9. A
________ year
2. An
________ eagle An
10. ________ MP
3. An
________ umbrella A
11. ________ DCP
4. A
________ European A
12. ________ ewe
5. A
________ university 13. ________
× honorary lecturers
6. A
________ one-rupee Coin 14. ________
× honesty
7. An
________ honest man 15. ________
× police.
8. An
________ ear
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5. The more electricity you use, ________ your bill will be. (high)
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1. The brave (वीर लोग) is P.N. Change dies (S.V) into die (P.V).
2. The tough (मजबूत लोग) is P.N. Change gets (S.V) into get (P.V).
a few days.
10. The doctor advised me to rest for ________
few
11. The show was cancelled as ________ people turned up.
a little sensitivity.
13. Police must have ___________
the little
14. The doctors lost ________________ hope, that they had, when they saw the
victim.
a little water?
16. Could you give me __________
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The few books that I have are useful for competitive exams.
21. ___________
23. Ashoka, the great / The great Ashoka/ The Great Britain.
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3. Love is eternal.
5. Man is mortal.
Explanation of 1 – 2: Here a dog and a cow refer to the whole species of dog
and cow. However singular verb will be used.
5. Man → इन्सा
6. A man → एक पुरू
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Explanation of 7 – 8: When school, jail, hospital etc refer to their primary purpose
(प्राथ� उद्दे), no article comes. Here in sentence 7, school means education and in
sentence 8, jail means imprisonment.
Explanation of 9 & 10: When we refer to premises, building or location and not the
primary purpose, we use Article.
Explanation to 11: When we refer to the personality present inside a parson, we use
Article 'the'.
Explanation to 12: When the personality refered to is introduced i.e. seen for the
first time, we use Article 'A/An'.
Explanation to 13: We don't use any article with the names of near relations.
Explanation to 14: We use article 'the' with station, circus, theatre, cinema, bus
stand, bus terminal etc.
Explanation to 15: When a Proper Noun comes with station, circus etc, no article
comes. Eg:- Gemini Circus.
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We do not use any article with the name of any person or a place. (�कसी भी
व्यिक अथवा स्था के नाम के साथ Article का प्रय नह�ं होता है।)
With the names of place given above we use article 'the'. (उपरोक् स्था के नाम
के साथ 'the' का प्रय होता आया है।)
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• Now let us see use of Article with Natural things one by one. (अब प्राकृ�
वस्तुओ के साथ Article का प्रय एक-एक कर के दे ख�)-
1. Space
• Space (अंत�र�) — No article
Eg.: Astronauts go to space.
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• Article 'the' is used with the following Natural things Exceptions are also
mentioned. (�नम्न�ल�ख प्राकृ� चीज� के साथ Article 'the' आता है। अपवाद भी दे रख�
ह�।)
3. The atmosphere 9. Hemispheres — the Northern
hemisphere, the
4. The environment Southern Hemisphere
5. The ecosystem 10. Tropics — The Tropic of Cancer,
The Tropic of
6. The biosphere, the Capricorn.
troposphere etc
11. The Axis
7. Poles — The South 12. Circles — The Arctic circle, The
poles, the North pole Antarctic Circle
13. Directions — the North, the South
8. The Equator
etc.
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24. Seasons — No Article unless followed by word 'season'. (अगर season शब् का
प्रय नह�ं होता है, तो कोई Article नह�ं आता है)
• Summer
Note:-
• Winter
• The summer season
• Autumn • The winter season
• The rainy season
• Spring
Now see the use of Article with the following Man made things:-
1. Cups & Trophies — The World Cup, The Ranji Trophy etc.
2. Musical Instruments — The Flute, The Guitar etc.
3. Religious groups — The Hindus, The Muslims etc.
4. Temples — The Meenakshi Temple, The Lotus Temple etc.
5. Clubs — The lion's club, The Bachelors' etc.
6. Dynasties — The Mughal Dynasty, The Marathas Dynasty etc.
7. Artificial Satellites — The Mangalyan etc.
8. Armed Forces — The Navy, The Army etc.
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18. Games (as organization) — The Olympics, the Common Wealth Games etc.
Names of Sports (No Article) — Football, Cricket.
19. Airways — The Jet Airways, The Air India etc.
Railways — The Rajdhani Express.
20. Banks — The Punjab National Bank, The Bank of India etc.
Note:- No article if name of a person comes with the name of the bank.
Eg. Lloyds Bank
21. Inventions — The Television, The Gramophone etc.
Note:- We are watching television. (Here we mean a programme so 'the' will
not come.)
22. Wars & Battles (यद ु / लड़ाई) — The Kalinga war, the World War etc.
23. Pilgrimage (तीथर यात् ) — The Amarnath Yatra etc.
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30. Monuments (ऐ�तहा�सक इमारत) — The Taj Mahal, The Red Fort etc
Note:- No article is used if the monument is on the name of a person. (अगर
इमारत �कसी व्यिक के नाम पर हो, तो Article का प्रय नह�ं होता है)
Eg. Humayun’s Tomb
Nationality Language
(Article –the) (No article)
33. Parts of Parliament — The Lok Sabha, The Legislative Assembly. (The
word Parliament does not take any Article)
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34. Body parts — If a particular part is talked about we use Article 'A'/ 'An'/
'The' otherwise we don't use any Article. (अगर �कसी �निश्च
भाग का उल्ले हो, तो Article 'A'/ 'An'/ The' का प्रय होगा वनार कोई
Article नह�ं आता)
(i) Eyes give us the sensation of sight. (No article)
(ii) He opened the left eye and moved a finger of his left hand.
35. Unit of measurement Article 'the'.
(i) Cloth is sold by the yard. (ii) Eggs are sold by the dozen.
36. With certain words (Normally/ सामान्यत) —
• The whole ... Eg.: The whole world is suffering from Pandemic.
• Both the ... Eg.: Both the brothers are missing.
• All the ... Eg.: All the students are present.
• The same ... Eg.: He is the same boy who cheated us.
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(�नम्न�ल�ख Nouns के साथ Article का प्रय नह�ं होता)
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9. 'What kind of' takes no article, not even 'A/An', even if a singular noun
follows.
Eg.: What kind of bird the dodo is!
'What sort of takes' no article, not even 'A/An', even if a singular noun
follows.
Eg.: What sort of problem it is!
'What type of' takes no article, not even 'A/An', even if a singular noun
follows.
Eg.: What type of person he is!
'What variety of' takes no article, not even 'A/An', even if a singular noun
follows.
Eg.: What variety of rose it is!
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1. Go to bed now.
4. He went to sea.
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means
A great many/ a good many → an extremely large number.
In 'Why on earth', 'the' does not come before earth though all the
heavenly objects take Article 'the'. This is a phrase that is used to ask
question with anger, disgust or annoyance.
यहाँ 'On earth' म� 'Earth' के पहले 'the' का प्रय नह�ं हुआ हालाँ�क भौगो�लक �पंड के साथ
'the' आता है 'On earth' एक phrase है िजसका प्रय हम ग़स ु ्स या �चड़�चड़ापन म� प्रयु
करते ह�।
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some rest.
23. I need _______
Very few a few
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few people came so the show was cancelled.
26. Very _______ Little, Very
a little
little
मात् म� ना थोड़ा है
the little milk that I had kept for tea.
27. He drank ___________
के बराबर (कम है ले�कन है)
30. The little help that they provide was not _________.
__________ enough
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its neck.
35. My dog has a chain around _______
her black gown. (her/their)
36. She looks pretty in _______
enough problems.(enough/few/little)
37. We had _________
Enough
38. One has one’s rights.
_______
one's duty.
39. One must perform _______ With With
Plural Countable Uncountable
some/ a little rice too.
40. Have ________________ Noun
Noun
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