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The examples given below clearly state that Article comes with Noun.
Eg. a
1. He is _______ good boy.
2. She is _______
× excellent. No Noun, No Article
a
3. She went for _______ walk/ ride/ drive/ stroll/ talk.
'a + verb' becomes
Noun
a
4. This degree is _______ must for this exam.
Here 'a + Modal' Noun
ARTICLE
Comes before Noun (Noun के पहले अता है)
Indefinite Definite
A / An The
Means 'One' Can come with Countable as well as
Comes with Singular Countable Uncountable Noun.
Noun. (C.N. एवं U.N. दोनों के साथ अता है।)
(S.C.N. के साथ अता है।)
Comes with Nouns that have already
Do not come with Plural
been introduced.
Countable Noun and (जजन संज्ञा का पररचय जदया जा चुका है ईसके साथ
Uncountable Noun. 'the' अता है।)
(P.C.N. एवं U.N. के साथ नहीं अता है।)
Come with Nouns which are Comes with Nouns that are definite,
getting introduced. that can be visualised or pointed out.
(जजन संज्ञा का पररचय हो रहा है ईसके साथ (Noun के साथ होता है, जजसके तरफ हम आंजगत कर
अता है।) सकते हैं या जजसकी छजव जदमाग में बन चुकी है।)
Eg. 1. He is a singer.
2. They are a singers. [×]
3. She gave an advice. [×]
4. Once upon a time, there lived a king.
5. He is a very good dancer.
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).
3. The brave (P.N) will take 'are' (P.V).
4. Ans. The harder. The higher the harder (Rule of parallelism) If actions
are directly or inversely proportional, Comparative Degree will
come in both the parts preceded by article 'the'.
5. Ans. the higher.
• Exception of (6 – 9): Article 'the' comes with Superlative Degree of Adjective
and does not come with Superlative Degree of Adverb.
10. a few 14. the little 18. little
11. few 15. A little 19. a few
12. The few 16. a little 20. few
13. a little 17. little 21. The few
Exception of 16 – 20
We do not use any article with the name of any person or a place. (जकसी भी व्यजि
ऄथवा स्थान के नाम के साथ Article का प्रयोग नहीं होता है।)
4. He is the Ram of Modern India.
5. Kashmir is the Switzerland of India.
6. Kalidasa was the Shakespeare of India.
7. He is a Hitler.
8. America is a developed country.
9. The United States is a super power.
4, 5, 6, 7
If a person or place comes as an example because of a certain quality, we use
article with that proper Noun. (ऄगर जकसी गुण/दोष के कारण कोइ व्यजि ऄथवा स्थान ईदाहरण
स्वरूप प्रयुि हो, तो Article का प्रयोग होता।)
8, 9
If we use Union, United, Republic or Kingdom in the name of the place we
use article 'the'. (ऄगर स्थान के नाम में Union, United, Republic या Kingdom शब्द का
प्रयोग हो, तो Article 'the' का प्रयोग होगा।)
10. (i) The Ukraine (ii) The Netherlands
(iii) The Hague (iv) The Philippines
(v) The Sudan (vi) The Great Britain
With the names of place given above we use article 'the'. (ईपरोि स्थान के नाम के
साथ 'the' का प्रयोग होता अया है।)
• Now let us see use of Article with Natural things one by one. (ऄब प्राकृजतक
वस्तुओ ं के साथ Article का प्रयोग एक-एक कर के देख)ें -
1. Space
• Space (ऄंतररक्ष) — No article
Eg.: Astronauts go to space.
• Space (जगह) — Article — the
Eg.: Park your car in the space given to you.
2. Heavenly objects (भौगोजलक जपंड) — Article — The
Eg.: The Mars, The Sun.
Exception The Measles (खसरा), The Mumps (गलसुआ), The Rickets (सूखा रोग),
The Flu (फ्लू), The Plague (प्लेग).
25. Seasons — No Article unless followed by word 'season'. (ऄगर season शब्द का
प्रयोग नहीं होता है, तो कोइ Article नहीं अता है)
• Summer
• The summer season
• Winter
Note:- • The winter season
• Autumn
• The rainy season
• Spring
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26. Winds — The Westerlies etc.
27. Continents — No Article
Eg.: Asia, Africa etc. Note:- The Indian subcontinent
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.
9. Hotels — The Oberois etc.
10. Pillars of constitutions — The Executive, The Judiciary etc.
11. Constitutional posts — The Prime Minister, The President etc.
12. Castes as a whole — The Yadavs, The Jats etc.
13. Ships — The Titanic etc.
14. Political Parties — The Congress Party, The Samajwadi Party etc.
15. Statutes & Acts — The Hindu Marriage Act, The Indian Penal Code etc.
16. Dances — The Bharatnatyam, The Kathakali etc.
17. Unions — The United Nations, The Soviet Union etc.
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 (युद्ध / लड़ाइ) — The Kalinga war, the World War etc.
23. Pilgrimage (तीथथ यात्रा ) — The Amarnath Yatra etc.
24. Empire (साम्राज्य) — The British Empire, The Mughal Empire etc.
25. Historical events (ऐजतहाजसक घटना) — The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (जनसंहार),
The Chauri Chaura incident etc.
26. Tribals (जनजाजत) — The Santhalis, The Boro etc.
27. Movements & Revolutions (क्ांजत) — The Quit India Movement, The French
Revolution etc.
28. Civilizations (सभ्यता) — The Indus valley civilization.
29. Religious books (धाजमथक ग्रंथ) — The Ramayana, The Quran etc.
Note:- No article if the name of a person comes with Religious books. (ऄगर धाजमथक
ग्रंथ के साथ व्यजि का नाम हो, तो Article का प्रयोग ना करें ।)
Eg. Valmiki's Ramayana
Nationality Language
(Article –the) (No article)
33. Parts of Parliament — The Lok Sabha, The Legislative Assembly. (The word
Parliament does not take any Article)
34. Body parts — If a particular part is talked about we use Article 'A'/ 'An'/
'The' otherwise we don't use any Article. (ऄगर जकसी जनजित भाग का
ईल्लेख हो, तो Article 'A'/ 'An'/ The' का प्रयोग होगा वनाथ कोइ Article नहीं
अता)
(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/ सामान्यतः) —
• 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.
Ans. (3) The article "a" should be replaced with "the" to specify the object for which
sentence is referring.
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Ans. (1) To specify the position we have to use article ‘the’ before Ordinal number.
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Ans. (4) Use correct article ‘a’ in place of ‘an’ to make sentence grammatically correct.
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Ans. (2) It should be "The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a" instead of "a Leaning Tower of
Pisa is a" to specify it.
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Ans. (2) It should be "a golden deer" or "the golden deer" to indicate a specific deer, not
just any golden deer.
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Ans. (3) The word "as" should be followed by an article, so "as journalist" should be
corrected to "as a journalist."
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7. Can you make / sure you have / a correct address / before you start
driving?
(1) Can you make
(2) sure you have
(3) a correct address
(4) before you start driving
Ans. (3) Use ‘the’ in place of ‘a’ as the referring to the specific address.
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Ans. (1) Use article "an" before "unusual" as it is necessary to properly modify and
describe the noun "wave."
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9. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify
the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Can you please / pass me a sweater? / It’s going to be / the cold day
today.
(1) Can you please
(2) the cold day today
(3) It’s going to be
(4) pass me a sweater?
Ans. (2) Use article "a" in place of ‘the’ before "cold day" to indicate one of potentially
many cold days.
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10. Can you please / open a door? / I can hear / somebody knocking.
(1) Can you please
(2) somebody knocking
(3) I can hear
(4) open a door?
Ans. (4) Use article ‘the’ in place of ‘a’ in which someone is knocking.
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Ans. (1) Use article "the" before "French" to specify that the English often fought against
the specific group of people known as the French.
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Ans. (1) Use article "a" because "new" begins with a consonant sound.
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Ans. (2) Remove ‘the’ before "man" as it used in a general sense to refer to humanity as
a whole, and it should not be preceded by "The”.
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Ans. (1) use article ‘a’ in place of ‘an’ because "movie" begins with a consonant sound.
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Ans. (1) use article "An" in place of "A" because "owl" starts with a vowel sound.
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16. Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select
the option that contains an error
An lion is the most ferocious of all animals.
(1) ferocious of
(2) all animals.
(3) An lion
(4) is the most
Ans. (3) Since "lion" begins with a consonant sound, use indefinite article "a" instead of
"an."
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Ans. (1) This sentence uses the correct articles ("an" and "a") and phrasing to describe
the uniform as old and memorable.
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Ans. (4) This sentence uses the correct articles ("a" and "the") and word order to convey
the information clearly and grammatically.
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19. Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select
the option that contains an error.
He will return in a hour.
(1) return
(2) He will
(3) hour
(4) in a
Ans. (4) The correct form is "in an hour" because "hour" begins with a vowel sound.
Indefinite article "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound.
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20. Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select
the option that contains an error.
She was waiting for a opportunity to start her own business.
(1) own business
(2) to start her
(3) for a opportunity
(4) She was waiting
Ans. (3) The error is in the use of the indefinite article. Since "opportunity" starts with a
vowel sound, it should be "an opportunity" instead of "a opportunity."
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Ans. (2) This sentence uses the correct articles ("the" before "hospital" and "the" before
"life") and is grammatically correct.
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22. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify
the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Maruti likes / adventure / stories, especially / an adventures of
Tarzan.
(1) stories, especially
(2) an adventures of Tarzan
(3) Maruti likes
(4) adventure
Ans. (2) The error in the original sentence is the use of "an adventures" instead of "the adventures."
Use "the adventures" because it refers to a specific set of adventures (those of Tarzan).
So, the correct form of sentence will be :
"Maruti likes adventure stories, especially the adventures of Tarzan."
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Ans. (4) Use "An" in place of “A” because "honourable" begins with a vowel sound.
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Ans. (4) Historians is not definite here therefore historians is not followed by definite
article ‘the’.
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Ans. (1) The sentence correctly uses the article "a" before "nation" and "an" before
"united" to make sentence grammatically correct.
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Ans. (4) The error is the use of "an" before "hurry." The correct article in this context is
"a" because "hurry" begins with a consonant sound.
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28. You should / see a oculist; / your eyes look / worse today.
(1) your eyes look
(2) You should
(3) worse today
(4) see a oculist;
Ans. (4) Use "an oculist" because "oculist" begins with a vowel sound. Therefore, the
indefinite article "an" is used instead of "a."
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Ans. (3) Use "an honest" because "honest" begins with a vowel sound. Therefore, the
indefinite article "an" is used instead of "a."
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30. Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as
options. Select the option that contains an error.
Ans. (4) When referring to a specific epic or work, the definite article "the" is generally
used. Therefore, it should be "from the Mahabharata."
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31. He is not rich (A) / so he cannot afford (B) / to buy a expensive car (C).
(1) C
(2) A
(3) No error
(4) B
Ans. (1) Use "an expensive" because "expensive" begins with a vowel sound. Therefore,
the indefinite article "an" is used instead of "a."
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Ans. (3) The correct phrase is "by chance," without the article "a" before "chance."
So, correct formation of sentence will be :
"It was by chance that he saw a movie in a theatre."
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33. After knowing truth, / the jury took the right decision / in the case.
(1) The jury took the right decision
(2) In the case
(3) After knowing truth
(4) No error
Ans. (3) The correction involves adding the article "the" before "truth" to make the
sentence grammatically correct.
As the sentence is referring to the specific truth
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34. A Prime Minister of India / will address / the nation today / on the
occasion of Independence Day.
(1) the nation today
(2) on the occasion of Independence Day
(3) will address
(4) A Prime Minister of India
Ans : (4) Use "the" before "Prime Minister" to specify indicating a particular Prime
Minister rather than any Prime Minister.
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Ans : (1) Add "the" before "second floor" to specify the exact place or location.
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Ans : (3) If Union, United, Republic or Kingdom comes with the names of the country,
article ’the’ is used.
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38. I have a dog and a cow. / A dog is black / but the cow is / black and white.
(1) but the cow is
(2) A dog is black
(3) black and white
(4) I have a dog and a cow
Ans : (2) Use article ‘the’ in place of ‘a’ as he has a black colour dog.