A - AN - The - Ppt on article

Power point presentation on Articles - A - AN - The

1. Articles

3. A, anand theare called articles
A, anare called indefinite articles
Theis called definite article

4. Theis used to refer to
specific or particular nouns.
A / anis used to modify
non-specific or non-
particular nouns.
ANTHEA

5. We use a, an,orthebefore nouns that we want to
introduce.
Nouns are names of people, places, animals or things.
A Person
A Place
A thing

6. ‘A’ is used
Before beginning with a
consonant sound.
Eg) a boy, a bird
Before a singular nounbeginning
(Eg) a book, a school, a dog.
Even before vowel letters which
don’t have vowel sound.
(Eg) a European, a unit, a union.

7. Somewordsstartwithavowelletterbutbeginwitha
consonantsound,soweuseabeforethesewordstoo.
a university
a uniform
a one-rupee note

8. We use abefore words that begin with a
consonant.
a girl
a clock
a lamp

9. EXERCISE
1)She wears _____ uniform on Wednesday.
2)He gave me ____ one rupee coin.
3)Sona made ____ universal appeal.
4)India is ____ developing country.
5)He is __ boy.

10. ‘An’ is used
Beforeawordbeginningwithavowel
(Eg)anidiot,anapple
Beforeawordbeginningwith'h'butnot
sounded
(Eg)anhonour,anhour,anhonestman

11. We use anbefore words that begin with a vowel
sound.
an orange
an umbrella
an eye
a,e,i,o,uare vowels

12. 1.____ honest man is always respected.
2.Rahul is ____ engineer by profession
3.I bought ____ HMT watch
4.Mala is ___ M.A in English
5.My brother is ____ advocate.
EXERCISE

13. 'The’ is used
1.Beforeuniqueobjects
(Eg) the sun, the sky, the moon
2.Beforethenamesofmountains,rivers,
oceans,desertsetc.
(Eg) the Ganges, the Sahara, the Pacific
3.Beforethenamesofbooks
(Eg) the Bible, the Ramayana, the Quran

14. 4. Before the superlative degree
(Eg) the best, the tallest
5. Before musical instruments
(Eg) the flute, the violin
6. Before an adjective to denote a whole class
(Eg) the old, the rich, the poor

15. 7.Beforeordinals
(Eg)thefirst,theninth
8.Beforepropernames(plural)ofpeoples(nations)
(Eg) the French, the Indians
9. Abbreviations use “the”
(Eg) the UN", "the USA", "the IMF".

16. We use thewhen we know that there is
only one of a particular thing.
the sky
the world
the North Pole

17. 1._____earthgoesround____sun.
2.Ilovewatching____sunrisein____morning.
3.____Himalayasstandassentineltoour
country.
4.___manin___bluesuitisourPrincipal.
5.Mysisterisworkingin____USA.
EXERCISE

18. Omission of article
1.Before the names of relations (father, uncle,sister )
2.Before the names of material (gold, silver, diamond )
3.Before proper noun ( Lotus, Chennai, Priya )
4.Before abstract noun (honesty, wisdom, truth )
5.Before language ( Tamil, Hindi, English )
6.Before certain phrases ( at noon, by train, on foot )

19. FILL IN THE BLANKS USING ‘A’ AN’ OR ‘THE’
1.Sri Lanka is _____ island.
2.She gave Sita ____ one rupee note.
3.Maya wore _____ red colour saree.
4.He is _____ honourable man.
5.He met with ____ accident on his way home.

20. 1.Sri Lanka isanisland.
2. She gave Sita aone rupee note.
3. Maya worethered colour saree.
4. He isan honourable man.
5. He met with anaccident on his way home.

21. 6. ___ Ganges is ___ holy water.
7. He worked efficiently as ___ M.L.A.
8. _____ Bible is ____ sacred book of
Christians.
9. Heaven is _____ happiest place.
10.Buying ___ umbrella is not ___ urgent need.

22. 6.TheGanges isa holy water.
7. He worked efficiently asan M.L.A.
8. TheBible is thesacred book of Christians.
9. Heaven is thehappiest place.
10.Buying anumbrella is not aurgent need.

23. 11.____ Sahara is ___ biggest desert in ___ world.
12.Mani bought ___ car
13.We went to __ temple and saw ___ elephant
eating bananas.
14.Sekar is ___ advocate who is working in ___
USA.
15.___ representative from Australia is __ excellent
speaker.

24. 11.TheSahara is thebiggest desert in theworld.
12. Mani boughtacar
13. We went tothe temple and saw anelephant eating
bananas.
14. Sekar is anadvocate who is working in theUSA.
15.The representative from Australia is anexcellent
speaker.

25. THE END!!!
GREAT JOB!!!