a presentation on “articles”

Jayesh N. Padhariya M.A.,B.Ed(English) Mo.: 9978 4343 60 E-Mail.: [email protected]

Jayesh N. PadhariyaM.A., B.Ed (English)

Assistant English Teacher at S.V.V..

APresentation on

“Articles”


Message of Swami Vivekananda

“Arise, Awake & Stop not till the Goal is reached.”


Read the following Examples…• A table

• A one-rupee

• An onion

• An honest man

• The lion

• The Himalaya


About Articles…

There are 26 alphabets in English Language:

1)21 Consonants ( Vy>jn )

2)05 Vowels ( Svr ) :

a, e, i, o & u


Types of Articles

a) Indefinite Articles

( AcoKks Aa3IRkLs)

‘a’ & ‘an’

a) Definite Article ‘ The ’

( coKKs Aa3IRkl ‘The’ )


(A) Indefinite Articles : ‘A’ & ‘An’

AcoKks Aa3IRkLs ‘a’ & ‘an’ Kyare vpray ?

ko{p` Aek Aeva A4Rma>. Ko{p` jaitvack ke s>Qyavack Aekvcn namnI Aag5.


AcoKks Aa3IRkl ‘a’ Kyare vpray ?Rule - 1 Ko{p` jaitvack ke s>Qyavack

Aekvcn namno p/4m A9r Vy>jn hoy Tyare...for example,

a book a bag

a pen a chair

a cow a table

a boy a bench

a youngman a child


Rule - 2Ko{p` jaitvack ke s>Qyavack Aekvcn

namno p/4m A9r Svr hoy pr>tu teno ]Ccar Vy>jn 4to hoy Tyare...for example,

a European a one-day matcha University a Union

a one-rupee note


AcoKks Aa3IRkl ‘an’ Kyare vpray ?

Rule - 1Ko{p` jaitvack ke s>Qyavack Aekvcn namno p/4m A9r Svr hoy Tyare...for example,

an apple an aeroplane

an elephant an onion

an ink-pot an orange

an umbrella an English man

an egg an American


Rule - 2Ko{p` jaitvack ke s>Qyavack Aekvcn

namno p/4m A9r Vy>jn hoy pr>tu teno ]Ccar Svr 4to hoy Tyare...for example,

an hour an honest man

an M.A. an N.C.C. cadet

an S.S.C. student an H.S.C. student

an S.T. bus-stand an honourable man

an L.L.B. an M.B.B.S.


Exercises…..Fill in the following blanks using the article

‘a’ or ‘an’.

1. This is _____ elephant.

2. Raj has _____ new scooter.

3. The Saurashtra University is _____ good university.

4. Minal is _____ intelligent student.

5. That is _____ horse.


Exercises…..

6. Umang has _____umbrella.

7. Rameshbhai is _____engineer.

8. The king was _____ honourable man.

9. We will travel to Wadhwan city by _____ S.T. bus.

10. Dixit is _____ S.S.C. student.


(B) Definite Articles: ‘The’

coKks Aa3IRkl ‘The’ Kyare vpray ?

ko{p` Aekvcn ke bhuvcn namnI Aag5.


Rule - 1

• ko{p` pda4R, p/a`I ke vStu ivxe p/4m var ]Lleq krvama> Aave Tyare article ‘a’ or ‘an’ vpray, pr>tu jo Ae j pda4R , p/a`I ke vStu ivxe bI+ var ]Lleq krvama> Aave Tyare article ‘the’ vpray.

For example,

This is a boy. That is a girl.

This is a boy. The boy is tall.

That is an apple. The apple is sweet.


Rule – 2

• jaitvack nam Amuk coKks jait ke p/a`I nih p` teno Aaqo vgR sUcve Tyare...For example,

The cow is a useful animal.

The Japanese are good at art of arranging flowers.


Rule-3• waEgoilk S4ano, ndIAo, smu¸o, sagro,

mhasagrona namonI Aag5...For example,

the north pole

the equator

the Ganga

the Indian Ocean

the bay of Bangal


Rule - 4• iv&vnI Aekma#a cIj ke p/k<itna pda4oR

jeva> ke suyR,c>¸ vgere Aag5...For example,

the sun

the moon

the wind

the earth

the saturn


Rule - 5• vtRmanp#a ona nam, g/>4ona nam,

jhajona nam, idxaAona nam, xrIrna A>gonI Aag5...

For example,

The Ramayana

The Mahabharata

The Sandesh

The South

The Heart


Rule - 6

• Aek j piriS4it, Aek j S45 ke Aek j vStuna namnI Aag5...For Example,

the principal

the school

the teacher


Rule - 7

• k/mvack s>QyaAonI Aag5...For Example,

the first

the second

the next

the last

the sixteenth


Rule - 8

• 3U>ka9rI namnI Aag5...pr>tu Jyare ko{ Aekmno wag sUcvay

Tyare a/an vpray...For example,

The U.S.A.

The U.S.S.R.

The U.K.

an S.T. bus


Article ‘The’ vpratu n4I...

• Aini&ct namnI Aag5.

• wavvack namnI Aag5.

• g`I n xkay teva ¸Vyvack namonI Aag5.

• dexona namnI Aag5.

• s>)avack namnI Aag5.


For Example…• boys• flowers• papers• pens• kindness• anger• death• love

• tea • salt• oil• water• sugar• milk• coffee

• India• Canada • China• Nepal• Japan• Africa


Exercises… Fill in the blanks using the article ‘a’, ‘an’ or

‘the’.1. He returned after ___ hour and ___ half.

2. What ___ delightful experience.

3. ___ Chinese have built ___ huge wall around their country.

4. ___ Samrat Ashok is ___ Indian Ship.

5. ___ Granth Saheb is the holy book of ___ Shikhs.

6. What ___ idea.

7. There are many holy places for ___ Hindus in ___ Himalayas.


Exercises…8. ___ one-eyed man gave ___ one-rupee note to ___

beggar.

9. Is she ___ S.S.C. student.

10. ___ Seal is very useful to ___ Eskimos.

11. ___ camel is ___ useful anilmal.

12. I have a book. ___ book is new.

13. ___ earth moves round ___ sun.

14. Who is ___ President of India.

15. This is ___ elephant. ___ elephant is ___ big animal.


Prepared by…Jayesh N. Padhariya M.A., B.Ed (English)


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