English Language Grammar : Articles

Articles :   "A" , "An" and "The" that are used before nouns are called articles.

" A " and " An" are called indefinite articles.

Article " A " : A is normally used before nouns/words beginning with consonants.
                        Example : a flower , a  chair                                                                                                                     But " A " is also used before nouns/words with vowels if we hear a consonant sound                             like a  unit.

Article " An " : We use " An " before words beginning with vowel.                                                                                    Example : an apple , an ear                                                                                                                      But  " An " is also used before words with consonant if we hear a vowel sound.                                    Example :  an hour

" The " is called a definite article and we use "The " before a name when we mean a particular one. For example "a car" mean any car but " the car " means a particular one only. The is also used before a noun when we use it for the second time with reference to its earlier mention.
 For example  Delhi is a lovely city. The city is a capital of India.

Important Note : " A " and "An " are used before singular name only, whereas " The " is used before both singular and plural names.


Practise worksheet on English Articles :

" Fill in the blanks with the correct Articles "

1. My sister is holding ______________ orange teddy-bear.
2. Where did you get ______________ doll from ?
3. I went to open ____________ door.
4. My father bought me _____________ new computer game. 
5. I went to ____________ library.
6. I put __________ bag down and went to play.
7. My elder sister is studying at ______________ university.
8. He is ________ good story teller.
9. We visited _____________ Mysore and __________ Ooty.
10. For __________ year he worked as __________ eye specialist.
11. I have _______ lot of news for you.
12. I spent _______ hour in school library.
13. My mother bought _______ puppy and __________ puppy was cute.
14. Those children are going to _________ school.
15. ___________ ounce of prevention is worth __________ pound of cure.

Paragraphs given below has blank spaces which can be filled using definite or indefinite articles. Some may require no article. Please fill the blank correctly.

1 ) There was ______ old owl that lived in ______ oak. Everyday he saw incidents happening around him. Yesterday he saw ____ boy helping ____ old man to carry _____ heavy basket. Today he saw _____ girl shouting at her mother. The more he saw the less he spoke. 

As he spoke less, he heard more. He heard people talking and telling stories. He heard ___woman saying that ____ elephant jumped over ____ fence. He also heard ____ man saying that he had never made _____ mistake. 

____ old owl had seen and heard about what happened to people. Some became better and some became worse. But _____old owl had become wiser ___each and every day. 

2) _____ long time ago ____ very cruel king named Akkubuddin was ruling ______ city of Dharm Nagar. All citizens were fearful because of his cruelty.

Akkubuddin has ____ dog named Kalia, which he used to love more than anything, ___one fateful morning Kalia died. Akkubuddin organized last rituals for the dog, entire city came to _____ cremation ground. Akkubuddin was very happy to see that people love him so much and he felt he is the most popular king in the world. After few days Akkubuddin died, but no one came for his funerals.

Moral: Respect is something you have to earn, you cannot force it on others to respect you. There is ____ thin line between Fear and Respect, ___ every one of us should understand it and do_____ necessary corrections in our personalities.