Use of 'A / An'
Article
A / AN is used with countable
nouns and NOT with uncountable nouns.
A is used just before the Countable noun with the words which starts with
consonant sounds like ball, cat ,book, table, Nose
AN is used just before the Countable noun with the words which starts with
the vowel sounds and where the "h" is silent in the starting of
the word like An Hour, An umbrella, An eyebrow, An ear. Vowel sound start
with - a,e,i,o,u
A and AN are used only with singular and never with plural forms of nouns
like eyes, books, tables, umbrellas etc.
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Use of 'The' Article
Article (The) - Article 'The' is used when talking
or mentioning about a particular thing or place.
Example:
The door, the fan, the kitchen, the computer, the tap, the window
of a particular room
The roof, the garden, the floor, the ceiling of a house
We
use
'The' when it is clear which thing or person we mean - the name,
the time, the game, the player, etc.
Don't forget
'The' when mentioning about 'The Mall', 'The City Centre', 'The
Town Hall', 'The nearest Bank'
We do NOT USE "The": with Television - I watch
television a lot.
we can say "Can you turn off the
television' ( The particular
Television you are watching)
with breakfast / lunch / dinner - When did you have breakfast?
Dinner is ready to serve. (not 'The dinner
is ready to serve')
next / last + week / month / year /
summer / Monday etc.
I'm not working for last one week
Did you have a holiday last winter
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