The mangoes
you kept in the refrigerator last night do not taste good.
Did you complete all
the homework?
3. ‘The’ is used to generalize the whole class or group.
Example:
The honest
are respected
The beggar
are not always the needy
4. ‘The’ is used for geographical points on the globe.
Example:
The north pole and the south pole can never meet.
5. ‘The’ is used for the nouns that cannot be counted
Example:
The water
of the Pacific oceans is freezing.
Two robbers took all
the money from the bank.
6. ‘The’ is used with geographical nouns depending on the size and plurality of the noun. The must
precede the names of oceans, rivers, group of islands, lakes, mountains, countries with united
states or islands,etc
Example:
The Ganga
is a holy river.
The English Channel
is the longest river channel.
However,
‘the’ must not precede the following-
Name of continents, like Asia. South America, etc
Name of the countries, states or streets like, Alaska, bolivia, New town street etc.
Name of
Single lakes, mountains, islands or bays, like, chills lake, hudson bay, etc.
Names of languages like Spanish, French, etc.
Names of Sports such as basketball, cricket, football, etc.
Names of the subjects like, Economics, Mathematics, History, etc.
7. ‘The’ is mandatorily used for things that are only one of a kind in the universe.
Example:
The Sun
and the Moon shines bright in the sky.
The planet
earth looks beautiful from space.
8. ‘The’ does not mean all.
Example:
The books are my favourite (not all the books, just the book talked about)
Books are my favourite (all the books in general are favourite)
the indefinite article ‘an’ is used with words that begin with vowels (a, e, i ,o, u) or an individual letter
spoken with a vowel sound.
Article Example:
Words beginning with vowel
● An Iron
is made of steel
● Take
an umbrella as it might rain today
Letter of the word spoken with a vowel sound:
● An SOS
option is there for your help
● An MP
is invited for inauguration.
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