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Practise What You Know!actise What You Know!
Fill in the missing articles in the conversation given below.
Mother: Rishab, what do you want for your birthday?
Rishab: I want ____________ bicycle. It's ___________ bicycle we saw last week.
Mother: We will get it. Do you want anything else?
Rishab: I also want ____________ ice cream cake on my birthday.
Mother: Okay, let's go and first buy ____________ bicycle.
Let’s Learn Articles
A, an and the are called ar� cles. There are two types of ar� cles.
Indefi nite Defi nite
Indefi nite Articles
A and an are indefi nite ar� cles because they do not show any specifi c noun. We use a
or an before common nouns.
A is used before a singular noun that begins with a consonant sound.
Read the following sentences.
I have a pen and a pencil in my geometry box.
He is a handsome boy.
An is used before a singular noun that begins with a vowel sound.
Read the following sentences.
I saw an owl si� ng on the tree.
She is carrying an umbrella.
Some nouns start with a vowel, but do not have a vowel sound. They begin with a
consonant sound you. We use a before such nouns.
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