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Fill in the blanks with a, an and the in the following sentences.
O Monday is ___________ first working day of __________ week.
O He took ___________ train to Delhi.
O Mother Teresa was like __________ angel. She helped many people.
O _________ Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean.
O Would you like to go for __________ jog?
Let’s Learn Articles
There are two types of articles.
Indefinite articles — a and an Definite article — the
Indefinite Articles (a and an)
A and an are called indefinite articles because they do not point out any particular
person or thing.
a man—means any man an atlas—means any atlas
O O
Use of ‘A’
The use of a is based on the pronunciation of singular countable nouns.
A is used before singular nouns that begin with a consonant sound.
O
a boy, a dog, a house, a doctor, a book, a shop
A is also used before nouns that begin with a vowel but have a long consonant
O
sound.
a university, a unique person, a uniform, a useful book
In the above words, the letter u is pronounced as you, which begins with consonant y.
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