Cl

ass7Engl
ishGr
ammar– Ar
tic
les

Def
ini
ti
onofAr
tic
le

Art
icl
esarebas
ical
lyatypeofdeter
miners
.Deter
mi nercoversmanyc las
sesofwordsin
whichther
earearti
cles(
defi
nit
eandindefi
nit
earti
cles
),adject
ivesanddemonstrat
ives
.

TypesofAr
tic
les

Ther
ear ethr
eemai
nar
tic
les– ‘
a’,‘
an’and‘
the’
.Thes
ethr
eear
tic
lesc
anbedi
videdi
n
twoclas
ses

Def
ini
teAr
tic
le(
The)

‘
The’i
sknownasdef
ini
tear
tic
lebec
aus
eiti
sus
edt
opoi
ntouts
pec
ifi
cper
sonort
hing.

e.
g.TheMoonandt
heSunet
c.

.‘
The’i
sus
edbef
oreapar
tic
ularors
pec
ifi
cper
son,pl
aceort
hing,

Letusgot
othec
lub.

Thi
sist
heboywhowonl
astmat
ch.

Us
eofA/An.

‘A’and‘An’areIndef
ini
teart
iclesast
heyareusedindefi
nit
elybeforecountabl
ecommon
nounssi
ngularnumbers.‘A’i
sus edwit
hnounsbeginningwithconsonantsorcons
onant
soundwhereas‘An’isusedwithvowelsorvowels
ound.

Us
eof‘
A’

I
tisus
edbef
oreawor
dbegi
nni
ngwi
thac
ons
onant
;as

aboy,agi
rl,at
abl
e,ayear
.

I
tisus
edbef
oreawor
dbegi
nni
ngwi
thac
ons
onant
;as

aboy,agi
rl,at
abl
e,ayear
.

I
tisus
edbef
oret
hewor
d‘one’t
hatbegi
nswi
tht
hec
ons
onants
oundof‘
was
’;as

aone-
eyedman,aone-
rupeenot
e

I
tisus
edbef
ores
uch‘
u’wheni
tsoundsonyu;
as

aus
efulani
mal
,aEur
opean,auni
ver
sit
y.
Us
eof‘
An’

I
tisus
edbef
orewor
dsbegi
nni
ngwi
thavowel
;as

anaer
opl
ane,anel
ephant
,ani
nkpot
,anor
ange,anumbr
ell
a.

I
tisus
edbef
orewor
dsbegi
nni
ngwi
tha‘
h’wheni
tiss
ilent
;as

anhones
tman,anhour
.

I
tisus
edbef
orewor
dsbegi
nni
ngwi
thc
ons
onant
shavi
ngvowels
ound;as

anM.
P.,anM.
L.A.
,anF.
I.R.
,anM.Sc
.,anx-
ray.