ARTICLES Flashcards
The sea has become/ an cheap dumping ground/ for all kinds/ of waste products.
- We use article ‘a’ with words starting with consonants (B,D,F,N etc) for example a dirty shirt, a neglected department, etc. however the article ‘an’ is used with words starting with a vowel (A E I O U) for example , an educated person, an imminent danger etc. hence, ‘a cheap dumping ground’ is the correct answer.
Akbar became a heir/ to the throne at/ a young age of thirteen/ No error
Heir starts with a vowel sound . change ‘a’ into an
The blast derailed the lives/ of many people but in an year/ time leaving apart the victims, no one remembered anything/ no error
‘Year’ does not start with vowel sound.Hence ‘year’ will be preceded by ‘a’
All the people/ of India know that/ Gandhi ji was a very wise and a noble soul./No error
Remove ‘a’ both the adjectives is used for the same person.
she found/ herself in a trouble/ when she saw the stalker following her persistently./No error
Remove ‘a’. Trouble is uncountable noun
uncountable noun do not take article before them.
eg:- baggage, luggage, advice, accommodation, news, permission, progress, scenery, weather, traffic, knowledge, music, wine, equipment, information, poetry, furniture, hair, business, michief, bread, stationery, crockery, postage, wastage, money, jewellery, breakage, work, evidence.
abstract noun also donot take articles before them.
This is /most important/ lesson which will have to study very carefully/ no error
most is a superlative degree hence add ‘the’ before most
The answer / to all the sufferings of / human beings lies in the science / no error.
The is not used with the name of any subject like science.
articles do not come with
names of months
names of days
names of subjects
names of roads
names of malls
names of languages
names of hobbies
names of games
before noun complement : appoint, make, elect, select
His father/ asked him to go/ to the temple every morning / no error
some people say that / her husband is in the jail / and so she lives alone / no error
If schools, colleges, Temple are denoted in reference to their primary purpose, article is not used.
eg: children should go to school
i go to temple every morning.
