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Article – ‘An’
Now, look at the following pictures :
an
an apple an elephant ox
an ice-cream an inkpot umbrella
an
The words apple, elephant, ox, ice-cream, inkpot and umbrella are nouns.
They are also singular. But all of them begin with a vowel sound. So, we use ‘an ’
before all of them.
We use ‘an ’ before common nouns which are singular or one and begin
with a vowel sound.
Article – ‘The’
a
We use ‘ ’ or ‘an ’ when we talk of any person or thing. When we talk of a
particular person or thing, we use ‘the ’.
a
Examples : (i) Give me book. (any book)
Give me the book you are reading . (a particular book)
(ii) Open a box . (any box)
Open the box behind you . (a particular box)
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