Articles Questions and Answers

There are certain rules for solving questions related to articles. Check out some of them below to get an insight about the same:

• Article ‘A’ goes with singular nouns only that starts with a constant sound. The explicit individuality of the nouns should not be recognized to the reader.
• Article ‘The’ is used to define a specific individuality or category of the noun. It is important to know that ‘the’ can be used with countable and non-countable nouns along with singular and plural nouns.
• Article ‘an’ goes with nouns starting with a vowel sound.
• Common nouns always take an article with them. So, here your cue to use articles wherever there is a common noun.
• There are words which starts a vowel such as a university, European, etc. but the starting sound is of constant that is “yu” where “an” is not an appropriate choice. “A” or “the” can be used for the same. Same goes with words starting with a constant but with a sound of vowel, such as honest, MBA, SUV, etc. As these start with a vowel sound, “an” will be used before them.

The Definite Article

• The Definite Article from among the three articles is ‘THE’.
• It specifies the objectivity of a noun.
• The definite article walks you through the particularity of a noun.
• For example, your friend might ask, “Are you willing to participate in the competition this year?” The definite article ‘the competition’ tells you that your friend is talking about a particular competition that the two of you know of.
• The definite article can be used with singular, plural, or uncountable nouns.
• With definite article it becomes easy to identify a noun in a sentence that might be otherwise vague or not clear in concept.

The Indefinite Article

• The indefinite article comes in the form of two articles – ‘a’ and ‘an’. ‘A’ is used before any consonant while ‘an’ takes its place before a vowel. 
• The indefinite articles walks you through the general idea of a noun as a contrast to definite article.
• For example, you might ask your mom, “Should I wear a jeans to the party?” Your mom will know that you’re talking about wearing a jeans to the party. Not a particular one but jeans of any color or design.
• “Why don’t you wear an ankle length jeans?” your mom replies back. Here the indefinite article ‘an’ talks about a jeans of ankle length but not specifying which one.

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