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Lesson 4: Articles
I went into a room which was comparatively comfortable. The roof and
the walls were intact except for a few chinks in the tiles and cracks in
the walls. I unpacked my baggage and had a cup of tea from the big
Chinese flask I carried along with me. The November sun had already set
and darkness descended on the hill like a murderous vulture. Chilly winds
lashed the exterior of the palace.
The words ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ qualify the nouns that follow. They are called
articles.
We use ‘a’ before a singular countable noun which starts with a
consonant sound.
a cat a UK girl a US man a lady
a unity [pronounced like yunity] a ball a ewe
a unit
We use ‘an’ before a singular countable noun which starts with a vowel
sound.
an Australian an MD an S an event
an L [pronounced like el] an enemy an American
an honour
We use ‘the’ for a particular or definite object which can be either
singular or plural.
the moon the sun the telephone the UAE
the Quran the universe the rich the sky
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