English Grammar - Articles
Use of Articles: an, a, the 1. An Use an before words starting with the sound of vowels: a, e, i, o, u an apple, an egg, an ice-cream, an orange, an umbrella Exception: a university, a union 2. A Use a before words starting with the sound of consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z a bag, a cat, a dog, a frog, a goat, a hotel, a jacket, a kite, a lion, a monkey, a papaya, a queue, a rat, a ship, a tiger, a van, a watch, a xylophone, a yacht, a zebra Exception: an hour, an honest man 3. The Use the before a famous thing, specific place or thing and superlative adjectives. the sun, the moon, the earth, the Taj Mahal, the Ganga river, the Everest mountain Use the after a preposition in the room, on the roof, at the gate, with the ball Test 1 - Use of Articles a, an, the 1. This is ..... red ball. 2. That is ..... orange tree 3. I am ..... monitor of my class. 4. His father is ..... accountant. 5. ..... school bus was late today. 6. Blue Whale is ..... larges