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 ..... largest creature on ..... earth.

7. My house is ..... last one in ..... street.

8. Children are playing with ..... ball.

9. ..... old man was unable to cross ..... road.

10. Mr. Mukesh Ambani is ..... richest man in India.