Article Class 3 -English Grammar kkgoenka

Article (A,An,The)

By Aashish Gupta

Class 3
Article

Indefinite Article - a , an

'A' and 'an' are infinite articles.

'A' is used with the words which begin with a consonant sound.

'An' is used with the words which begin with a vowel sound.

Vowel in English - a , e , i , o , u
Check for these vowels before writing a /an

Exception - honest , hour, year

(These words always have "an" before them irrespective of noun after them)

Definite Article - the

Use of "a"

a cow काउ
a dairy                   डेयरी
a minute               मिनट
a month                मंथ
a parrot पेरट
a book                   बुक
a carrot केरट
a tomato टोमेटो
a guava ग्वावा
a nose                   नोस
a chair चैयर
a pair पैयर
a pen                     पेन
a car                      कार
a train ट्रेन
a knife नाइफ
a kite                     काइट
a page पेज
a pilot                   पायलेट
a horse                 हाॅर्स
a cup                     कप
a lamp लेंप
a bat                      बेट
a table                  टेबल
a glass                  ग्लास
a leaf लीफ
a pencil पेंसिल
a flower फ्लावर
a judge जज

Use of "an"

an apple एप्पल
an orange ओरेंज
an animal एनिमल
an inkpot इंक पोट
an year ईयर
an umbrella अम्ब्रेला
an ear इयर
an eye आई
an onion ओनियन
an Ox ओक्स
an hour अवर
an enemy एनीमी
an author ओथर
an intelligent इंटेलीजेंट
an honest   ओनेस्ट
an almirah अलमीरा
an MP एमपी
an M.Sc. एमएससी
an M.L.A. एमएलए
an M.A. एमए

See the Difference

a boy
an smart boy
an intelligent boy
an honest boy

A. Fill in the blanks with a /an in the following -

1. .........cow

2. ........dairy

3. ........ minute

4. ........ month

5. ......... animal

6. ........... ear

7. ........... Ox

8. ........... parrot

9. ............book

10. ............carrot

11. ............umbrella

12. ............. tomato

13. .............onion

14. ............. guava

15. .............year

16. .............nose

17. .............chair

18. .............eye

19. .............pair

20. .............apple

21. .............orange

22. .............guava

23. .............inkpot

24. .............pen

25. .............engine

26. .............hour

27. .............MP

28. .............M.Sc.

29. .............M.L.A.

30. .............car

31. .............train

32. .............M.A.

33. .............knife

34. .............kite

35. .............page

36. .............almirah

37. .............pilot

38. .............enemy

39. .............horse

40. .............cup

41. .............lamp

42. .............umbrella

43. .............bat

44. .............table

45. .............glass

46. .............leaf

47. .............pencil

48. .............author

49. .............intelligent

50. .............honest

51. .............flower

52. .............judge

B. Write words of your choice in the blank spaces. Be careful about a/ an placed before the spaces -

umbrella, kite, honest, page, almirah, pilot, enemy, cup , lamp, bat, table, glass, leaf, pencil, author, intelligent, flower, knife, judge, horse

1. a brave .............

2. a sharp .............

3. a dark .............

4. an ........... man

5. a beautiful .............

6. an ........... woman

7. a wise .............

8. a white .............

9. a black .............

10. an ............

11. a bright ..............

12. a paper ..............

13. a bone China ..............