{"id":355,"date":"2015-08-18T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T11:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.competitiongurukul.in\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2022-11-04T08:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:05:12","slug":"english-tips-tricks-on-articles-for-banking-ssc-and-general-competition-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.competitiongurukul.in\/blog\/english-tips-tricks-on-articles-for-banking-ssc-and-general-competition-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"English Tips & tricks on Articles for Banking , SSC, and General Competition Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Definition<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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The adjectives a<\/strong>, an<\/strong> and the<\/strong> are called Articles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Types of Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Articles are basically categorized into two broad categories<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.?Indefinite articl<\/strong>e?A\/An
\nB.?Definite article<\/strong>?The<\/p>\n

\"1277101816\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Use of Indefinite Article?A\/An<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

a. An is usually used before a word beginning with a?vowel sound
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) Radha is an intelligent girl.
\n(ii) He is an MP. ? ? (sound of ?em?p where e is a vowel)
\n(iii) You are an honest man. ? ?(sound of ?own?est where o is a vowel)<\/p>\n

b. ?A is used before a word beginning with a?consonant sound
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) He is a university student. ?(sound of ?you?niversal where y is a consonant)
\n(ii) He is a European. ? ?(sound of ?you?ropean where y is a consonant)
\n(iii) He is a one-eyed man.<\/p>\n

\"Article1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

c. A\/An is used before a singular countable noun only when<\/strong> it?is mentioned for the first time representing no
\nparticular person or thing.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) He has an oxen.
\n(ii) She is a landlord.
\n(iii) A boy came to my home.
\nd. A\/An is used before a singular countable noun which is?used as the representative of a class of things or persons.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) A lion is a dangerous animal.
\n(ii) A pupil should obey his teacher.
\n(iii) A dog is a faithful animal.<\/p>\n

e. A\/An is used to make a common noun<\/strong> of a proper noun<\/strong>.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) My neighbour is a philanthropist.
\n(ii) She is a Sania Mirza.
\n(iii) His brother is a PM.<\/p>\n

f. A\/An is used in exclamations before singular countable?nouns.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) What an interesting video
\n(ii) What a pretty girl
\n(iii) What a lovely morning<\/p>\n

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g. A\/An is used in its original sense of one or any.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) He wants a car.
\n(ii) There are not fourteen inches in a foot.
\n(iii) He bought a pen.<\/p>\n

Use of Definite Article?The<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

a. when we talk about a particular person or thing or one?already mentioned.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) Give me the pen which you bought last Saturday.
\n(ii) The book you want is out of stock.
\n(iii) I met a boy. The boy was handsome.<\/p>\n

b. when a singular noun represents a whole class.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) The rose is a beautiful flower.
\n(ii) The dog loves comfort.
\n(iii) The Neem is a useful tree.<\/p>\n

\"Article3\"<\/a>
\nc. Before the first noun in ?noun + preposition + noun<\/strong>??construction.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) The Rama?of Ramayana is an ideal king.
\n(ii) The diamond of South Africa is famous.
\n(iii) He likes the food of Jaipur.<\/p>\n

d. Before names of mountain-ranges.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe Himalayas, The Alps, The Aravallis<\/p>\n

e. Before names of groups of islands.
\nFor example
\n<\/strong>The West Indies,?The Andamans<\/p>\n

f. Before names of rivers, oceans, gulfs, deserts and forests.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe Ganges, ?The Nile,?The Amazon, ?The Indian Ocean,?The Gulf of Mexico, The Thar deseert, The
\nBlack Forest<\/p>\n

g. Before names of religious and mythological books.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe Ramayana, The Quran, The Bible<\/p>\n

h. Before names of newspapers and magazines.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe Times of India, The?Outlook<\/p>\n

i. Before names of heavenly bodies, directions and things?unique of their kind
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe sun, The earth,?The moon, The?equator<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong> that ?The? is not used before the words ?Parliament, Heaven, God, Hell ?.<\/p>\n

j. before names of historical buildings, places and events.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe Red Fort, The Taj Mahal, ?The Siachen, The Dandi March<\/p>\n

k. Before musical instruments.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) He can play the flute.
\n(ii) She is fond of playing the guitar.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong> that?When musical instruments are used as countable?nouns, A\/An is used.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) We bought a sitar for her.
\n(ii) I gifted him a violin.<\/p>\n

l. Before religious communities and political parties.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe Hindus, The Sikhs, The Bhartiya Janta Party<\/p>\n

m. Before names of ships, aeroplanes and trains.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe INS Vikrant, The?Qatar Airlines,?The Rajdhani?Express<\/p>\n

n. Before the words denoting physical positions or
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe centre, The top,?The front, The back
\nFurther,??before parts of body
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(ii) He pulled the dog by the tail.
\n(ii)?Sohan?was hit on the head.<\/p>\n

o. Before names of government departments and armed?forces.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe Legislative, The Judiciary, The Executive, The Air Force, The Army<\/p>\n

p. Before the dates of months.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe 21st of December, The 5th June<\/p>\n

Note that before the ordinals, we also use the articles
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe first, The third, The ninth<\/p>\n

q. before the superlative degree.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) He is?the best guy for this job.
\n(ii) She is the sweetest?girl in the class.<\/p>\n

r. Before the names of a few countries that form federations and provinces.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nThe USA, ?The Netherlands, The USSR, The Republic of China, ?The?Punjab
\nt. Before comparative degree in case of making a choice between the two.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) He?is the tougher of the two guys.
\n(ii) She?is the prettier of the two.<\/p>\n

Zero?Articles<\/span><\/h3>\n

Sometimes there is no need for using any kind of article. Such articles are known as zero articles.?<\/strong>This term used here is not universal but it is aptly used to denote the reference of omission of articles.<\/p>\n

The articles a, an, the are omitted
\na. Before names of days and months.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) She will go on Monday.
\n(ii) They are getting married in January.<\/p>\n

b. Before names of languages.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) He cannot speak French.
\n(ii) She is learning Marathi.<\/p>\n

c. Before names of subjects.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) She has no interest in mathematics.
\n(ii) Biology is his favourite subject.<\/p>\n

d. Before names of diseases.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) AIDS is spreading like wild fire.
\n(ii) He died of cancer.<\/p>\n

Note that??The? is used before the names of a few diseases.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\nthe plague, the measles,the mumps,<\/p>\n

e. Before names of festivals and seasons.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) He will go to USA?in winter.
\n(ii) She celebrated Diwali?with her friends.
\nBut note that
\n(i) He will go to Canada in the winter season.
\n(ii) She went to Delhi in the Diwali holidays.<\/p>\n

f. Before names of sports.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) She plays tennis.
\n(ii) We like cricket.<\/p>\n

g. Before names of meals.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) They take lunch at 2 pm.
\n(ii) Breakfast is ready.<\/p>\n

h. Before school, college, church, prison, hospital, bed,?market, when these places are visited or used for their
\nprimary purpose.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) She goes to temple?on Sunday.
\n(ii) The criminal was sent to prison.<\/p>\n

i. before man, life, death, art, science, when these words?are used in the widest sense.
\nFor example<\/strong>
\n(i) Science has developed much in the past fifty years.
\n(ii) Man is mortal.<\/p>\n

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