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Where does 'a' use? Give some example.

We use 'a' before a word that begins with a consonant sound.

a book

an hour

a horse

an umbrella

a university

Where does 'an' use? Give some example.

We use 'an' before a word that begins with a vowel sound.

an apple

an egg

an inkpot

an oven

an umbrella  

Where does 'The' use? Give some example.

(1) We use 'The' when we are speaking about a particular person or thing.

Ex:- The Sun temple is in Konarka.

        The sun rises in the east. 

 

(2) 'The' is used before the name of mountains.

Ex:- The Himalays        The Alpas

(3) 'The' is used before the name of rivers.
Ex:- The Ganga            The Yamuns 

(4)'The' is used before the name of certain books.
Ex:- The Ramayana            The Mahabharata 

(5)'The' is used before ordinal numbers.
Ex:- The first           The second

(6) 'The' is used with those words that is already used in a sentence.
Ex:- I saw an eagle in a cage. The eagle escaped from the cage.

       This is a pen. The pen is red 

(7) 'The' is used with those nouns that represent the whole class.
Ex:- The lion is the king of jungle.

         The peacock is national bird of our country. 

(8)'The' is used before the name of newspapers and magazines. 

Ex:- The Hindustan           The India Today

(9)'The' is used before the name of musical instrument.
Ex:- The Tabla            The guitar 

(10)'The' is used before the name of famous building.
Ex:- The Red fort            The suntemple

(11)'The' is used before the name of heavenly bodies.
Ex:- The sun            The moon

(12)'The' is used before superlative degree.
Ex:- The best            The greatest

Complete the sentences with a / an

I am Rakesh kumar. I am in class 2. I live in ________ flat with my parents. My father is ________ engineer. He works in ________ factory. My mother is ________ architect. She works in ________ office. I have ________ younger brother and ________ elder sister.