English Grammar Article

Introduction:

An Article is word used to modify a noun, which is a person, place object or idea, Technically, an article is an adjective, which is any word that modifies a noun, usually adjectives modify nouns through description, but articles are used instead to point out or refer to nouns.

There are only three articles, the, a and an, they are very small words which cause very large problems if used incorrectly.

Article “A”

“A” is used for singular countable nouns or objectives, it is placed before a singular countable noun ‘or’ adjective that begins with a consonant sound.

‘Consonants’ are letters which are other than “a,e,I,o,u”

For example:

• A cat.
• A stamp
• A des
• A TV
• That is a chair.
• She is a girl. etc.

Article “An”

“An” is also used for singular countable nouns or adjectives, “An” is placed before a singular contable noun or adjective that begins with a vowel sound.

‘Vowels’ are “a,e,I,o,u”

For example:

• I eat an apple.
• An orange
• An elephant
• An issue.
• An orange.
• That is an aeroplane
• That is an elephant. etc.

Article “The”

“The” can be used for singular and plural, countable or uncountable nouns, we use “The” when we are referring to a particular or specific noun.

For example:

• Please close the door.
• I like the clothes you gave me.
• I was very native in the past.
• This song was very popular in the 1980s. etc.