प्रिय उम्मीदवारों,
अध्ययन नोट्स एक प्रभावी रणनीति का हिस्सा हैं जो आपको किसी विषय के बारे में जानने में मदद करता है. आपका दिमाग तैयारी के दौरान विज़ुअलाइज़ किए गए कीवर्ड और मेमोरी मैप्स के रूप में यादृच्छिक विवरणों का डेटा एकत्र करता है. मुख्य वाक्यांशों और खोजशब्दों को जोड़ना, स्मृति मानचित्र बनाना और महत्वपूर्ण तथ्यों को हाइलाइट करना सीखने की प्रक्रिया को गति देने में मदद करता है.
अध्ययन नोट न केवल आपको प्रभावी ढंग से सीखने में मदद करते हैं बल्कि अंतिम मिनट के संशोधन के दौरान महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाते हैं.
यहाँ हम आपको English Language – Articles प्रदान कर रहे हैं जो आपको आपकी तैयारी में सहायता करेंगे.
Articles
Definition:
- An article is a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness (definite noun or indefinite) of the noun, and sometimes to describe volume or numerical scope.
- In English, there are only three articles – THE, A, & AN. These are not interchangeable; rather, they are used in specific and exclusive instances.
Indefinite articles: (for Unspecified noun)
1. ‘A’ and ‘AN’ are indefinite articles, which means that they don’t refer to anything definite or specific. These are used with SINGULAR COUNTABLE nouns only. (REFER to points 6 & 7)
2. For example, If your friend says to you, ‘give me a torch’, then you can give him your torch, your friend’s torch or you can buy a brand new one from the nearby shop and give that to him, because while asking for it your friend hasn’t specified which torch to give to him. So you can give him any torch.
3. Same goes for the usage of AN. (Give me an umbrella).
4. Use A before nouns (or adjectives) that start with a consonant sound.
Example: (a) He is a cricketer. (before a noun)
(b) He is a good cricketer. (before an adjective)
5. Use AN before nouns (or adjectives) that start with a vowel sound.
Example: (a) It is an Elephant. (before a noun)
(b) It is an old scooter. (before an adjective)
6. For PLURAL (countable) indefinite nouns – some/few/many etc are used
Example: I bought some cows.
7. For NON-COUNTABLE indefinite nouns – NO ARTICLE is used. (REFER to point 2 in Definite article)
Example: ‘Water’ is a non-countable noun (though ‘water drop’ is a countable noun). So for ‘water’ we write/say as follows – ‘There is water on the floor’
Definite article: (for specified noun)
1. There is only one definite article in English and that is, ‘THE’.
2. ‘THE’ is used before singular as well as plural nouns (COUNTABLE OR NON-COUNTABLE) & adjectives. It is used to refer to something which, both, the writer/speaker as well as the reader/listener are familiar with.
3. For example – If you are reading a book and your brother, sitting by your side, says, ‘give me the book’, he invariably refers to the book you are reading and not to some other book.
Important exceptions –
- Use the article THE when a particular noun has already been mentioned previously in a sentence.
- For example: (a) I ate an orange yesterday. The orange was juicy and tasty.
(b) I bought a shirt 3 days back and wore it at the last night’s party. But I returned the shirt to the shopkeeper today as it was not good.
- Use no article with plural count nouns or any non-count nouns used to mean – ALL or in general.
Examples: –
Trees are beautiful in the fall. (All trees are beautiful in the fall.)
He was asking for advice. (He was asking for advice in general.)
BUT –> ‘He was asking for a piece of advice’ is correct.
I do not like coffee. (I do not like all coffee in general.)
To be remembered:
- The following take A with them:
Union, University, European, Ewe (pronounced as ‘jyu’ or ‘ज्यू’), YEAR, young, one rupee note, house, etc..
- The following take AN with them:
MLA, MP, MBA, X-ray, FIR, SDO, honest, eagle, LLB, Umbrella, etc..
- A is used before fractions and half-fractions. E.g. – Six and a half meter (NOT ‘meters’); one and a quarter meter (NOT ‘meters’).
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