Practice Exercise
Fill in the blanks with Definite Article
______ Ganga is a holy river.
Answer: "The" Definite Article (the) points out a particular river.
______ Bible is a holy book.
Answer: "The" Definite Article (the) points out a particular book.
Give me ______ umbrella which I bought yesterday.
Answer: The Here particular umbrella has been pointed out.
_____ horse runs fast.
Answer: The 'The' is used before a class of noun.
NOTE:
- Indefinite Article is not used with uncountable noun.
- Article is not used before the name of games. Such as - She pays ludo.
- Article is not used before some diseases like Cholera, Malaria, fever and typhoid etc.
- Article is not used before the name of festivals.
- Article is not used before plural countable nouns when they indicate a class.
- No article is used before the names of language.
- No article is used before proper noun, material noun and abstract nouns.
Fill in the blanks with suitable article A, An and The
________ Quran is a holy book of Muslims.
(A) A
(B) The
(C) An
(D) None of these
(E) All of these
Answer: (b)
Explanation: The is used before holy book like The Ramayana, The Geeta, The Bible, The Mahabharat, The Quran, etc.
________ moon gives light in the sky.
(A) The
(B) A
(C) An
(D) None of these
(E) All of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation: The is used before the names of heavenly bodies
- A is used before a noun beginning with a consonant sound.
- An is used before a noun beginning with a vowel sound.
- The is used before a noun beginning with a consonant or a vowel sound but these nouns refer to definite or particular nouns.
- The is used before the names of holy books, rivers, oceans, mountains, monuments, newspapers, heavenly bodies, etc.
- Indefinite Articles are not used with uncountable noun.
- Article is not used before the name of games. Such as - She pays ludo.
- Article is not used before some diseases like Cholera, Malaria, fever and typhoid etc.
- Article is not used before the name of festivals.
- Article is not used before plural countable nouns when they indicate a class.
- No article is used before the names of language.
- No article is used before proper noun, material noun and abstract noun.