Class- viii Section-B
Conducted By Rashida Akther Dept. Of English
Let’s See Some Images
A cat
A flower
A ball
Now we will see some pictures
An apple
An orange
An elephant
An ice-cream
An umbrella
Now What More……
The Quran
The sun
The moon
The river
So, Todays lesson is
A
Article
An
The
Learning objects
Define definite & indefinite articles. Proper use of articles. Special use of article.
Omission of the articles.
Let’s Know the definition of article
The words a, an and the are usually called Article. They are called Articles as they have some special significance as the part of speech. “They are really Demonstrative Adjectives.”
--- Wren and Martin
But a, an and generalized the to denote a class as a whole are not Demonstrative Adjectives. Now , they are called Determiners. --- P. C Das
ARTICLE IS TWO TYPES
Definite
Indefinite
A
An
If we wish to generalize the noun, we use the Indefinite Article.
The
If we wish to particularize the noun, we use the Definite Article.
Today we will learn Indefinite Article Indefinite Article
A or An
Only for singular number but for all genders
The choice between a and an is determined by sound. A is used before a word beginning with a Consonant sound and An is used before a word beginning with A Vowel sound.
Vowel sound --- a-e-i-o-u A
( Consonant Sound – before A )
An
( Vowel Sound – before An )
a boy
A lion
An ass
An elephant
A book
A mango
An ant
An inkpot
A bag
A student
An apple
An ice-cream
A cat
A woman
An arm
An idiot
A chair
A table
An egg
An ox
A dog
A tiger
An ear
An orange
A horse
A tree
An eye
An umbrella
SPECIAL USE… If any vowel sounds like ‘U’ Or ‘OA’ put ‘a’ instead of ‘an’
On the other hand, if any consonant utters like vowel Put ‘an’ in lieu of ‘a’
a European
an hour ( ‘h’ silent)
a union
an honest ( ‘h’ silent)
a university
an M.A.
a useful book
an M.P.
a unique scene
an L.L.B.
a one-rupee note
an M.L.A.
a one-eyed deer
an S.D.O.
a High / Higher- Secondary School
an H.S. School
Use Of A / AN (i) A or An is used when it is mentioning someone or something (single countable noun) for the first time.
I saw a man on the street.
An old lady came to our house.
(ii) A or An is used to indicate a unit.
One hundred centimeters make a meter.
An ounce is enough.
(iii) A or An is used in the sense of ‘one like’.
He thinks he is a Rabindranath.
He seems to be an Indian.
(iv) A or An is used before a unknown name or surname.
A Sakib Khan called on you.
An Ashraful came here to collect the news.
(v) A or An is used in the sense ‘of the same.
Birds of a feather flock together.
A Jatin Babu called on you.
(vi) A or An is used to denote profession, trade, class etc.
He is a businessman.
He is an engineer.
(vii) A is used before ‘dozen’, ‘hundred’, thousand’, ‘million’ etc.
Here are a dozen of bananas.
There are a thousand people.
(viii) A or An is used in the sense of ‘each’ or ‘per’.
He earns one thousand rupees a month.
He droves the car at 50 kilometers an hour.
(ix) A or An (also The) is used to indicate a class as a whole.
A (The) cow has horns.
An (The) elephant never forgets.
(x) A or An is used before some words and phrases.
I am in a hurry.
They take an interest in this.
(xi) A or An is used in Exclamatory sentences beginning with ‘What’.
What a pity!
What an awful remark!
(xii) A (and not The) is used before the superlative ‘most’ when it means ‘very’.
He saw a most wonderful sight.
(xiii) A or An is used before ‘few’, ‘little’, lot of’, ‘good deal’, ‘great many’, ‘good many’ etc. and sometimes after ‘many’.
Here is a lot of books.
Many an admirer welcomed him.
GROUP WORK
EVALUATION
Let’s practice some sentences 1. He is ____ honest man. 2. The man is _____ one eyed man. 3. You are _____ Nazrul, I see . 4. What ______ awful remark. 5. There are _____ thousand people.
EVALUATION
Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero article.0.5x6=03 A journey is always (a) ––––––– pleasure to me. Whenever I go on a journey, my heart leaps up with (b) ––––––– joy. But (c) ––––––– journey by boat gives me (d) ––––––– greatest pleasure. Since Bangladesh is a land of (e) –––––––rivers, it is (f) ––––––– easy matter to make a journey by boat.
HOME WORK
Make a list of ten sentences with the use of Indefinite Article
Never Tell A lie Always Speak The Truth
