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ARTICLE  2 Next The examples given below clearly state that Article comes with Noun. Eg. 1. a He is _______ good boy. 2....

ARTICLE  2 Next The examples given below clearly state that Article comes with Noun. Eg. 1. a He is _______ good boy. 2. × She is _______ excellent.  No Noun, No Article 3. a She went for _______ walk/ ride/ drive/ stroll/ talk. 'a + verb' becomes Noun 4. a This degree is _______ must for this exam. Here 'a + Modal' Noun  ARTICLE Examples: 1. He is a singer. 2. They are a singers. [×] 3. She gave an advice. [×] 4. Once upon a time, there lived a king. 5. He is a very good dancer. 6. Once upon a time, there lived a saint, nearby the palace of the king.  8 Next Fill in the blanks with A/An wherever required 1. An ________ orange 9. A ________ year 2. An ________ eagle An 10. ________ MP 3. An ________ umbrella A 11. ________ DCP 4. A ________ European A 12. ________ ewe 5. A ________ university × 13. ________ honorary lecturers 6. A ________ one-rupee coin × 14. ________ honesty 7. An ________ honest man × 15. ________ police. 8. An ________ ear  Article Vis-a-Vis Adjective 9 Next 1. Cowards die many a death, the brave dies but once. 2. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. 3. The brave ________ rewarded. (be) 4. The higher you rise ________ you fall. (i) harder (ii) hard (ii) the harder. 5. The more electricity you use, ________ your bill will be. (high)  Answers (Article Vis-a-Vis Adjective) 10 Next 1. The brave (वीर लोग) is P.N. Change dies (S.V) into die (P.V). 2. The tough (मजबूत लोग) is P.N. Change gets (S.V) into get (P.V). 3. The brave (P.N) wile take 'are' (P.V). 4. Ans. The harder. The higher  the harder (Rule of parallelism) If actions are directly or inversely proportional, Comparative Degree will come in both the parts preceded by article 'the'. 5. Ans. the higher.  Article Vis-a-Vis Adjective 11 Next 6. This is the best dish served here. 7. Revenge is best served cold. 8. He is the first choice of the organizers. 9. He stood first in class. Exception of (6 – 9): Article 'the' comes with Superlative Degree of Adjective and does not come with Superlative Degree of Adverb.  Article Vis-a-Vis Adjective 12 Next a few days. 10. The doctor advised me to rest for ________ few 11. The show was cancelled as ________ people turned up. The few friends, whom I trusted, left me at the time of need. 12. ____________ a little sensitivity. 13. Police must have ___________ the little 14. The doctors lost ________________ hope, that they had, when they saw the victim. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 15. __________ a little water? 16. Could you give me __________  Article Vis-a-Vis Adjective 13 Next little clue what was going on. 17. He looked blank as he had _______ little money. I can't buy anything. 18. I have _________ a few more chapters. 19. My teacher advised me to prepare ________ few people were seen on roads. 20. The lockdown was imposed strictly and _______ The few books that I have are useful for competitive exams. 21. ___________ 22. Very _______ few books are available on statistics. 23. Ashoka, the great / The great Ashoka/ The Great Britain.  Article Vis-a-Vis Adjective 14 Next the first IPS 24. Kiran Bedi was _____ Answer - (24-26) officer in India. Adjective of Number 25. I have ________ × two friends. Ordinal Cardinal First One The two boys sitting there, are my Second Two 26. _____ Last, etc Four, etc brothers. The No Article 27. First ten ten first admissions will get 27. The __________ पहले - ordinal Order OC 50% discount. O C बाद म - cardinal Correct Order the better 28. He is ____________ of the two 28. If ‘one’ is chosen out of two, use Comparative Degree preceded by ‘the’. dancers. (good) 29. If ‘one’ is chosen out of more than ‘two’ use Superlative Degree preceded by ‘the’. the best 29. She is _________ of the three singers. (good)  Exception of 16 – 20 15 Next A few सं या म कम है ले कन है । सं या म ना के बराबर। with Countable Noun Few The few िजतने ह, सभी। A little मा ा म कम है ले कन है । with Uncountable Noun Little मा ा म ना के बराबर। The little िजतने है , सभी। Explanations: 22. Very takes only few and little. 23. Sometimes we use an Adjective to emphasise the importance a Noun. In such a case we use 'the' with Proper Noun. The use of article 'the' makes a noun important.  Article Vis-a-Vis Abstract and Material Noun 16 Next 1. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. 2. A beauty from South Africa broke all the stereotypes. 3. Love is eternal. 4. Do you deserve the love of your parents? 5. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. 6. This alloy is made of half a gold and half a copper. (×) This alloy is made of half gold and half copper. ()  17 Answers Next Explanation of 1 – 6: Abstract Noun: that can felt but can't be touched. Eg: Beauty, Honesty, Joy, Sorrow. They do not take Article A/An. 1. Beauty सुंदरता (U.N) 5. 'A joy' here is not an abstract noun. Here 'a joy' refers to an 2. A beauty एक संुदर (S.C.N) object/ thing that gives you happiness. 3. Love यार (U.N) 6. Gold and copper are material Noun 4. The love of Definite and cannot take Article A/An. The + Noun + of Structure generally seen. If Noun is followed by 'of', it is preceded by Article.  Article Vis-a-Vis Common Noun 18 Next 1. A dog is a faithful animal. 2. A cow is a milch animal. 3. The farmer had a dog. 4. A cow is grazing in the field. 5. Man is mortal. 6. A man is standing there.  19 Answers Next Explanation of 1 – 2: Here 'a dog' and 'a cow' refer to the whole species of dogs and cows but they take singular verb. Explanation of 3: Here 'a dog' means 'one dog' (एक कु ा) Explanation of 4: Here 'a cow' means 'one cow' (एक गाय) 5. Man इ सान 6. A man एक पु ष  Article Vis-a-Vis Common Noun 20 Next 7. Children should go to school. 8. He was arrested and sent to jail. 9. The jail is behind the school. 10. The school is near a hospital. 11. Let the father in you decide whether your father deserves this treatment. 12. A mother was born in her when she saw the baby. 13. When will father return? 14. Take me to the station. 15. Take me to New Delhi railway station.  21 Answers Next Explanation of 7 – 8: When 'school', 'jail', 'hospital' etc refer to their 'primary purpose' ( ाथ मक उ े य), no article comes. Here in sentence 7, 'school' means 'education' and in sentence 8, 'jail' means 'imprisonment'. Explanation of 9 & 10: When we refer to 'premises', 'building' or 'location' and not the primary purpose, we use Article. Explanation to 11: When we refer to the 'personality' ( यि त व) present inside a parson, we use Article 'the'. Explanation to 12: When the personality refered to is introduced i.e. seen for the first time, we use Article 'A/An'. Explanation to 13: We don't use any article with the names of close relations. Explanation to 14: We use article 'the' with station, circus, theatre, cinema, bus stand, bus terminal etc. Explanation to 15: When a Proper Noun comes with station, circus etc, no article comes. Eg:- Gemini Circus.  22 Article Vis-a-Vis Proper Noun Next Proper Noun The +noun+ of 1. Ram was the king of Ayodhya. a/an 2. Switzerland is a beautiful place. 3. Shakespeare was a great dramatist. We do not use any article with the name of any person or a place. ( कसी भी यि त अथवा थान के नाम के साथ Article का योग नह ं होता है ।) 4. He is the Ram of Modern India. 5. Kashmir is the Switzerland of India. 6. Kalidasa was the Shakespeare of India. 7. He is a Hitler. 4, 5, 6, 7 If a person or place comes as an example because of his/its certain quality, we use article with that proper Noun. (अगर कसी गण ु /दोष के कारण कोई यि त अथवा थान उदाहरण व प यु त हो, तो Article का योग होता।) 22  23 Next 8. America is a developed country. 9. The United States is a super power. 8, 9 If we use Union, United, Republic or Kingdom in the name of the place we use article 'the'. (अगर थान के नाम म Union, United, Republic या Kingdom श द का योग हो तो Article 'the' का योग होगा।) हो, होगा। 10. (i) The Ukraine (ii) The Netherlands (iii) The Hague (iv) The Philippines (v) The Sudan (vi) The Great Britain With the names of place given above we use article 'the'. (उपरो त थान के नाम के साथ 'the' का योग होता आया है ।)  24 Next Now let us see use of Article with Natural things one by one. (अब ाकृ तक व तओ ु ं के साथ Article का योग एक-एक कर के दे ख)- 1. Space Space (अंत र ) — No article Eg.: Astronauts go to space. Space (जगह) — Article — the Eg.: Park your car in the space given to you. 2. Heavenly objects (भौगो लक पंड) — Article — The Eg.: The Mars, The Sun.  25 Next Article 'the' is used with the following Natural things Exceptions are also mentioned. ( न न ल खत ाकृ तक चीज के साथ Article 'the' आता है । अपवाद भी दे रख ह।) 3. The atmosphere 9. Hemispheres — the Northern hemisphere, the 4. The environment Southern Hemisphere 5. The ecosystem 10. Tropics — The Tropic of Cancer, The Tropic of 6. The biosphere, the Capricorn. troposphere etc 11. The Axis 7. Poles — The South 12. Circles — The Arctic circle, The pole, the North pole Antarctic Circle 13. Directions — the North, the South 8. The Equator etc.  26 Next 14. Water bodies Glaciers — The Siachen Glacier etc. Oceans — The Pacific Ocean etc. Seas — The Arabian Sea etc. Rivers — The Yamuna etc. Waterfalls — The Niagara Falls etc. Canals — The Suez Canal etc. Dams — The Sardar Sarovar Dam etc. Deltas — The Sundarban Delta etc. Lakes — No Article — Wular Lake etc.  27 Next 15. Mountains (पवत) Ranges ( ंख ृ ला) (the) Eg.: The Himalayas Peaks (चोट ) (No article) Eg.: Mount Everest 16. Plateau (पठार) — The Chota Nagpur Plateau etc. 17. Hills (No article) — Malabar Hill etc. 18. Volcanoes (No article) — Mount Vesuvius etc. 19. Forests (जंगल) — The Amazon Rainforest etc. 20. Bay/ Gulf (खाड़ी) — The Bay of Bengal etc. 21. Islands (No article) — Sri Lanka  28 Next 21. Islands (No article) — Sri Lanka 22. Group of Islands — take Article 'the' ( वीप का समूह) The Lakshadweep. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands The West Indies. The Bahamas The Maldives 23. Diseases (No Article) Eg.: Cancer, Diarrhoea. The Measles (खसरा), The Mumps (गलसुआ), The Rickets (सूखा रोग), Exception The Flu ( लू), The Plague ( लेग).  29 Next 24. Seasons — No Article unless followed by word 'season'. (अगर season श द का योग नह ं होता है , तो कोई Article नह ं आता है ) Summer Note:- Winter The summer season Autumn The winter season The rainy season Spring 25. Winds — The Westerlies etc. 26. Continents — No Article Note:- Eg.: Asia, Africa etc. The Indian subcontinent  30 Next Now see the use of Article with the following Man made things:- 1. Cups & Trophies — The World Cup, The Ranji Trophy etc. 2. Musical Instruments — The Flute, The Guitar etc. 3. Religious groups — The Hindus, The Muslims etc. 4. Temples — The Meenakshi Temple, The Lotus Temple etc. 5. Clubs — The lion's club, The Bachelors' etc. 6. Dynasties — The Mughal Dynasty, The Marathas Dynasty etc. 7. Artificial Satellites — The Mangalyan etc. 8. Armed Forces — The Navy, The Army etc.  31 Next 9. Hotels — The Oberois etc. 10. Pillars of constitutions — The Executive, The Judiciary etc. 11. Constitutional posts — The Prime Minister, The President etc. 12. Castes as a whole — The Yadavs, The Jats etc. 13. Ships — The Titanic etc. 14. Political Parties — The Congress Party, The Samajwadi Party etc. 15. Statutes & Acts — The Hindu Marriage Act, The Indian Penal Code etc. 16. Dances — The Bharatnatyam, The Kathakali etc. 17. Unions — The United Nations, The Soviet Union etc.  32 Next 18. Games (as organization) — The Olympics, the Common Wealth Games etc. Names of Sports (No Article) — Football, Cricket. 19. Airways — The Jet Airways, The Air India etc. Railways — The Rajdhani Express. 20. Banks — The Punjab National Bank, The Bank of India etc. Note:- No article if name of a person comes with the name of the bank. Eg. Lloyds Bank 21. Inventions — The Television, The Gramophone etc. Note:- We are watching television. (Here we mean a programme so 'the' will not come.) 22. Wars & Battles (यु / लड़ाई) — The Kalinga war, the World War etc. 23. Pilgrimage (तीथ या ा ) — The Amarnath Yatra etc.  33 Next 24. Empire (सा ा य) — The British Empire, The Mughal Empire etc. 25. Historical events — The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (जनसंहार), (ऐ तहा सक घटना) The Chauri Chaura incident etc. 26. Tribals (जनजा त) — The Santhalis, The Boro etc. 27. Movements & Revolutions — The Quit India Movement, The French ( ां त) Revolution etc. 28. Civilizations (स यता) — The Indus valley civilization. 29. Religious books (धा मक ंथ) — The Ramayana, The Quran etc. Note:- No article if the name of a person comes with Religious books. (अगर धा मक ंथ के साथ यि त का नाम हो, तो Article का योग ना कर।) Eg. Valmiki's Ramayana  34 Next 30. Monuments (ऐ तहा सक इमारत) — The Taj Mahal, The Red Fort etc Note:- No article is used if the monument is on the name of a person. (अगर इमारत कसी यि त के नाम पर हो, तो Article का योग नह ं होता है ) Eg. Humayun’s Tomb 31. Newspapers — The Times of India etc. 32. Nationality (नाग रकता) — The English, The French etc. Note:- The English speak English Nationality Language (Article –the) (No article) 33. Parts of Parliament — The Lok Sabha, The Legislative Assembly. (The word Parliament does not take any Article)  35 Next 34. Body parts — If a particular part is talked about we use Article 'A'/ 'An'/ 'The' otherwise we don't use any Article. (अगर कसी नि चत भाग का उ लेख हो, तो Article 'A'/ 'An'/ The' का योग होगा वना कोई Article नह ं आता) (i) Eyes give us the sensation of sight. (No article) (ii) He opened the left eye and moved a finger of his left hand. 35. Unit of measurement Article 'the'. (i) Cloth is sold by the yard. (ii) Eggs are sold by the dozen. 36. With certain words (Normally/ सामा यतः) — The whole... Eg.: The whole world is suffering from Pandemic. Both the... Eg.: Both the brothers are missing. All the... Eg.: All the students are present. The same... Eg.: He is the same boy who cheated us.  No Article comes with the following Nouns. 36 ( न न ल खत Nouns के साथ Article का योग नह ं होता) Next 1. Subjects — Physics, Chemistry etc. 2. Roads — Mall Road Exception:- The Grand Trunk road 3. Streets — Park Street 4. Festivals — Diwali 5. University — Oxford University 6. National Parks — Kaziranga National Park 7. Language — English 8. Acronyms — If letters If Pronounced are pronounced as a word Article 'the' comes No article comes Eg.: The FBI, The CBI Eg.: UNESCO, NATO  37 Next 9. 'What kind of' takes no article, not even 'A/An', even if a singular noun follows. Eg.: What kind of bird the dodo is! 'What sort of takes' no article, not even 'A/An', even if a singular noun follows. Eg.: What sort of problem it is! 'What type of' takes no article, not even 'A/An', even if a singular noun follows. Eg.: What type of person he is! 'What variety of' takes no article, not even 'A/An', even if a singular noun follows. Eg.: What variety of rose it is!  38 Miscellaneous Next 1. Go to bed now. 2. Go to the bed and pick up the baby. 3. This ship was at anchor. (i) anchor (ii) the anchor (iii) an anchor 4. He went to sea. 5. He went to the sea.  39 Answers (Miscellaneous) Next 1. If 'bed' means 'Primary Purpose' (सोना), no article comes. 2. If we add article before 'bed', it means furniture. 3. Ans (i) 4. 'Go to sea' means 'to become a sailor'. 5. Here 'go to the sea' means 'to go to sea for some other purpose'.  40 Position of Article in sentences Next 1. He is a very tall boy. a/an + Adv + Adj + S.N 2. He is such a tall boy. Such + a/an + adj + S.N 3. What an idiotic demand it was! What + a/an + Adj + S.N 4. How great a leader he is! How + adj + a/an + S.N 5. So nice a performance it was! So + Adj + a/an + S.N 6. Many a boy has come. Many a/an + S.N. + S.V 7. Many boys have come. Many + P.N + P.V  41 Next 8. A great many leaders are here. A great/good many + P.N + P.V A great many/ a good many    means an extremely large number. 9. Too stupid an act it was! Too + adj + a/an + S.N 10. Why on earth would I do so? In 'Why on earth', 'the' does not come before earth though all the heavenly objects take Article 'the'. This is a phrase that is used to ask question with anger, disgust or annoyance. यहाँ 'On earth' म 'Earth' के पहले 'the' का योग नह ं हुआ हालाँ क भौगो लक पंड के साथ 'the' आता है 'On earth' एक phrase है िजसका योग हम ग़ ु सा या चड़ चड़ापन म यु त करते ह।  Determiners 42 Next Article A, An, The – See Article. Demonstrative Adjective This, that, these, those Possessive Adjective My, his, her, your, our, their, its Quantifiers few, little, a few, a little, some, any, enough, no Distributive adjective each, every  Determiners 43 Next 1. This pen is mine. (this/these) _______ 2. Those boys are not playing. (that those) ________ 3. That house is mine. (that/those) _______ 4. This idea is not good. (this/these) _______ 1-5 Singular 5. These books are mine. (this/these) ________ जो नजद क This That जो दरू हो 6. your own work. Do _______ हो उसे Point These Those उसको Point out करता है outकरता है । 7. my rights. I know _______ Plural 8. our work now. We should do _______ 6-7: Use appropriate possessive Adjective 9. his/her face. Look at __________ their limits. 10. They crossed _______  Determiners 44 Next much milk do we need?(many/much) 11. How _______ 11-13 many friends.(many/much) 12. I have _______ Countable Uncountable Nouns Noun much tension. (many/much) 13. He has _______ take take many issues. (many/much) Many Much 14. I have _______ few little some help.(some/any) 15. She needs _______ Desirable Nouns take ‘lots of’/a lot of’ in place of much any help. (some/any) 16. I do not need _______ 15-20 In –ve and any help? (some/any) 17. Do you need _______ In +ve Interrogative sentences sentences some information. (some/any) 18. I have _______ ‘Some’ ‘Any’ any information. (some/any) 19. I do not have _______ is used is used any information? (some/any) 20. Do you have _______  Determiners 45 Next some coffee? (some/any) 21. May I have _______ 21-22 some water? (some/any) 22. Do you have _______ If answer is expected in 'yes‘, use 'some' in place of ‘any’. some rest. 23. I need _______ Very few a few a few days. मा ा म ना कुछ (सं या म 24. The doctor advised me to rest for ______ के बराबर कम ले कन है ) 25. He is at the 4th stage of Cancer. There is Some Comes with both little hope of his survival. _______ Countable Uncountable  Determiners 46 Next 26-30 few people came so the show was cancelled. 26. Very _______ Little, Very a little little मा ा म ना थोड़ा है the little milk that I had kept for tea. 27. He drank ___________ के बराबर (कम है ले कन है ) the few books that she had on Grammar. 28. She lost _________ The little/The few When some information is given about the noun; the some/a little help. 29. I need _______________ comes with 'little & few' 30. The little help that they provide was not _________. __________ enough  Determiners 47 Next 31. Every boy is present.(every/any) _______ 32. No boy is absent.(any/no any/no) _______ any post.(any/every) 33. You can apply for _______ 34. Enough is _________. _________ enough its neck. 35. My dog has a chain around _______ her black gown. (her/their) 36. She looks pretty in _______ enough problems.(enough/few/little) 37. We had _________ Enough 38. One has one’s rights. _______ one's duty. 39. One must perform _______ With With Plural Countable Uncountable some/ a little rice too. 40. Have ________________ Noun Noun  48 A lot of/ lots of Much & Many Next P.C.N. U.N. U.N. P.C.N. कोई काफ काफ कोई Examples:- 1. I know a lot/much. 2. Lots of / A lot of / Many people have come. 3. It needs a lot of/ much/ lots of improvement. 4. I bought many/ lots of/ a lot of books. 5. No one is much interested. 6. He has a lot of money.