ARTICLES
UNDERSTANDING
ARTICLES
• Articles are words that define a noun as
specific or unspecific.
TYPES OF ARTICLES
1. Definite Article
2. Indefinite Article
ARTICLES - RULES
Usage of Indefinite Article
ARTICLES - RULES
Usage of Indefinite Article
ARTICLES - RULES
Usage of Definite Article
ARTICLES - RULES
Usage of Definite Article
OMISSION OF ARTICLES
Before the names of :
• Countries – I wish to visit Japan.
• Metals – Gold is very costly.
• Languages- Hindi is a difficult language.
• Abstract nouns – Wisdom will win.
OMISSION OF
ARTICLES
• Games – Chess is played by intelligent people.
• Foods – He takes sugar with his tea
• Festivals – We celebrate Holi in the month of March
• Places (used for primary purpose) – The murderer was sent
to prison.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
In the following question, a part of the sentence has/have error (s). Find
out which part of the sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error,
your answer is No error.
A alarming number of cultural institutions have been turned into
pocket boroughs of the Modi regime.
A. A alarming number of
B. cultural institutions have been
C. turned into pocket boroughs
D. of the Modi regime.
E. No error
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The
error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer is
(e), i.e. ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)
I grant my taste in music is somewhat odd, for I am a simultaneously
fan of Lennon, Tagore, and Ghalib’s works.
A. I grant my taste in music is somewhat odd,
B. For I am a simultaneously
C. fan of Lennon, Tagore,
D. and Ghalib’s works.
E. No error
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
In the following question, a part of the sentence has/have
error (s). Find out which part of the sentence has an error.
If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
This girl wrote an essay so well that her teacher was
exceedingly pleased with her.
A. This girl
B. wrote an essay
C. so well that
D. her teacher was exceedingly pleased with her.
E. No error
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
In the following question, a part of the sentence has/have
error (s). Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If a
sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
Our survival on planet depends over the maintenance of the
environment that protects us.
A. Our survival on planet
B. depends upon the
C. maintenance of the environment
D. that protects us.
E. No error.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
In the following question, a part of the sentence has/have error (s). Find out
which part of the sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, your
answer is No error.
British journalist Piers Morgan, known to be a outspoken
personality on Twitter, got trolled on the micro-blogging platform
on Wednesday after he tweeted about India's performance in the
Rio Olympics.
A. British journalist Piers Morgan, known
B. to be a outspoken personality on Twitter, got
C. trolled on the micro-blogging platform on Wednesday after he
D. tweeted about India's performance in the Rio Olympics.
E. No error.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
In the following question, a part of the sentence has/have
error (s). Find out which part of the sentence has an error.
If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.
Yokimuro, the Japanese automobile giant is
never complacent about an numero-uno position
in the industry.
A. Yokimuro, the Japanese automobile
B. giant is never complacent
C. about an numero-uno position
D. in the industry.
E. No Error
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