Indefinite Articles
'a
or an' are indefinite articles and are used when to say about not a
definite person, place or thing.
Example
: I saw a girl.(any girl --not definite)
He
gave me an orange.
Definite Articles
'the'
is called definite article and is used when to say about a definite
person, place or thing.
Example : I saw
the girl who secured the first rank.(girl
--is definite)
Usage Of Definite Articles
- 'the' is used before the following common noun.
Example : the sun, the moon, the
planet, the sky, the earth
- 'the' is used before a particular person or thing already
referred to.
Example : The boy whom I met yesterday.
The book that I gave you.
- 'the' is used before some books.
Example
: The Ramayana
The Koran.
The Bible.
- 'the' is used before name of
rivers, mountain, seas, oceans, islands..etc.
Example
: The Ganges
The Nile.
The Laccadive.
- 'the' is used before a singular noun that represents the whole
class.
Example : The
cowis a domestic animal.
The rose smells sweet.
The parrotis a beautiful bird.
- 'the' is used before superlatives.
Example
: The highest mountain in the world.
The best picture I have ever seen.
- 'the' is not used before proper noun.
Example
: Mumbai is a major port in India.
Pacific
is the deepest ocean.