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GenX-Education
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00:00Articles
00:02Definition. The articles are words a,
00:07an,
00:08and
00:09the.
00:11They define whether something is
00:14specific or
00:16unspecific.
00:18Grammar rule.
00:20Examples.
00:22I saw a crow and an owl on the tree.
00:29The owl looked very funny.
00:33There was a bottle on the table.
00:37The bottle was very beautiful.
00:41My grandmother was a teacher.
00:47Remember,
00:48articles are of two types.
00:51One, the definite article.
00:55The.
00:56The is called the definite article. It defines its noun as
01:03something specific.
01:04For example,
01:06something previously known or mentioned.
01:10Something unique.
01:12This is the river.
01:16This is a previously specified river.
01:20That is, one already known to the readers.
01:25Two, the indefinite article.
01:29A, an. A and an are called the indefinite articles.
01:37They define their noun as something
01:41unspecific. For example,
01:44something mentioned for the first time.
01:47Something generic.
01:50This is a
01:52river.
01:53This is a previously unspecified river.
01:58We use article, a,
02:01before a word that starts with a consonant.
02:05While we use article, an,
02:09before a word that starts with a vowel.
02:14I saw a tiger and an owl.
02:19Be careful.
02:22First we use article, a or an.
02:27Then we use article, the.
02:30He had a pencil and an eraser to do homework.
02:37He didn't use the eraser.
02:40We stayed in a beautiful hotel.
02:44There was a lawn in the hotel.
02:49We use article, a when the word that follows it begins with a consonant sound.
02:57We use article, an
02:59when it is followed by a vowel sound.
03:04Rajat has a
03:07university degree. It took Rahul an hour to get school.
03:14We say, we don't say.
03:18She went to Australia.
03:21Not, she went to the Australia.
03:25He played chess with Raman.
03:29Not, he played chess with the Raman.
03:33They had dinner at 10 o'clock.
03:37Not, they had a dinner at 10 o'clock.
03:42There are some words that do not have an article.
03:47We do not generally use articles for countries, people or meals.
03:58Articles
04:00Definition. The articles are words, a, an and the.
04:08They define whether something is specific or
04:14unspecific.
04:15Grammar rule.
04:17Examples, I
04:19saw a
04:21crow and an owl on the tree.
04:27The owl looked very funny.
04:31There was a bottle on the table.
04:35The bottle was very beautiful.
04:39My grandmother was a teacher.
04:43Remember,
04:46articles are of two types.
04:49One, the definite article.
04:52The, the is called the definite article. It
04:58defines its noun as something specific.
05:02For example,
05:04something previously known or mentioned.
05:08Something unique.
05:10This is the river.
05:13This is a previously specified river.
05:17That is, one already known to the readers.
05:23Two, the indefinite article.
05:27A, an, a and an are called the indefinite articles.
05:35They define their noun as something
05:38unspecific.
05:39For example,
05:41something mentioned for the first time.
05:45Something generic.
05:47This is a river.
05:50This is a previously unspecified river.
05:55We use article, a,
05:58before a word that starts with a consonant.
06:03While we use article, an,
06:06before a word that starts with a vowel.
06:12I saw a tiger and an owl.
06:18Be careful!
06:19First we use article, a or an.
06:24Then we use article, the.
06:28He had a pencil and an eraser to do homework.
06:34He didn't use the eraser.
06:38We stayed in a beautiful hotel.
06:42There was a lawn in the hotel.
06:46We use article, a when the word that follows it begins with a consonant sound.
06:55We use article, an when it is followed by a vowel sound.
07:02Rajat has a
07:05university degree. It took Rahul an hour to get school.
07:12We say, we don't say.
07:15She went to Australia.
07:18Not, she went to the Australia.
07:23He played chess with Raman.
07:26Not, he played chess with the Raman.
07:31They had dinner at 10 o'clock.
07:34Not, they had a dinner at 10 o'clock.
07:40There are some words that do not have an article.
07:45We do not generally use articles for countries,
07:50people or meals.