Articles with common errors

Articles with Common errors -

1.  English is spoken by English all over the world.

2. Russian is a beautiful race.

3. He went to an USA last week.

4. The man is mortal.

5. The secretary and poet are honoured.

6. Moon is smaller than earth.

7. I will wait for you outside Taj.

8. Gita is his favorite philosophical book which he reads daily.

9. Water in that pool is very sweet.

10. He is a boy who had won the award for honesty.

11. Water is essential for all creatures on this earth.

12. My mathematics is not strong.

13. Raiyan's father went to his .............school to pay his fees.

14. All ...... boys are sleeping now.

15. ..........rose smells sweet ?

16. ----------Rose smells sweet.

17.He is -------- 2nd Newton of Bangladesh.

18. He is ----------Socrates of Bangladesh.

Solution for Articles Practice Set 1-

1.English is spoken by the English

2. The German .....

3. the USA

4. Man

5. the poet

6. the moon / the earth

7. the Taj

8. The Gita

9. The water ( We don't use any article before a material noun, but here we are talking about specific water. That's why we have used The before that. )

10. the boy

11. the given sentence is correct

12. My mathematics are ..... ( Here mathematics doesn't stand for a subject, it is for calculations )

13. No article

14. the

15. the

16. No article

17. The

18. The

The correct use of the articles is one of the most difficult points in English grammar. Here are some rules regarding the correct usage of the definite and indefinite articles.

When you talk about a person or thing for the first time, use the indefinite articles (a and an) with them.

• I saw a boy (NOT I saw the boy.)

Use the in subsequent references to that person or thing.

• The boy was very handsome. (NOT A boy was very beautiful.)

Use the indefinite article to talk about a person or thing not known to the speaker or the listener.

• She is going out with a French guy. (NOT She is going out with the French guy.)

We can use the in subsequent references to that person or thing.

• The French guy she is going out with is an engineer. (NOT A French guy she is going out with is an engineer.)

Plural countable nouns can be used without articles, especially when we are talking about things in general.

• Spiders have eight legs.
• Computers are useful machines.
• Apples are red.

A singular uncountable noun is used without an article.

• Milk is nutritious. (NOT The milk is nutritious.)
• 💎 Diamond is precious. (NOT The Diamond is precious.)

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