{"id":1343,"date":"2022-03-20T04:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T04:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage-wp.10minuteschool.com\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2022-03-22T01:23:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T01:23:56","slug":"indefinite-definite-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/indefinite-definite-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Article\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Article\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/skills\/courses\/29\/english-grammar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indefinite Article<\/a>:<\/strong> A, An<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Definite Article:<\/strong> The\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article usage basically depends on the sound (Consonant sound &amp; Vowel sound).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Vowel \u098f\u09b0 \u0989\u099a\u09cd\u099a\u09be\u09b0\u09a3 \u2018u\/ew\/eu\u2019 (\u0987\u0989) \u098f\u09b0 \u09ae\u09a4 \u09b9\u09b2\u09c7 :\u098f\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u201ca\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09ac\u09c7; \u0985\u09a8\u09cd\u09af\u09a5\u09be\u09df \u201can\u201d\u00a0 \u09ac\u09b8\u09ac\u09c7\u0964<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An umbrella\/ An apple<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A uniform, A university<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article \u0995\u09bf\u099b\u09c1 \u0995\u09bf\u099b\u09c1 \u09b6\u09ac\u09cd\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u0995\u09cd\u09b7\u09c7\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09c7 use \u0995\u09b0\u09be \u09b9\u09df \u09a8\u09be-<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Meals<\/strong>&#8211; Breakfast\/Lunch\/Dinner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Planets<\/strong>&#8211; Earth\/Mars<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Towns<\/strong>&#8211; Japan\/Dhaka Except for UK\/USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sports<\/strong>&#8211; Cricket\/Football\/Basketball<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Subjects<\/strong>&#8211; Physics\/Math<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Abstract Noun<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 Beauly\/health\/honesty<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Usage of A\/An\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u098f\u0995\u0995 \u09ac\u09be unit \u09ac\u09c1\u099d\u09be\u09a4\u09c7 a\/an use \u09b9\u09df\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ounce is enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Degree \u09ac\u09be title \u098f\u09b0 \u0995\u09cd\u09b7\u09c7\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09c7 noun \u098f\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 a\/an \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> My brother is a graduate.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rate\/ value\/ measurement etc. (\u09a6\u09be\u09ae\/\u0993\u099c\u09a8\/\u09ae\u09be\u09aa)-\u09b8\u09c2\u099a\u0995 word-\u0997\u09c1\u09b2\u09cb\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 a\/an \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fish sells at two hundred taka a kilo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each\/per \u0985\u09b0\u09cd\u09a5\u09c7 hour\/day\/month &#8211; word-\u0997\u09c1\u09b2\u09cb\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u201ca\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He earns one thousand taka a month (per\/each).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What \u09a6\u09bf\u09df\u09c7 \u09b8\u09c2\u099a\u09bf\u09a4 exclamatory sentence \u098f\u09b0 \u0995\u09cd\u09b7\u09c7\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09c7 \u201cwhat\u201d \u098f\u09b0 \u09aa\u09b0\u09c7 \u201ca\/an\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What a nice dress it is!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Few\/ little\/ lot of\/ good deal\/ good many etc. phrase \u098f\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u201ca\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a few books on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quite, many, such, but, merely, not, rather \u098f\u09b0 \u09aa\u09b0\u09c7\u00a0 \u201ca\u201d \u09ac\u09be \u201can\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Saif is rather an honest man.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u098f\u0995\u09be\u09a7\u09bf\u0995 adjective \u09af\u0996\u09a8 \u098f\u0995\u0987 \u09ac\u09cd\u09af\u0995\u09cd\u09a4\u09bf\u0995\u09c7 \u09ac\u09be \u09ac\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09c1\u0995\u09c7 qualify \u0995\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a4\u0996\u09a8 \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09a5\u09ae adjective \u098f\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u201ca\/an\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He has a nice and costly pen.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u098f\u0995\u09be\u09a7\u09bf\u0995 adjective \u09af\u0996\u09a8 \u0986\u09b2\u09be\u09a6\u09be \u0986\u09b2\u09be\u09a6\u09be \u09ac\u09cd\u09af\u0995\u09cd\u09a4\u09bf\u0995\u09c7 \u09ac\u09be \u09ac\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09c1\u0995\u09c7 qualify \u0995\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a4\u0996\u09a8 \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09a4\u09cd\u09af\u09c7\u0995 adjective \u098f\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u201ca\/an\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He has a nice and blue pen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Usage of The<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uncountable noun \u098f\u09b0 \u0995\u09cd\u09b7\u09c7\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09c7 specific \u0995\u09b0\u09c7 \u09ac\u09cb\u099d\u09be\u09a8\u09cb\u09b0 \u099c\u09a8\u09cd\u09af \u0986\u0997\u09c7 the \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The water in the tank is clean<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentence \u098f \u0985\u09a6\u09cd\u09ac\u09bf\u09a4\u09c0\u09df \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09be\u0995\u09c3\u09a4\u09bf\u0995 \u09ac\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09c1\u09b0 \u09a8\u09be\u09ae\u09c7\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 the \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The earth moves around the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u09af\u09c7 \u09b8\u0995\u09b2 \u09a6\u09c7\u09b6\u09c7\u09b0 \u09a8\u09be\u09ae\u09c7\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u09ac\u09be \u09aa\u09b0\u09c7 kingdom\/republic\/states\/union \u09a5\u09be\u0995\u09c7 \u09a4\u09be\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 The \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States of America.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majority, minority, police, people, public \u0987\u09a4\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09a6\u09bf collective noun \u098f\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u201cThe\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u0964<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority of our people are illiterate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe\u201d can also be used to indicate any specific important historical date\/event.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babar won the Battle of Panipat<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe\u201d can also be used as a possessive adjective before common nouns<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He caught me by the hand (the=his).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe\u201d can also be used before the ordinal numbers, e.g first, second, third.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I got the first prize in the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>More usage<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Schools, Colleges and Universities<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example- the University of Florida\/ the college of Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ordinal numbers before nouns<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example- the First World War\/ the third chapter\/ the Korean War.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Historical documents<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example- the Magna Carta\/the Constitution<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ethnic group<\/strong>&#8211;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example- the Chakmas\/ the Marmas<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Don\u2019t use the-<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Schools, Colleges and Universities when the phrase begins with a proper noun<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example- Dhaka University (not The Dhaka University)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cardinal numbers after nouns<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example- World War One(not The World War One) \/ Chapter three (not The Chapter three)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sports, subjects, holidays<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ex- Baseball (not The baseball)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mathematics (not The mathematics)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas (not The Christmas)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article\u00a0 Indefinite Article: A, An Definite Article: The\u00a0 Article usage basically depends on the sound (Consonant sound &amp; Vowel sound). Vowel \u098f\u09b0 \u0989\u099a\u09cd\u099a\u09be\u09b0\u09a3 \u2018u\/ew\/eu\u2019 (\u0987\u0989) \u098f\u09b0 \u09ae\u09a4 \u09b9\u09b2\u09c7 :\u098f\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u201ca\u201d \u09ac\u09b8\u09ac\u09c7; \u0985\u09a8\u09cd\u09af\u09a5\u09be\u09df \u201can\u201d\u00a0 \u09ac\u09b8\u09ac\u09c7\u0964 Example: An umbrella\/ An apple<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"redmore\" href=\"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/indefinite-definite-article\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3639,3647],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2132,"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/2132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10minuteschool.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}