Where to use use an and the "articles"

Usage of ‘an’: Fill in your own examples!

-          In front of singular noun that starts with the Vowel sound (the sounds of a, e, I, o, u; not the letter): an ant, an egg, an umbrella, an ink pot, an orange  ______

-          Before a mute ‘h’: an honest man, an hour __________

-          Before individual letters spoken with a vowel sound (f, h, I, m, n, r, s, x):

An FIR, an HMT watch, an LIC agent, an MBA, an MP an MLA, an NOC, an STD call, an SMS, an X-ray room _________

Usage of ‘the’: Fill in your own examples!

The definite article ‘the’ is used before.

1.       A particular noun – You met the man.

Make a sentence: _________

2.       A noun already mentioned – The boy you sent is very smart __________

3.       Well known books – the Ramayana, the Bible, the Quran

4.       Unique nouns – the sun, the moon, the stars, the earth

5.       News papers, Magazines – the Hindu, the new Indian Express, the week

6.       Musical instruments- the veena, the gultar, the violin

Make a sentence: __________

7.       Superlatives – the most useful, the brightest

8.       Ordinals used as adjectives – the first person, the last seat , the third book

9.       Famous buildings – the Red Fort, the LIC building

10.   Rivers, seas, group of islands , chain of mountains- the Cauvery , the bay of  Bengal, the Himalayas, the Andaman and Nicobar

11.   Directions- the East, the west, the north , the south

Make a sentence: ____________

12.   Adjectives in the comparative degree – the higher the bird flies the more majestic it looks.