Question

Q.1) DO AS DIRECTED 1. Insert articles and rewrite the sentence He is man of principles and excellent orator
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Answer 1

He is a man of principles and an excellent orator.

There are two main articles.

1) Definite article (The)

2) Indefinite article (A/An)

Definite Article -

• The definite article "The" is used before a singular noun or plural noun and before some proper nouns.

Indefinite Articles -

The Indefinite Articles "A/An" :-

• Article "A" is used before a singular noun that begins with a consonant sound.
• Article "An" is used before a singular noun which begins with a vowel sound

Answer 2

Answer:

He is a man of principles and an excellent orator

Explanation:

Articles are determiners a, an, the. A/an are indefinite articles. The is definite article. The is used for those things and persons which we are already aware about. A/an is used for those things or persons that have been mentioned for the first time.

We use ‘the’ with countries that have: common noun in it, proposition of, island country.

 

Articles 'a', 'an', and 'the' are used before nouns considering many rules in mind. One of the rules is the rule of consonant and vowel. While using articles we follow the 'sound rule' in mind. If the sound is vowel, we use 'an' while using indefinite article. If the sound is consonant, we shall use 'a'. Some words starting with vowel make consonant sounds. Words such as 'university', 'useful', ’unique’, 'unicorn', etc. also fall in the category of words that start with a vowel letter; but their sound is consonant. Hence we use 'a' in front of these words. Some acronyms that start with letters 's', 'm', etc. they produce vowel sound.