Question

Which of the following sentences are not true with respect to “Articles”: i. The indefinite article ‘a’ is used before nouns beginning with vowel sounds. ii. The indefinite article ‘an’ is used before nouns beginning with vowel sounds. iii. Material nouns do not take an article. iv. Definite article ‘the’ is used before the names of abstract nouns.Required to answer. Single choice.


i and iv

i, iii and iv

i, ii, and iii

ii and iii​

Answer 1

Answer:

i and iv

Explanation:

*The indefinite articles "a" is not used before nouns beginning with vowel sounds.

*Definite article "the" is not used before the names of abstract nouns.

Answer:

i and iv - not true.

Answer 2

Which of the following sentences are not true with respect to “Articles”:

Answer:

i and iv ✓

• The indefinite article ‘a’ is used before nouns beginning with consonant sounds.

• The indefinite article ‘an’ is used before nouns beginning with vowel sounds.

• Material nouns do not take an article.

• Definite article ‘the’ is not used before the names of abstract nouns.

✰ Know more about articles:

There are three articles in English a, an, the. They are called articles as they have significant role as a part of speech. They are also called determiners as they affect the meaning of noun.

There are two types of Articles:-

A and An are Indefinite articles because they are used when we do not speak of any particular person or thing.

• He bought a shirt

The is a Definite article. It is used when we refer to a particular person or thing

• He is wearing the shirt, which he bought yesterday.

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