A / AN >> SAME MEANING >> ONE
A BOOK A TABLE AN APPLE
A CYCLE AN UMBRELLA A TREE
AN ORANGE A TIGER AN ICE CREAM
Look at the above pictures. They are single countable nouns.
It shows "ONE".
A BOOK >> One Book AN APPLE >> One Apple
A TABLE >> One Table AN UMBRELLA >> One Umbrella
A CYCLE >> One Cycle AN ORANGE >> One Orange
A TREE >> One Tree AN ICE CREAM >> One Ice cream cup
A TIGER >> One Tiger
Understand the difference between using "A" and "AN"
"A" before a CONSONANT sound. (MEI EZHUTHU in Tamil)
"AN" before a VOWAL sound. (UYIR EZHUTHU in Tamil)
(All the 12 vowels of Tamil (Uyir Ezhuthukkal) are there in ENGLISH also. (with slight differences).
The letters A, E, I, O, U>> produce 20 different vowel sounds in English.
SOME USES of "THE"
i) TO SPECIFY>> The girl in Blue Jeans is my friend.
(The sentence specifies the particular girl among the three.)
ii) ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD (UNIQUE)
The Sun The Taj Mahal
iii) REPEAT >> Mention the same again
I saw a child in the park. The child was playing with a toy car.
The toy car was red.
"a child" (1st time) >> "The child" (2nd time repeated)
"a toy car" (1st time) >> "The toy car" (2nd time repeated)
iv) BEFORE ORDINAL NUMBERS
The First Girl The Third Floor
v) BEFORE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE >>> (Let's Learn this later)
(Superlatives end in "est" for example: greatest, longest, highest, etc.)
Everest is the tallest peak. Abishek is the tallest boy.
vi) SOME MORE USES OF " THE"
"THE" IS USED BEFORE >>>
HOLY BOOKS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
(The Bible) (The Violin)
RIVERS MOUNTAINS
(The Kaveri) (The Himalayas)
SEA / OCEAN NEWS PAPERS
(The Red Sea) (The Indian Express)
