1-Indefinite
2-Definite
Indefinite:
A and an are the indefinite articles.
A is used before consonant sound.
Examples:
- I am a doctor.
- Backbiting is a bad habit.
- He doesn't have a laptop.
- We have a cow.
- I saw a lion at the zoo.
- His father is a business man.
- Good health is a blessing.
- I saw a terrible accident yesterday.
Examples:
- I am an actor.
- Saba takes an orange juice daily.
- You saw an elephant at the zoo.
- Sohail is an honest person.
- I have an hour for sleeping.
- She is an excellent teacher.
- They didn't get an invitation.
- He likes an eagle.
- You are student of an M.A.
- You will be an Engineer next month.
- There is an owl on the tree.
- Can you bring an umbrella?
- I eat an apple everyday.
Definite:
The is definite articles.
The is used:
The is used before specific names of person, place and thing.
- The boy has gone lahore.
- The doctor is in the hospital.
- My house is beside the mosque.
- The room was built only last week.
- I listen to the radio in the evening.
- The book is in his room.
The is used when a speaker and a listener both know what they are talking about becomes definite and proper.
- The house you want has been sold.
- Let's go to the resturent.
- The man who we met last sunday, was murdered last night.
- She reads the Holy Quran everyday.
- The bible is the Holy book of the christians.
- I forgot the Naw-i-waqat in his room.
- He is reading the Jang News Paper.
The is used before names of digests.
- The Qaumi Digest is on the table.
The is used before names of musical instruments
- The paino
- The guitar
- The violin
The is used before names of oceans.
- The Atlantic Ocean
- The Indian Ocean
The is used before names of seas.
- The mediterranean
- The red sea.
The is used before names of rivers.
- The Ganges is in India.
- The Nile is in Africa.
- The Rhine river is in Europe.
- The Ravi is in Asia.
The is used before names of canals.
- The Panama Canal
- The suez canal is in Egypt.
The is used before names of gulfs.
- The Arabian Gulf is famous for pearl fishing.
The is used before names of group of islands.
- The Bahamas
- The British Isles
- The Canaries
- The maldives islands
- The west indies
The is used before names of deserts.
- I will go to visit the sahara desert.
- The kalahari desert
The is used before names of nations.
- The muslims are a brave nation.
The is used before names of directions.
- We live in the north.
- My mother school is located in the south.
- The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
The is used before names of large areas.
- The middle east
The is used before names of buildings and monuments.
- The Eiffel Tower is in France.
- The Taj Mahal is in India
The is used before names of plural countries.
- The Netherlands
- The Philippines
- The United States Of America.
The is used before names of plural mountains.
- The Himalayas
- The Alps is the highest mountain in Europe.
- The Rocky Mountains
- The Hindu kush
The is used before earth, sun, sky, moon, stars.
- The earth is round.
- The sun is shining.
- Birds are flying in the sky
- The moon and the stars add to the beauty of the night.
The is used before an Adjective used as a noun.
- The rich don't like the poor.
- The honest, the intelligent and the industrious are respected everywhere.
The is used before Superlatives Adjective.
- She is the best teacher.
- She is the most beautiful girl.
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- The colour of his shirt is blue.
- The things of his guest are on the bed.
The is used when we use again article in the sentence.
- I bought a book yesterday. The book it was stolen by somebody.
- We bought some vegetables. The vegetables are bad.
- The cow is a useful animal.
Before a proper noun when it is qualified by an adjective.
- The immortal Shakespeare
With ordinal (the number designating place in an ordered sequence)
- The first
- The second
- The third
The is used when we talk about Abstract nouns, Material nouns and An uncountable noun in particular.
- The honesty of her sister must not be doubted.
- The gold in this necklace is not of good quality
The is used before specific names of meal.
- The dinner we had yesterday was very delicious.
The is used when we talk about particularly activity of school, college, church, table, bed, market, hospital.
- The school is next to my home.
- The college is very far from my house.
- He met me at the church.
- The bed we bought was very expensive.
The is not used for names of boys, girls, children, men and women.
- Bilal and Ahmad are my cousins.
- Children are playing from coins.
- Jinnah university is the first university for women in Pakistan.
- Pakistan, Iran and China are in Asia.
- Baghdad is the capital of Iraq.
- London is the capital of united kingdom.
- I want go to punjab.
- He is the governor of California.
- He lives in Ontario.
- We live in north karachi.
- They work at 10 check.
- Our house is located on main street.
- We went on yonge street.
- I speak English.
- She likes Physics.
The is not used for names of parks.
- They are walking in cenral park.
- Hyde Park is located in london.
- Lake ontario is in canada.
- Karli lake is in Pakistan. or Keenjhar lake is in Pakistan.
The is not used for names of individual islands.
The is not used for names of individual mountains.- Navarino is in chile.
- Mount Everest is the highest mountain on earth.
- K2
- Mount kilimanjaro
The is not used before the plural nouns.
- Boys are studying in the class.
- Birds fly in the air.
- Health is better than wealth.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- I am feeling headache.
- Gold is dearer than silver.
- Sugar is bad for teeth.
The is not used before general names of meal.
- I take breakfast at 7:30.
The is not used before names of relation.
- I love my mother.
- I go to market with father.
The is not used when we talk about normal activity of school, college, church, table, bed, market, hospital.
- I learnt a lot of knowledge at school.
- We go to college everyday.
- Saba goes to church every friday.
- I sleep on bed.
- My mother go to market every sunday.
- Nurses work daily in hospital.
The is not used before names of transport.
- I go to university by bus.
- We will go to karachi by train.