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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 9
Book's First PageAN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE 4. No use of article is there after what kind of and When Meeta saw a girl the mother came in her. what sort of. ̄ For example, the love of mother What kind of a boy he is. —wrong 6. The is used before the names of : What kind of boy he is. —correct Rivers Seas What sort of a novel it is. —wrong Gulfs Deserts What sort of novel it is. —correct Canals 5. These are some uncountable nouns, so we should For example, not use indefinite article before them. The Amazon The Indian Ocean Furniture Stationery Poetry Scenery The Arabian Gulf The Sahara Desert Perfumery Damage Luggage Baggage Postage Haltage Traffic Offspring The Panama Canal Information Advice Abuse Telephone 7. We place definite article The before the names of : Group of Islands Series of Mountain USE OF ‘THE’ Religious books/Holy Scriptures / Community 2. The is called the Definite Article, because it points For example, out some particular person or thing. The West Indies The Rocky For example, The Mahabharata The Gita He visited the minister. The Hindu Means some particular minister. 8. Definite article is used before the names of : She called the doctor. Planes Ships Means some particular doctor Stars Newspapers The following rules are applied to in using The before Musical instruments definite noun. For example, 1. Definite article The is used before a noun if it is The Pawan Hans The Titanic used before relative pronoun stressly. The Sun The Times of India For example, The Guitar The Prince of Wales She is a girl who sings ghazal. —wrong 9. We use The before Comparative Degree if it is used She is the girl who sings ghazal. —correct for two, or, it is used in parallel. This is a bird which can fly. —wrong For example, This is the bird which can fly. —correct Which is the more beautiful the Himalayas or the Alps. 2. The is placed after one of, each of, neither of, either The more you labour the more you gain. of, none of, everyone of etc. Ramu is the better of the two. For example, The higher you go, the lower is the wind. One of boys is absent. —wrong 10. If two proper nouns are compared, we use definite One of the boys is absent. —correct article before the last proper noun. Neither of girls is intelligent. —wrong For example, Neither of the girls is intelligent. —correct Sachin is the Lara of India. Either of men was present. —wrong Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India. Either of the men was present. —correct 11. The is used before ordinals. 3. The is used before the name of commission. For example, For example, The former The latter Verma commission is still functioning The first The second —wrong The last But, The Verma commission is still functioning. The Ist division —wrong —correct The IInd division —wrong 4. If Adjective is followed by proper Noun use The The IIIrd division —wrong before that adjective. 12. The issued before the names of some countries For example, and organisations. We love immortal Gandhi. —wrong For example, We love the immortal Gandhi. —correct The United States The United Kingdom ̄ ̄ The Yemen Adjective Proper Noun The United Nations Organisation 5. Whenever common Noun is used as adjective it is 13. The is used before the name of grand buildings preceded by definite article The. and movements. For example, For example, When Ritesh found a boy the father came in him. The Taj Mahal The Qutub Minar ̄ The Charminar The Jama Masjid the love of father The Lotus Temple SEE–16