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7. Article
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Article (a / an)- Indefinite:
āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻā§āύ⧠(āĻāύāύāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻāύ- Singular countable) Noun āĻā§ āĻ
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠/ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āϤāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž Indefinite Article-a / an āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ: He bought a colour TV. I have a pet cat. A horse can run fast.
a/an āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠consonant āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ a |
a hen / a boy / a pen |
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠vowel (a, e, i, o, u) āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ an |
an apple / an Indian / an umbrella |
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āĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŽ |
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h (āĻš) āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ an |
an hour / an honest man (āϤāĻŦā§ a horse / a hotel) |
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One āĻāĻžā§āĻž O āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļā§āϰā§- āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻāϞ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ an |
an ox / an opera / an orange (āϤāĻŦā§ a one-eyed man) |
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E/ U -āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ’āĻāĻ’ āĻšā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§- a |
a European / a uniform (āϤāĻŦā§ an umbrella ) |
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āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āĻā§āώāϰ Consonant sound āĻšāϞ⧠a |
a B.A/B.A.G/B.Sc. |
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āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āĻā§āώāϰ Vowel sound āĻšāϞ⧠an |
an M.A/MP/MBA / FRCS/FCPS |
a/an--āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ
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āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ a/an |
He was a Shakespeare. / You are a Nazrul I see. |
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Unknown person -āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ a/an |
An Ibrahim came here. A Hassan came to see me. |
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Many / such---(Singular common noun) a/an āĻŦāϏ⧠|
Many a boy came here./ He likes such a good boy. |
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āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ (couple, dozen, hundred- āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ a/an |
a million of people attended the meeting |
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āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Phrase-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ a/an |
in a hurry /in a nutshell /in a body /in a fix/ in a temper / take a decision / only a few / only a little/ tell a lie/ make a noise etc |
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cough, headache, cold, rage, interest-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ a/an |
I have a cough / I had a cold last week. |
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āĻĒā§āĻļāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠a/an |
He is a businessman / Mr. Kamal was a lawyer |
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‘most’ āϝāĻāύ ‘very’ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰ⧠the-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠a |
He saw a most wonderful sight |
2. Article-The
The- Definite Article
The--āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ
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āϏāĻŽāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠|
The cow is a useful animal / The bird flies in the sky |
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āύāĻĻā§, āϏāĻžāĻāϰ, āĻāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻāϰ, āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ āĻĒāϰā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The Padma is a big river./The Atlantic is the biggest ocean. |
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āĻāĻāĻ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠-āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§, āϏā§āϰā§āϝ, āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦ, āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ, āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The earth moves round the sun./The moon shines at night. |
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āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
He will come on the 25th December |
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Adjective-āĻāϰ Superlative degree--āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
Akbar was the greatest of all Emperors. |
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āϝāϤ--āϤāϤ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠Comparative degree-āĻāϰāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The more you read, the more you learn |
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Ordinal numeral (first, second) āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
Edward the seventh left the country / He got the first place |
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āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰāĻĻāĻžā§ā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The Bangladeshis are brave./The Indians are very friendly. |
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āϧāϰā§āĻŽāĻā§āϰāύā§āĻĨ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§āϰāύā§āĻĨ, āϏāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĒāϤā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§
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I read the Prothom Alo daily. |
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The Taj Mahal looks very beautiful at night |
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Noun + clause / phrase āĻšāϞ⧠āĻ Noun āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The gold of this ring is supposed to be pure / The man who came here is my relative. |
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Road-āĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ (Street/Avenue(-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ āύā§) |
The bus is going to the RK Mission Road. |
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āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§ā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
We saw a one-eyed man. The man was very helpless |
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Morning, noon,afternoon etc āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ in āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧠|
He came here in the evening |
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Proper noun-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ Adjective āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The great hero Alexander conquered the whole world |
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Proper noun āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The poet Nazrul is our pride. |
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϝāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
He plays the piano (āϤāĻŦā§ He has a × guitar of his own.) |
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āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
The USA / The UK / The KSA etc |
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āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Phrase-āĻ |
slip of the tongue / speak the truth / be in the wrong / all the year round / at the sight of etc |
3. Article-No artcle
Omission of Articles (āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āύ article āύā§)
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āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ (āϤāĻŦā§ the++āĻāĻžāώāĻž= āĻ āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϰ āϞā§āĻāĻāύ) |
He speaks × English. / He learns × French and German. (āϤāĻŦā§ The French are a royal nation/ The English speak English) |
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Abstract noun āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻšā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
× Honesty is the best policy. / × Kindness is a great virtue |
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avenue, square, street, park-āĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
He lives in × Manik Mia Avenue. |
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āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻŽāĻžāϏ,āĻāϤā§, āĻā§āϏāĻŦā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
I met you on × Monday./ × January is the first month of the year |
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āϰā§āĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
I suffer form × fever often./ × Cancer is a fatal disease. |
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āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻŦāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻ (lake) -āĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
× Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. |
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Plural noun āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ a/an āĻŦāϏ⧠āύāĻž |
× Roses are beautiful. / × Horses are useful. |
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Uncountable noun āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāύā§āϝ advice, information, news,luggage āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ a/an āĻŦāϏ⧠āύāĻž |
My teacher gave me × good advice |
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Material noun (āĻāĻāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§) āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
× Gold is a precious metal. / ×Iron is a useful metal. |
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āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻļā§āύāĻŦā§āϧāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠kind of, sort of, variety of, type of, species of āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
What kind of × woman is she? |
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āĻā§āϞāĻž āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
They always play × football./ Have you taken × supper? |
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āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨā§ man āĻ woman-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
Man is mortal. |
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Nominate,elect,select,make, appointment, choose āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋ verb-āĻāϰ Complement- āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
They elected me × captain (Z‡e We made him the captain of the team.) |
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Water, milk, oil, ink, hydrogen, tea, paper āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ uncountable noun- āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
We write on × paper. / I am fond of × tea./ ( āϤāĻŦā§ Give me a glass of water) |
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āĻā§āϏāĻŦā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ |
× Eid-ul Fitre is the biggest religious festival of the Muslims. |
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āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ / āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
× Europe consists of many rich countries. |
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āĻļā§āϧā§Adjective -āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ |
He is × honest. / I am × innocent. |
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āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Phrase-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§
(They live from × hand to mouth./ We checked the passenger from × top to bottom.) |
at dawn, at day-break, at sunrise, at sunset, at dinner, at home, at noon, at night, by day, by name, by land, by water, by river, by air, by boat, by bus, by train, by steamer, by ship, on foot, under ground, above ground, from hand to mouth, from top to bottom etc. |