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the

English Language Learning Series

Beyond BASICS

• Before a particular person or thing • One already referred to

• ______ book you want is available.

• Let us go to ________ theatre.

• He shouted at her and ______ girl cried.

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• Singular noun represents a ‘whole class’

• ______ cow is ____ useful animal.

• ______ horse is _____ noble animal.

• _____ woman is more sensitive than ____ man.

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• Before some proper names of places

• Oceans & seas the Bay of Bengal

• Rivers the Ganges, the river Krishna

• Canals the Buckingham canal

• Deserts the Sahara, the Thar

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• Before some proper names of places

• Groups of Islands the West Indies

• Mountain Ranges the Himalayas

• A few countries the Indian Republic the United Kingdom the Netherlands the US

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• Before the names of certain books

• The Vedas

• The Bhagavad-Gita

• The Koran

• The Bible

BUT Vyasa’s Mahabharata

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• Before names of things that are unique of their kind

• The sun

• The sky

• The earth

• The ocean

• The sea

• The moon

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• With Superlative forms..

• Burz Khalifa is _____ tallest building.

• The Nile is _____ longest river.

• This is _____ best book.

• Mumbai is ____ most expensive place.

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• With Ordinal numbers..

• Babu Rajendra Prasad was _____ first President of India.

• _____ fourth chapter of this book is very interesting.

• He was ______ second person to arrive.

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• Before musical instruments..

• He can play _____ flute.

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• Before an adjective when the noun is understood..

• ____ rich have to help ____ poor.

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• Before a noun (with emphasis) to give the force of a Superlative..

• Virat Kohli is ____ man in the team.

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• As an Adverb with Comparatives..

• The more you practise, ____ more efficient you become.

• The more we succeed, ____ happier we become.

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A Foreign Language

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