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Unit 11: Articles, Nouns, Adjectives and Adverbs

11.6 Summary Notes

z There are three articles, “a”, “an” and “the”.
z “A” and “an” are indefi nite articles.
z “The” is the defi nite article.
z A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.

z An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying
words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifi es.
z Adverbs often tell when, where, why, or under what conditions something happens or
happened.

11.7 Keywords

Adjective: It is a word that tells us something about a noun, that is, about a person, an animal, a
thing or a place.
Adverb: It is a verb that can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause.

Countable Nouns: Nouns can be “counted”, they have a singular and plural form.
Uncountable Nouns: Also called mass nouns or noncount nouns, they cannot be counted; they
are not separate objects.

11.8 Self Assessment

Choose the correct alternative:

1. I have ................. European coach to train me.
(a) an (b) a
2. The ................. of my country are very humble.
(a) peoples (b) people

3. Rajesh does not know any song else than ................. one that he sang on your birthday.
(a) a (b) the
4. How ................. time is left?
(a) long (b) much
5. The local public here reads ................. newspaper “My Nation”.

(a) a (b) the
6. In the word “the best” , “the” will be read as:
(a) thu (b) thi
7. “A” is ................. type of article.

(a) defi nite (b) indefi nite
8. .................baby of a cow is called calf.
(a) the (b) a

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