Articles

Types of Articles

A and An

Use "a" or "an" the first time you use a noun in a paragraph.
I saw a movie last night.
A man ran into the street.

The

Use "the" the second time you use that same noun in the same paragraph.
I saw a movie last night. The movie was entertaining.
A man ran into the street. A car hit the man.

Definition
In English there are three articles: a, an, and the. Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective. The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.

Omission of Articles Do not use any article before the names of countries, person, months and specific places.
Do not use any article before the names of metals.

Do not use any article before the names of languages.

Do not use any article before the abstract nouns.
Do not use any article before the common nouns.

Omission of The

Normally we do not use the with proper nouns ,
abstract nouns and such nouns as gold , silver
,water, wood, etc. which name materials:
1 - India is a great country.
2- Beauty is admire by all.
3- Gold is very expensive now days .
But when we use these nouns as particular ones ,
we have to use the with them .
1- The Indian
2- The Beauty
3- The Gold