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• ‘The’ is called the definite article. We use ‘the’ when we talk about a particular or definite
person or thing. For example:
A dog ran after me. The dog was mad.
The lady in the blue saree is my aunt.
• We use ‘the’ before names of rivers, seas, oceans, mountain ranges, holy books, trains,
newspaper, famous buildings, ships. For example:

The Bible is a holy book of Christians.
The Times of India is a famous newspaper.
• ‘The’ is also used before superlative degrees and the things that are only one of their kind.
For example:
Sameer is the tallest boy in the class. The Earth is the only planet that has life.

Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.

1. ________________ Ganga is one of the holy rivers of India.

2. He is ________________ MLA in the local party.
3. Do you carry ________________ umbrella for school?

4. She does not like ________________ music Akshay is playing.

5. We organised ________________ surprise party for our father’s birthday.

6. ________________ Earth moves around ________________ Sun.

7. ________________ Pacific Ocean is ________________ largest ocean in the world.

8. ________________ Akshardham Temple in Delhi is beautiful.
9. That girl is ________________ actress and her brother is ________________ lawyer.

II. Kinds of Sentences

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and has a verb and a
subject.

I was asked to write a story.

This is a sentence because it expresses a complete thought.
Filled with mystery-n-magic

This is not a complete thought, so it is not a sentence.

A. Tick (3) the groups of words which express complete thoughts.

1. The box of chalk near the board 2. Sasha jumped over a puddle.

3. Ram saw frogs in the pond. 4. When will Grandpa visit us?
5. The classroom on the third floor 6. My aunt who is a doctor

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