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Use of a, an and the

Read the following aloud:

A ball, a cup, a mango, a lion, a rose, a goat, a tree, a pen, a deer, a chair, a horse…….

An apple, an orange, an elephant, an egg, an onion, an ice-cream, an umbrella, an eye……

We know that there are 26 letters in the English alphabet – ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

Say the following aloud – a, e, i, o, u. These can be spoken alone and are called Vowel Sounds.

All the other letters usually produce Consonant Sounds.

  • Now  look at the above examples again:

A is used before words beginning with a consonant sound and an is used with words beginning with a vowel sound.

Remember: A and an stand for one –  a book means one book; an orange means one orange.

‘H’ in hour and honest is silent. These words begin with a vowel sound.

 

  • Now read the following sentences:
  1. The Earth is round.
  2. The Bible is a holy book.
  3. The boys are playing cricket.
  4. The Sun gives us light.
  5. The flowers in the vase are red.

 

We use a or an while speaking of any one person or thing.

We use the while speaking of a particular (definite) person or thing.

We use the with the special names of places, rivers, mountain ranges, books, etc. as, the museum, the White Hall, the Thames, the Bible.

We use the with unique objects; as, the Sun, the moon, the Earth, the sky, the world, the President etc.

Colours

Ours is a colourful world. Numerous colours are spread around us. It is Impossible for us to imagine a world devoid of colour. Let us identify some of the colours.

  • The sky is spread over us. What is the colour of the sky?
  • The sky is blue
  • There are many plants and trees around us. They give us oxygen. Have you noticed the colour of leaves?
  • A leaf is usually green.
  • It is pleasant and cool to walk on soft green grass.
  • We eat different fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetable are good for our health. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Do you eat apples? What colour are they?
  • An apple is red. We also find green apples.
  • Do you know that a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable. It has many seeds. What is its colour?
  • A tomato is red.
  • Potatoes, carrots and radish grow underground. Do you know their colour?
  • A potato is brown.
  • A carrot is red or orange.
  • A radish is white.
  • Have you noticed the colour of a brinjal, a capsicum, a mango and a banana.
  • A brinjal is purple.
  • A capsicum is green, red or yellow.
  • A mango and banana both green and yellow.
  • There are many birds and animals on this earth. They too are of different colours.
  • A crow is black.
  • A parrot is green with a red beak.
  • A pigeon is grey.
  • A dove is white.
  • A elephant is grey.
  • A zebra is black and white.
  • Hens and Ducks lay eggs. Do you eat eggs? What is the colour of an egg?
  • An egg is usually white.
  • Milk is known as a complete food. What is its colour?
  • Milk is also white.
  • Children love chocolate. What is the colour of a chocolate?
  • A chocolate is brown.
  • The sun gives us energy and light. What is the colour of the sun? Do you know the colour of the sun changes as the day advances. Notice the change.
  • The sun is yellow.
  • Many flowers blossom around us. Notice their colours.
  • A lotus is pink.
  • A rose is red or pink or orange or yellow.
  • A sunflower is yellow.
  • Have you seen a rainbow? A rainbow can be seen the sky, sometimes after rains. It has seven colours in it.
  1. Red
  2. Yellow
  3. Orange
  4. Green
  5. Blue
  6. Indigo
  7. Violet

Exercise 1 :- Look around you and identify objects of different colours.

Exercise 2 :- Draw different shapes – a circle, a semi-circle, an oval, a square, a rectangle, a triangle, a cylinder and colour them with different colours.

Exercise 3 :- Fill in the blanks and complete this colour puzzle with the answers.

Down :-

  1. The grass is _______ .
  2. The lotus is _______ .      4.The sky is _______ .

Across :-3.The clouds are _______ .

5.A  crow is _______ .   6.The sun is _______ .

1G
2P
3W
4B
5B
6Y