Class Eight

1. Class Eight English 2nd Paper Grammar Articles

2. Identity of teacher: Anita Das Assistant Teacher[English] Govt. Girls’ High School ,Jessore

3. Objectives • By the end of the lesson students will have- • made use of articles in the blank. • learnt where article is not used.

4. WElCOME

5. I have a pen. He has an orange. The boys are tall. What are these called?

6. ARTICLES

7. A pen A cat

8. A book Where is A used ? Generally A is used before consonants.

9. An apple An egg

10. An ink pot An orange

11. An umbrella Where do we use an ? Generally an is used before vowels.

12. Some exceptional use of ‘’a’’ A university. A one taka note

13. Some exceptional use of ‘’an’’ 1,He is an S.P. 2.She was an M.P. 3.He is an F.R.C.S.

14. The Himalays The Andamans

15. The Moon The Sun

16. The Earth The ship

17. Newspaper Date

18. The Quran The Atlantic

19. Where articles are not used; 1. --x---English is an international language. 2.I saw---x—lake Caspian. 3.We don’t go to school—--x--friday. 3.—x—January is the first month of the year. 4.He is attacked with—x-- cancer. 5.We made her—x—captain.

20. Where articles are not used; 6.He plays—x—football. 7.I don’t like—x--/the winter. 8. He went there by—x—bus. 9.Mr. Jalal,--x—headmaster of our school , was a good man. 10.It was –x—her dress.

21. Use articles where necessary. Put a cross where an article is not needed. 1.Football is[ a]--- popular game in our country.It is equally exciting to[b]--Players and the spectators.It is a foreign[c]--- game.It is popular all over [d]---world.It is played in[e]---open field. 2. The population of a country is[a]---asset ,but it becomes [b]---problem when the country cannot afford[c]---basic needs of life .Bangladesh is[d]---country having [e]---area of 1,44,000 square kilometers.

22. 3. After summer comes[a]----rainy season.The sky is overcast with cloudsAnd[b]----sun cannot be seen for hours.Rivers are full to[c] ----brim.Ours is[d]----agricultural country.Rain is[e]---- blessing to us. 4 4. [a]----farmer in our country is[b]----insolvent man.He is [c]----unlettered Person.He is deprived of[d]----three R’s.He plays[e]----important role.

23. 5.Rajshahi stands on[a]-----Padma.It is[b]-----biggest river in Bangladesh .Now it is[c]----emaciated river.[d]----river dries up during[e]-----Summer season. 6.Karim is[ a]---English teacher .He is [b]----M.A. in English.He serves in[c]----ideal school .He tries to lead an honest[d] ----life. He is[e]---most Favourite teacher to the students.

24. a new Bangladesh is[a]--- land of rivers . There are many[b]---big and small rivers . Most of the rivers of our country rise from[c]---Himalayas and fall into[d]---Bay of Bengal .{e]---prosperity of the country depends on the rivers. x the the the x Mr. Rahman[a]—headmaster of our school teaches us English . He has[b]—strong pleasing voice . He knows well how to increase[c]---curiosity of [d]—students . He speaks English like [e]---English. a the the the

25. Answer 1 [a] a [b] the [c] x [d] the [e] an 2 [a] an [b] a [c] the [d] a [e]an 3 [a] the/x [b] the [c] the [d] an [e] a • . 4 [a] a [b] an [c]an [d] the [e]an 5 [a] the [b] the [c] an [d] the [e] the/x 6 [a] an [b] an [c] an [d] x [e]the

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