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7.  before abstract nouns. For example,
                  •  Beauty is not skin-deep.
                  •  Love brings people together.

               8.  before plural countable nouns, when used in a general sense. For example,
                  •  Oranges are grown in Nagpur.
                  •  Rivers dry up in summer in some regions in India.

               9.  before uncountable nouns, when used in a general sense. For example,
                  •  Gold is a good investment.
                  •  Money can be used to help people.

             10.   before expressions such as all night, by air, by sea, all day, by train, by bus.
                  For example,
                  •  Some people have a phobia of travelling by air.
                  •  The baby cried all night and slept all day.


             B.  Insert articles wherever necessary and rewrite these sentences in
                 your notebooks.

                  1.  Ganga is sacred river in India.

                  2.  We must help poor and needy.

                  3.  Sun melts ice caps.

                  4.  Train arrived hour late yesterday.

                  5.  I have booked room for you in hotel you like to stay at.
                  6.  Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were first to reach Mt Everest.

                  7.  Rahane hit winning run and won Man of Match award.

                  8.  Lotus Temple is beautiful example of architecture.

                  9.  Delayed flight from Mumbai will reach in morning.

                 10.  Please give me one rupee coin.

                 11.  Producer and director have arrived.

                 12.  Japanese is language of Japan.

                 13.  Russian is language of people of Russia.

                 14.  We have cat and dog at home. Cat drank all milk this morning.
                 15.  I admire sense of humour of our class teacher.

                 16.  He is honorary member of club.





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