Articles in English Grammar | Use of A /An/The | Class 1 to 12 | Competitive Exam

English articles (a, an, the) are adjectives that modify nouns; 'the' is the definite article with no inherent meaning, while 'a' and 'an' are indefinite articles meaning 'one' or 'anyone'; 'a' is used before consonant sounds and 'an' before vowel sounds, regardless of the actual letter; articles are used before countable nouns, and when multiple nouns refer to the same person or thing, only one article is used, but separate articles are used for different nouns.