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Nouns, articles & quantity · CEFR C1 · Fluent
General ideas take no article at all.
The shape
zero article with abstract and general nouns
Get the article right where even fluent speakers slip.
In Hindi
सामान्य बातों के साथ कोई article नहीं आता।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
The life is difficult. | Life is difficult. "Life" in general takes no article. |
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Articles: tricky cases is a CEFR C1 structure — the fluent band — and it belongs to nouns, articles & quantity. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
CoCap turns this page into practice: Hindi sentence in, English sentence out, corrected one thing at a time. Free, no card.
Practise the articles: tricky cases →