Articles and Prepositions in Conversation

The little words Hindi does not have, fixed in real conversations, not worksheets.

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12.4k learnersBeginner 8 lessons · 80 min English + हिंदी support

What you’ll learn

  • Use a, an and the correctly with countable nouns when introducing and then referring back to people, places and things
  • Leave the article out where English needs none: uncountable nouns, plurals in general, meals, cities and phrases like go to office
  • Say times and dates with the right word: at six, on Monday, on 15 August, in March, in the morning, at night
  • Describe locations with in, on and at: in Mumbai, on the third floor, at the counter, at home
  • Use the right preposition after common verbs and adjectives: depend on, good at, interested in, wait for, listen to
  • Drop the extra words in discuss about, married with, reached to, return back and the rest of the Hindi-transfer family

This course is for

Hindi-medium learners who drop a, an, the or pick the wrong preposition. Hindi has no articles and one word, mein or par or ko, where English has in, on and at. So a Hindi speaker says I have a good news, I am waiting my friend, we discussed about the plan, and sounds less fluent than they are. This course takes the small words one group at a time, shows exactly where they differ from the Hindi in your head, gives you frames to repeat, and drops you into conversations with a new acquaintance, a client on the phone, a delivery rider and a nosy relative. The capstone is a guided tour of your city for an out-of-town visitor, scored on articles and prepositions.

Beginner

level

No prior speaking practice needed. Short sentences, lots of repetition, Hindi support whenever you need it.

Course 1 of 12 in the Spoken English track.

Inside every lesson

Ten minutes, five phases, one live tutor. Here is how lesson 1 — “A Bank, The Bank: Introducing and Pointing Back” — runs.

  1. 1 min

    Warm-up & goal

    Tutor greets you and states today’s goal.

  2. 2 min

    Learn the patterns

    Learn 2–3 sentence patterns and repeat them aloud.

  3. 5 min

    Live roleplay

    Live roleplay — you do most of the talking.

  4. 1.5 min

    Corrections & retry

    Two specific corrections, then one retry.

  5. 30 sec

    Wrap-up & preview

    One thing you did well and a preview of next time.

Syllabus

Lessons unlock one after another. Completed lessons show your score; you can revisit any lesson.

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