An article is a word or prefix or suffix that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. in english there are two main articles which is given below.
An, is used on Vowel Sound,
indefinite articles
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A, An
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definite article
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The
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lets say if you want to elaborate about anything which is general or Any normal object then you should use indefinite articles or A, An. but if you want to mention something which is specific or static thing then you should use Definite article "The".
For an example,
Purvi wants to study English grammar from a website.
well website is not a specific or any kind of static thing or object to be mentioned as a "the" articles but lets say if purvi has a static object.
Purvi wants to study English grammar from the jobgyaan.com
cool, B| now you got an idea about where to use articles but lets go in to deep for more specific idea about to usage of articles in english grammar for government exams or competitive exams preparations.
A, is used on consonant sound, 
on before singular countable nouns.An, is used on Vowel Sound,
on before singular countable nouns.
see these examples
A
A book
A shell
A shirt
A cat
An
An elephant
An umbrella
An article
Articles are all about sounds not letters, one does not simply to consider letters while putting articles before noun. let's say A,E,I,O,U letters sounds like we can put "An" before any noun spell which can starts from it?
like :
I am writing this article for a hour
the answer is "No" cause "Hour" sounds like "Our" not "Hovur" understand? like "European" sounds like "yuropean" not like "eyuropean" so the tricks is consider noun's sound not its spelling. one can not put "An" everytime before "AEIOU"
Another trick is when you using shortcuts of any words then use "An" like
i am posting status on a facebook
i am posting status on an FB
narendra modi is a chief minister of gujarat
narendra modi is an CM of gujarat
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