Articles are used to identify or specify nouns. “A” and “An” are used if you are not talking about a specific noun while. "The” is used if you are talking about a specific noun.
A. Specified Noun
A specified noun is a noun that is particularly referred to in a sentence. “The” can be used with specified singular and plural count nouns, and non-count nouns.
B. Unspecified Noun
Unspecified noun refers to any noun that means one of many. It also refers to nouns without detailed descriptions. “A” and “an”, are used only for singular unspecified
count nouns.
“A” is used for unspecified count nouns starting with a consonant letter: (b, c, d, f, g, etc.). Example: . a project, a report, a problem
“An” is used with nouns starting with vowel letters: a, e, i, o, u.
Example: an envelope, an agenda, an assignment .
Remember: A and an can’t be used with plural count nouns and non-count nouns. In this case,
“some” (many, a lot of, etc.) is used.