Use of "the" before plural nouns preceded by an adjective

An adjective is of no consequence - and there isn't one in your sentences. Movie is a noun. If the reference is to specific tickets, both sentences are fine.

CB

Thanks CB, let me use the adjectives now.

Which of the following sentences is correct?

Ram bought the yellow mangoes.

OR

To buy the yellow mangoes, Ram will have to go to the vegetable market.

Neeraj JainWhich of these sentences uses the correctly?

Ram bought the movie tickets.

To buy the movie tickets, Ram had to stand in the queue.

Both use the correctly. the simply indicates that the speaker has some particular tickets in mind, and he assumes the listener also knows which tickets are being referred to.

 I had a follow-on question - 
How do I know which article to use before an adjective. Should it be a or an - for example
 which of the below is right? 
its an easy test
its a easy test

I understand an comes before the vowel but should I be thinking of the adjective or the noun - could you mail me at Email Removed with the answer - thanks!

In the above sentence, movie is not a noun; it's an adjective. Ticket is noun. Pls check once.

AnonymousIn the above sentence, movie is not a noun; it's an adjective.

No. It's a noun. movie ticket is a typical compound noun.

Don't confuse 'modifier' with 'adjective'. movie is a modifier in the compound noun movie ticket.

movie isn't an adjective because there is no 'movier' or 'moviest' or "That's very mo

Nouns can be adjectives. In this case 'movie' is an adjective since it describes what kind of tickets they are ie as opposed to threatre tickets etc.

To choose amongst a or an, you only have to think about the adjective that immediately follows the article.