Indefinite Articles الدرس الأول

The indefinite article are : A and AN


We use A before a consonant-sound



We use AN before a vowel-sound


The difference depends on the sound of the vowels and consonants, not the spelling


. Examples



a teacher
a peach
a woman
a house
a man
a useful book
a university
a European

an English teacher
an orange
an old woman
an hour
a house
an honest man
an heir
an honour
an Irish person
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Don't put A or AN before uncountable nouns )
I don't like milk.
Silence is golden.
(We're having soup for lunch
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Exercises


put 'a' or 'an' where necessary


.boy. ......
teacher. ........
hour. ......
island. .......
English teacher. ........
peach. ........
old man. ...........
year. .............
university. ..........
pen. ..............
apple. ..........
doctor. ............
aunt. ...............
.uncle. ..............
. tree. ............
.ice-cream. ..............
.habit. .............
student..........
..test. ..............
.Arabic book.............