At a glance
- Start
- Does the next word start with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u)?Yesanan apple, an egg, an hour
- aa cat, a dog, a university
Look and listen
a banana
an apple
a cat
an egg
a car
an elephant
a dog
an umbrella
an orange
an owl
The rule
- a + a consonant sound: a book, a pen, a house
- an + a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u): an ant, an egg, an ice cream
a+b, c, d, f…+word
an+a, e, i, o, u+word
an hour
a university
One thing only
We use a and an for one thing. For two or more, we use no a/an: a cat, but two cats.
a cat
three cats
Practice
Answer the questions. Get 7 out of 10 to finish this lesson.