Use >a< or >an<. Write the correct forms of the indefinte articles into the gaps.
Example: We read __ book.
Answer: We read a book.
1) Lucy has dog.
2) Let's sing song.
3) Emily needs new desk in her room.
4) I need blue pen.
5) Ben has old bike.
6) Peter has aunt in Berlin.
7) We listen to English CD.
8) She has exercise book in her school bag.
9) The speed of this car was 160 miles hour.
10) They finished unit.
The indefinite article a/an - Exercise 2
Use >a< or >an<. Write the correct forms of the indefinite articles into the gaps.
Example: We read __ book.
Answer: We read a book.
1) There is new English book on the desk.
2) She's reading old comic.
3) They've got idea.
4) He is drinking cup of coffee.
5) The girl is pilot.
6) Leipzig has airport.
7) This is expensive bike.
8) Look! There's bird flying.
9) My father is honest person.
10) My friend likes to be astronaut.
Exercise 1(answer)
1) Lucy has a dog.
2) Let's sing a song.
3) Emily needs a new desk in her room.
4) I need a blue pen.
5) Ben has an old bike.
6) Peter has an aunt in Berlin.
7) We listen to an English CD.
8) She has an exercise book in her school bag.
9) The speed of this car was 160 miles an hour.
10) They finished a unit.
Exercise 2 (answer)
1) There is a new English book on the desk.
2) She's reading an old comic.
3) They've got an idea.
4) He is drinking a cup of coffee.
5) The girl is a pilot.
6) Leipzig has an airport.
7) This is an expensive bike.
8) Look! There's a bird flying.
9) My father is an honest person.
10) My friend likes to be an astronaut.
Article a/an
The indefinite article is the a is the same for all genders.
a boy, a girl, a cat
The indefinite article has no plural form.
a boy - boys
We use an if the following word starts with a vowel.
the following word starts with a consonant
the following word starts with a vowel
a boy
an aunt
a school
an old
school
a girl
an American girl
Mind the pronunciation of the following word.
a unit
an uncle
This u
sounds like a consonant, so we use a.
This u
sounds like a vowel, so we use an.
Use of the indefinite article a/an
- before phrases of time and measurements (per week/weekly)
We have English 4
times a
week.
I go on holiday twice a year.
Our car can do 220 kilometers an
hour.
Tomatoes are RM2.00 a kilo.
- before phrases of jobs
My father is a car mechanic.
- with a noun complement
He is a good boy.
- before phrases of nationality
Bruce Springsteen is an American.
- half/quite
We need half a pound of sugar.
This is quite a good
story.
A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing (Grammar Rock) This song can used to help your student more easier to remember the meaning of a noun. You can try it, they will get more fun ........
Lyrics:
Well every person you can know,
And every place that you can go,
And anything that you can show,
You know they're nouns.
A noun's a special kind of word,
It's any name you ever heard,
I find it quite interesting,
A noun's a person, place, or thing.
Oh I took a train, took a train to another state.
The flora and the fauna that I saw were really great.
When I saw some bandits chasin' the train.
I was wishin' I was back home again.
I took a train, took a train to another state.
Well, every person you can know (Like a bandit or an engineer)
And every place that you can go (Like a state or a home)
And anything that you can show (Like animals and plants or a train)
You know they're nouns - you know they're nouns, oh...
Mrs. Jones is a lady on Hudson Street.
She sent her dog to bark at my brother and me.
We gave her dog a big fat bone,
And now he barks at Mrs. Jones.
She's a lady who lives on Hudson Street.
Well, every person you can know (Mrs. Jones, a lady, or a brother)
And every place that you can go (Like a street or a corner)
And anything that you can show (Like a dog or a bone)
You know they're nouns - you know they're nouns, oh...
I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.
My best friend was waitin' there for me. (He took an early ferry.)
We went for a walk on the island you know,
And in the middle of summer it started to snow,
When I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.
Well every person you can know (Like a friend or the captain of a ship)
And every place that you can go (An island or a sea)
And anything that you can show (Like a statue, a ferry, or snow)
You know they're nouns - you know they're nouns.
Oh, I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.
Oldies goldies started playing if you know what I mean.
I heard Chubby Checker, he was doin' the twist
And the Beatles and the Monkees, it goes like this!
I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.
Well every person you can know (The Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby Checker)
And every place that you can go (Like a neighborhood or a store)
And anything that you can show (Like a dime or a record machine)
You know they're nouns.
A noun's a special kind of word,
It's any name you ever heard,
I find it quite interesting,
A noun's a person, place, or thing.
A noun is a person, place or thing. (doodle, doodleh; doodle doodleh...)
