A, An, and The are articles. Articles are used before nouns.
The article a is used :# before singular countable nouns which begin with consonant
sounds.
Examples : a boy, a girl, a school, a watermelon
The article an is used :# before singular countable nouns which begin with vowel sounds
Examples: an ant, an eel, an igloo, an orange, an umbrella
# before superlatives
Examples: the shortest, the cleverest, the best,
the most handsome
A . Substitution Table
i. Make ten sentences from the substitution table below.
beautiful
Nadia
friendly
a
intelligent
clever
Swee Lan
is
active
girl.
humble
an
Ranjini
quiet
energetic
helpful
attractive
1. _______________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________
6. _______________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________
8. _______________________________________________
10._______________________________________________
An
The
insect.
a
frog
amphibian.
snake
reptile.
parrot
beautiful bird.
ant
is
an
small animal.
eagle
big bird
lion
fierce animal.
rabbit
the
tame animal.
whale
giraffe
1.___________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________
6. ___________________________________________________
7. ___________________________________________________
8. ___________________________________________________
9. __________________________________________________
10.__________________________________________________
B. Detect and correct errors
i. Tick ( / ) the articles which are correctly used.
an ox
an earth
a sweet mango
a children
a rice
a bouquet of flowers
a shoes
10
a pair of shoes
11
the sky
12
an uniform
13
an igloo
14
15
A hour
16
a tallest mountain
17
18
a useless pen
19
an honest man
20
a expensive pen
correctly.
1.
2.
3.
A earth is round.
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4.
5.
Mr Robinson is an European.
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6.
7.
8.
9.
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10.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
ii. Look at the picture below. Fill in the blanks with correct articles.
in
_____ sky after the rain. It is shaped like _____ arch . It has
seven colours. _____ colours are red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo and violet. It is formed when _____ sun shines through tiny
drops of rain water.
E. Sentence Construction
i. Look at the picture. Write 5 sentences about it. You may use
the words in the boxes to help you.
Rahman
student
studies
university
ambition
engineer
intelligent
boy
most
hardworking
ii. Look at the picture. Write 5 sentences about it. You may use
the words in the boxes to help you.
Nathan
pupil
studies
school
ambition
doctor
active
boy
cleverest
class
1._________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________