In the following phrases, supply either a or an:

1. ____ bingo 18. ____ eggplant 34. ____ energy

game level
19. ____
2. ____ idiot honourable man ______ computer
______ book
3. ____ good job 20. ____
intelligent boy ______ umbrella
4. ____ rotten ______ interesting
plum 21. ____ table
book
5. ____ used fork 22. ____ up ______ honest
stairway
boy
6. ____ uncle
23. ____ paper ______ Italian flag
7. ____ historian clip ______ student

24. ____ animal ______ European

8. ____ apple
student
9. ____ hair 25. ____ usual
______ antique
feeling
10. ____ artichoke chair
26. ____ interest ______
11. ____ horrible
movie 27. ____ alibi blackboard
______ orange
12. ____ opera 28. ____ early
bird ______ uniform

13. ____ fine ______ house

opera 29. ____ couch
______ university

14. ____ 30. ____ airplane ______ egg

television ______ pencil
31. ____ grade
______ highlighter
15. ____
earthquake 32. ____ pair ______ black
horse
16. ____ icicle 33. ____ idea
______ hour
17. ____ plant ______ dictionary
THE – DO YOU PRONOUNCE / ∂ / OR / i / ?

1 The United States ___ 8 The Mediterranean ___ 15 The yellow lines ___
2 The MTV ___ 9 The air we breathe ___ 16 The water we drink ___
3 The correct answer ___ 10 The heir to the throne___ 17 The United Kingdom___
4 The end ___ 11 The hours we waste ___ 18 The Golden Gate ___
5 The Universe ___ 12 The BBC ___ 19 The Europeans ___
6 The Earth ___ 13 The human race ___ 20 The Old Soviet Union__
7 The Atlantic Ocean ___ 14 The animals ___
1. Put the nouns in the correct column.
children bird egg table meat men
coffee cheese bread milk tea sandwiches
knife feet watch cherries poster apples

Countable nouns
Uncountable nouns
Singular Plural
children coffee

2. Complete with a,an or some.

1. There’s a letter for you on your desk.
2. Be careful! There’s __________ mouse under the sofa!
3. There’s ________________ milk for Suzie in that bowl.
4. I’ve got ____________ idea! Let’s go to the cinema tonight!
5. Mary’s got _____________ baby brother.
6. Well done! This is _______________ excellent story.
7. There’s _______________ orange juice for the children in the fridge.
8. This is ___________ old photo of Peter’s parents.
9. There’s _____________ soup for you on the table.
10. We’ve got __________ cheese. Let’s make _____________ pizza!

3. Complete with some or any.

1. I’ve got some beautiful postcards from London.
2. There aren’t _____________ bananas for Stanley.
3. Have we got _____________ orange juice?
4. There are __________ books on that desk.
5. This soup is awful! There isn’t ___________ salt in it!
6. There are ___________ beautiful toy cars in Stanley’s room.
7. Have you got ____________ brothers or sisters?
8. Well done! There aren’t ______________ mistakes in your test!
9. There’s ____________ milk in the fridge.
10. Is there _______________ ice cream for me?

4. Form the negative and the question.

There is some orange juice in the fridge.
Is there any orange juice in the fridge? There isn’t any orange juice in the fridge.
1. They have got some friends in Paris.

2. There are some mistakes in his test.

3. He’s got some cousins in Athens.

4. There’s some cat food for Cosmo.

5. We’ve got some fresh milk.

6. She’s got some money for the tickets.