A/an-indefinite article1.-Use a/an with singular nouns.

“It's a flower” “It's a girl”

2.-Use an with a noun beginning with a vowel ” a,e,i,o,u”

“It's an identity card”

“It's an umbrella”

3.-Use “a” with nouns beginning u when u= /ju:/

“It's a university/uniform”

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Regular plurals

SINGULAR PLURAL SPELLING

A BOOKA KEY

BOOKSKEYS

ADD -S

A WATCHA BOX

WATCHESBOXES

ADD -ES AFTER CH,SH,S,X

A COUNTRYA DICTIONARY

COUNTRIESDICTIONARIES

CONSONANT+Y= IES

A BOY BOYS VOWEL+Y=YS

IRREGULAR PLURALS

l

SINGULAR PLURAL

A MAN (hombre) MEN /MEN/

A WOMAN (mujer) WOMEN /WIMIN/

A CHILD (hijo) CHILDREN

A PERSON (persona) PEOPLE

A LOUSE (piojo) LICE

A MOUSE (ratón) MICE

A FOOT (pie) FEET

THIS-THAT-THESE-THOSE

1. Use this/these for things near you (here).

What's this?(esto) It's a ticket. These(estos) watches are

Japanese.

2. Use that/those for things which aren't near you (there)

That(ese,aquel) book is Italian. What are

those(esos,aquellos)? They're cars.

This-that-these-those

This/That=singular (esto,esta,eso,esa)

These/those=plural (estos, estas, esos, esas, aquellos, aquellas)

This, that, these and those can be adjectives (this singer) or pronouns (what's this?).