• Sunglasses• Camera• Cell phone• Gum• Glasses• Make up• Lipstick• Wallet• Pencil case
What other things are in your bag?
UmbrellaBook
NotebookKeys
WalletDictionary
Hair straightenerHair dryer
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a, an & the
first, let’s compare
a and an
we use a before words which begin
with
consonants (b,c,d,f…)
oxford grammar practice #49
a doctor a big car
a girl
a = one person or one thing
a car
a small car
a small pink car
a = one person or one thing
a woman
a young woman a friendly young woman
sounds like ‘you’
starts with u = university
a university
oxford grammar practice #49
we use an before words which begin
with vowels (a,e,i,o,u)
oxford grammar practice #49
an apple
an interesting film
oxford grammar practice #49
an before a e i o u sounds
an apple
an orange
an eggplant
we also use an before words that begin with a silent
hoxford grammar practice #49
silent ‘h’ = hour
an hour
oxford grammar practice #49
a book
an
interesting book
animal
a small animal
1 Do you have ____ umbrella?
a or an?
2 I’d like to buy ____ hat, please.3 I’ll see you in ____ hour.
4 UWS is ____ university.
1 Do you have an umbrella?
a or an?
2 I’d like to buy a hat, please.
3 I’ll see you in an hour.
4 UWS is a university.
an before a e i o u sounds
Exercise 11 ____old book2 ____window3 ____horse4 ____ an airport5 ____ a new airport6 ____ an organisation7 ____ a university8 ____ hour9 ____ economic problem
Exercise 21 A duck is ____ bird.2 A carrot is ____ vegetable.3 Tennis is ____ game.4 A hammer is ____ tool.5 Everest is ____ mountain.6 Jupiter is ____ planet.7 A pear is ____ fruit.8 The Amazon is a river.9 A rose is ____ flower.10 A trumpet is ____ musical instrument.