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GRAMMAR
ARTICLES:
a, an, the
ARTICLE
ROLL CALL
• You will each be given a word card.
• All teachers holding the words
beginning with a consonant, please
stand on the right.
• Teachers with word cards beginning
with a vowel, please stand on the left.
ARTICLE
ROLL CALL
Teachers with the following words please
come to the front :
• unicorn
• honourable person
• honest man
• European
• unit of measurement
Article Chart: Rules for ‘a’ and ‘an’
Article ‘a’ Article ‘an’
‘a’ means one ‘an’ also means one
We use ‘a’ for words We use ‘an’ for words
that begin with that begin with
consonants vowels
Exception to the rules:
1. ‘A’ is used for words beginning with ‘u’ and
‘e’ but have the ‘yu’ sound.
2. ‘An’ is used for words that have the silent
‘h’
Your task:
• Put an article in front of the word
that you are holding
• Say it aloud
Activity 2: Stick by Me
Rules:
Rules:
1. We use ‘the’ when referring to a specific thing.
2. We also use ‘the’ when talking about the same thing
again.
We use ‘the’ for things that are only
one of its kind.
Earth Sun
We use ‘the’ for specific uncountable nouns.
Soup Rain
We use ‘the’ for superlatives.
big long
bigger longer
biggest longest
Stick by Me:
Turn to page 49, try out Exercise 1.
THANK
YOU