Lesson -3

A, An (Articles)

 The English alphabet has 26 letters.

 The letters a, e, i, o, u are vowels.
 The letters b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v,
w, x, y and z are consonants.

Look at the pictures given below:

an orange a cabbage an owl a driver

an ant a spider a tree an artist

 A is used before naming words (nouns) that begin

with a consonant sound.
 An is used before naming words (nouns) that begin
with a vowel sound.
 A and An are called articles.
 A and An are used before nouns that are one in
number (singular).
 I. Write a or an before these naming words:

………. nest ………. onion

……… egg ………. book

………. hat ……….. eagle

………. tree ………. lion

………. ostrich ……… axe

………. boat ……... umbrella

II. Solve the puzzle with the help of the picture clues.
Write a or an in the box given near the pictures:

B
M
W R N

G N

R G

L N
III. Write the names of these pictures using a or an before each
word.[horse, iguana, octopus, net, sheep, inkpot]

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IV. Fill in the blanks with a or an:

1. I am ………… engineer. I work in …….. factory.

2. Please give me ……………… apple, ……… pear and ……… orange.

3. I eat ……. piece of bread and ………..egg for breakfast.

4. Suresh has ……….dog and ………….rabbit.

5. Rinu’s uncle is ………… actor.

 V. Cross out the wrong word in each sentence:

1. The queen wears a crown / an crown.

2. The tortoise lives in an shell / a shell.
3. The child eats an ice cream / a ice cream.
4. The woman has a purse / an purse.
5. I eat an cucumber / a cucumber.
6. My mom buys a new sari / an new sari.

VI. Name and colour the pictures given below. Don’t forget to use a
or an before the nouns.

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