Articles

There are 2 kinds of articles:

① Definite Articles: The
② Indefinite Articles: A/An
Rule #1
• When an object is being introduced
for the 1st time, we use an indefinite
Article (“a” or “an”) before it.
• After the object has been
introduced, we then use a definite
Article (“the”) to talk about it.
There are 2 indefinite articles:
① A
② An
Vowels
Rule #2 AEIOU
• When the object we are talking about
starts with a vowel (ex: ant, octopus,
elephant) we use “an”. When the
object does not start with a vowel
(ex: dog, bunny, girl), we use “a”.
“I see ___
a cat!”

The cat is orange.”

“____
“I see ___
a car!”

“____
The car is blue.”
“I see ___
an owl!”

The owl is brown.”

“____
“I see ___
an eagle!”

“____
The eagle is very big.”
Rule #3
• When the object we are talking about
is unique, we always use the definite
article (“the”).

Example
“____
The Prime Minister
of Japan is a very good
public speaker.”
“____
The Sun is very hot
today.”

“____
The Statue of Liberty is
very large.”

“____
The Eiffel Tower is
beautiful.”
 Story Time
I saw ___
a cat. ___
The cat was sitting on
___
a fence. ___
The fence was painted
brown. The
___ cat jumped off ___
the fence
when it saw ___
a mouse. The___ mouse
ran into ___
a hole when it saw ___
the cat,
so the the mouse.
___ cat didn't catch ___
Later that day, ___
an owl ate the mouse.