Articles

A The
An
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Uncountable
Singular nouns Plural nouns
Articles nouns
单数名词 复数名词
不可数名词

A bag - -
A desk
a/an An egg
An orange
The bag The bags The sugar
The desk The desks The flour
the The egg The eggs The water
The orange The oranges The milk
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‘a’ + singular noun beginning with a
consonant
a ring
a label

a
a balloon
a man
a table
a tiger
a jet
a clock
a kangaroo
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‘a’ + singular noun beginning with the ‘you’
sound
a unit
a U-turn

a
a European
a UFO
a universe
a uniform
a utensil
a ukulele
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‘an’ + singular noun beginning with a vowel
an email
an actor

an
an object
an iceberg
an organ
an invitation
an eagle
an oven
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‘an’ + nouns starting with a silent ‘h’.

an
an honour
an honest man
an heirness
an heir
an hour
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‘The’ is used before singular and plural nouns that we
already know about.

1) The lady who painted this picture is famous.

2) Wai Wai is the tallest person in our class.

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