ARTICLES-YEAR 1

ARTICLES “A” AND
“AN”

Use “a” and “an” only for singular
nouns

ARTICLES - ‘A’ AND ‘AN’

Articles are little words.
a and an refer to one person /thing/animal.
‘an’ comes before vowel sounds (a,e,i,o,u)
‘a’ comes before consonant

sound(b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z)

Let’s look at the examples !

VOWELS- There are
5 vowels.
a,e,i,o,u

VOWEL SOUNDS

an apple

VOVEL
SOUND- ‘E’

an elephant

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VOWEL SOUND - I

an ink

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VOWEL SOUND ‘O’

an orange

VOWEL SOUND ‘U’

an umbrella

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CONSONANTS

There are 21 consonants:

b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z

CONSONANT-

a ball

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CONSONANTS

a cat a kite a rat
a dog a lollipop a sun
a fan a mosque a towel
a goat a newspaper a violin

a house a pig a waterlily
a jar a queen a xylophone
a yolk a zebra