Indefinite Articles - A / An

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A or An Exercise 2
A or An Exercise 3

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A / An Indefinite Articles

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Use 'A' before a word which begins with a consonant sound.

a man
a pen
a boy
a car
a fish
a house

a movie
a star
a bike
a student
a watch
a computer

a school
a shoe
a bottle
a mouse
a tiger
a camera

a city
a teacher
a website
a dollar
a machine
a game

Use 'AN' before a word which begins with a vowel sound

an umbrella
an elephant
an actor
an emergency

an American
an automobile
an airplane
an ant

an ice-cream
an ambulance
an offer
an equipment

Attention: Note that the pronunciation is what matters when choosing between a & an.

Examples:

an honor (h is silent)
an hour

a university (a before the 'y' sound)
a unit

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