Articles (a) And (an)

Indefinite articles - a and an A and an are the indefinite articles. They refer to something not specifically known to the person you are communicating with. A and an are used before nouns that introduce something or someone you have not mentioned before:-

For example: "I saw an elephant this morning." "I ate a banana for lunch." A and an are also used when talking about your profession:- "I am an English teacher." "I am a builder."

Using a or an a + singular noun beginning with a consonant:   a + singular noun beginning with a consonant: a boy; a car; a bike; a zoo; a dog an + singular noun beginning with a vowel: an elephant; an egg; an apple; an idiot; an orphan a + singular noun beginning with a consonant sound: i.e. begins with a consonant 'y' sound, so 'a' is used); a university; a unicycle an + nouns starting with silent "h": an hour

The Rules of Regular and Irregular Plurals For most nouns, just add -s For nouns ending in s, x, z, ch or sh, add -es Singular Plural hand hands rabbit rabbits key keys Singular Plural box boxes class classes wish wishes

Singular Plural poppy poppies fly flies country countries For nouns that end with consonant + y, change the y to an i and then add -es Singular Plural poppy poppies fly flies country countries

Singular Plural fish sheep tuna salmon Singular Plural person people Some nouns are the same in both singular and plural from For some nouns, change other letters or just change the word completely! Singular Plural fish sheep tuna salmon Singular Plural person people child children foot feet tooth teeth man men