1. Articles (a) And (an)

2. 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:-

3. 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:- For example: "I am an English teacher." "I am a builder."

4. Using a or an 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

5. The Rules of Regular and Irregular Plurals For most nouns, just add -s Singular Plural handhands rabbitrabbits keykeys For nouns ending in s, x, z, ch or sh, add -es SingularPlural boxboxes classclasses wishwishes

6. For nouns that end with consonant + y, change the y to an i and then add -es SingularPlural poppypoppies flyflies countrycountries

7. Some nouns are the same in both singular and plural from SingularPlural fish sheep tuna salmon For some nouns, change other letters or just change the word completely! SingularPlural personpeople childchildren footfeet toothteeth manmen