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Class 4 English — Articles by sound and sense

Choose between a and an by the sound that follows, and use the when you mean a particular one.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Sort each noun by the word that goes in front of it.

    Groups: a · an

    • book
    • tiger
    • apple
    • university
    • hour
    • umbrella

  2. 2.Write "a" or "an": She studies at ____ university near her home.

  3. 3.Write "a" or "an": My grandfather is ____ honest man.

  4. 4.Put the cards in order to make one sentence.

    • stopped at
    • The train
    • a small
    • station.

  5. 5.I bought a mango. ____ mango was sweeter than any I had eaten.

    • a) A
    • b) An
    • c) The
    • d) Some

  6. 6.Which one is correct?

    • a) a egg
    • b) an eggs
    • c) a eggs
    • d) an egg

  7. 7.Which one is correct?

    • a) an inks pot
    • b) a ink pot
    • c) an ink pot
    • d) a inkpot

  8. 8.Why does "university" take "a" and not "an"?

    • a) because it names a place
    • b) because it begins with a y sound, not a vowel sound
    • c) because it begins with a consonant letter
    • d) because it is a long word

Answer key — Class 4 English — Articles by sound and sense

  1. 1. book → a; apple → an; tiger → a; umbrella → an; university → a; hour → an
  2. 2. a
  3. 3. an
  4. 4. 1. The train 2. stopped at 3. a small 4. station.
  5. 5. c) The
  6. 6. d) an egg
  7. 7. c) an ink pot
  8. 8. b) because it begins with a y sound, not a vowel sound