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Grade 1 English Language Arts — A, an and the

Choose a, an or the to put in front of a naming word.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Match each naming word to the words that go with it.

    • egg
    • cat
    • apple
    • book
    • an egg
    • a book
    • a cat
    • an apple

  2. 2.Which word fits in this gap? "Please shut ___ door."

  3. 3.Which one is right?

    • a) an ant
    • b) a ant
    • c) an cat

  4. 4.Which word fits? "I have ___ umbrella."

    • a) an
    • b) and
    • c) a

  5. 5.Fill the gap with one word: "I want ___ orange."

  6. 6.Put the words in order to make a sentence.

    • have
    • bat.
    • I
    • an
    • old

  7. 7.Sort each word by what goes in front of it.

    Groups: a · an

    • table
    • box
    • insect
    • bus
    • ant
    • umbrella

  8. 8.Which word fits? "Look at ___ sun!"

    • a) a
    • b) the
    • c) an

Answer key — Grade 1 English Language Arts — A, an and the

  1. 1. egg → an egg; cat → a cat; apple → an apple; book → a book
  2. 2. the
  3. 3. a) an ant
  4. 4. a) an
  5. 5. an
  6. 6. 1. I 2. have 3. an 4. old 5. bat.
  7. 7. umbrella → an; table → a; ant → an; bus → a; box → a; insect → an
  8. 8. b) the