Grade 1 English Language Arts — 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.Which sentence uses "the" correctly?
- a) A sun is very bright today.
- b) I want the pencil, any pencil will do.
- c) Hand me the pencil you are holding.
- d) She opened a window that I had just described.
2.Which one is correct?
- a) a egg
- b) an egg
- c) a eggs
- d) an eggs
3.Write "a" or "an": My grandfather is ____ honest man.
4.Pair each sentence beginning with the ending that finishes it sensibly.
- For lunch I ate
- On the way home she bought
- At the gate he waited
- Last winter they visited
- an orange
- an hour
- a notebook
- a museum
5.Sort each noun by the word that goes in front of it.
Groups: a · an
- book
- tiger
- apple
- umbrella
- hour
- university
6.Sort each sentence by the word its gap needs.
Groups: a or an · the
- Please shut ____ door behind you.
- One day, ____ elephant walked into the village.
- ____ sun rose just after six.
- There was ____ pencil lying on the desk.
- He heard ____ strange sound outside.
- ____ moon was full last night.
7.Write "a" or "an": She studies at ____ university near her home.
8.I bought a mango. ____ mango was sweeter than any I had eaten.
- a) Some
- b) The
- c) A
- d) An
Answer key — Grade 1 English Language Arts — Articles by sound and sense
- 1. c) Hand me the pencil you are holding.
- 2. b) an egg
- 3. an
- 4. For lunch I ate → an orange; On the way home she bought → a notebook; At the gate he waited → an hour; Last winter they visited → a museum
- 5. book → a; apple → an; tiger → a; umbrella → an; university → a; hour → an
- 6. There was ____ pencil lying on the desk. → a or an; ____ sun rose just after six. → the; One day, ____ elephant walked into the village. → a or an; Please shut ____ door behind you. → the; He heard ____ strange sound outside. → a or an; ____ moon was full last night. → the
- 7. a
- 8. b) The