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Articles

Articles are placed before a noun,   In English we know two types of articles: THE (definite article) and A or AN (both INdefinite articles)

Examples: 

The book is on this shelf is mine.

I’d rather eat  a pear than an apple.

The articles a/an

 A is put before closed sounds: the consonants.

a pet               a teacher           a bycicle

a car                  a door               a room

 

The articles a/an

An is used for a noun with an open sound: the vowels

an ear            an investigation         an officer

an apple            an Englishman          an answer

 

ATTENTION!

So, the choice od a or an is not what you read on paper, but the sound you hear.

Sometimes you see a noun starting with 

-h.  however it is not pronounced! Then you put the article AN before it:  AN hour, The -h is not pronounced(‘our)

Sometimes you see a noun starting with -h. But in the example it is pronounced:

A house. The  -h is NOT silenced!

 

More examples

an hour  (je hoort our)

an honour (je hoort onour)

a university (je hoort juniversity)

a uniform (je hoort juniform)

a European (je hoort jeuropean)

a of an?
..... dog

1. a
2. an

a of an?
..... banana

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... artwork

1. a
2. an

a of an?
..... house

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... apple

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... uniform

1. a
2. an

A

AN

table

house

egg

chicken

island

phone

orange

a of an?
.... ear

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... hero

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... plant

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... commercial

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... hour

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... game

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... university

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... avatar

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... FM-radio channel

1. a
2. an

A of AN?
.... president

1. a
2. an

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