A / AN - Plurals
A chair
Six chairs
AN apple
Two apples
A + consonant
sound
AN + vowel
sound
A book
A fish
A pen
A computer
A shop
A teacher
AN apple
AN octopus
AN ant
AN orange
AN image
AN elephant
A + consonant sound
A house
A hat
A hotel
A hospital
A hero
A hamburger
A university
A uniform
A unit
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A + vowel sound
BUT
An hour
An uncle
An umbrella
REMEMBER!
The key word here is sound. It is not a matter of whether the
word starts with a vowel. It is a matter of whether it starts with
a vowel sound.
1. Look and write A or AN
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
___________ friend
___________ window
___________ egg
___________ octopus
___________ pen
___________ newspaper
___________ elephant
___________ Indian
___________ bag
___________ telephone
2. Draw lines and match
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3. Complete the sentences using A or AN
1. Ronaldo is _____________ famous football player.
2. Peter is ______________ hardworking student.
3. Does this woman work in ____________ hospital?
4. A tiger is _____________ animal.
5. Is that ___________ old book?
6. Is tea ____________ drink?
7. Boston is ___________ American city.
8. This is ____________ eraser.
9. I travel with ______________ friend.
10. Mary is _____________ engineer.
11. This is ____________ square.
12. He is _____________ actor.
13. She works in ____________ bank.
14. They visited _____________ aquarium.
15. Superman is _____________ hero.
4. Complete the following sentences with A or AN
1. Danny wanted _____ new bicycle for Christmas.
a) A
b) AN
2. Jennifer tasted _____ birthday cake .
a) A
b) AN
3. The children saw _____ octopus in the aquarium.
a) A
b) AN
4. He isn’t eating _____ egg.
a) A
b) AN
5. I just need _____ hour.
a) A
b) AN
6. She works in _____ school.
a) A
b) AN
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7. We read _____ interesting article from the newspaper.
a) A
b) AN
8. The Nile is _________ river in Egypt.
b) A
c) AN
REGULAR PLURALS:
Singular
Plural
Most
Nouns
A book
An apple
A guitar
A computer
A teacher
Two books
Three apples
Four guitars
Two computers
Seven teachers
Singular
Plural
A bus
A glass
A tomato
A box
A watch
A brush
Two buses
Three glasses
Four tomatoes
Two boxes
Three watches
Seven brushes
Nouns ending
in -s, -ss, -sh,
-ch, -x, -o
Singular
Plural
A photo
Two photos
BUT
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Singular
Plural
A toy
A boy
Seven toys
Five boys
Nouns ending
in VOWEL + y
Nouns ending in
CONSONANT + y
Singular
Plural
A baby
A strawberry
Three babies
Four strawberries
5. Look, count and write
____________________________
___________________________
__________________________
____________________________
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____________________________
______________________________
___________________________
______________________________
6. Write the plural in the correct box
A dress
A bee
A cherry
A photo
A girl
A baby
A strawberry
S
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es
(i)es
7. Write the plural of these nouns together with the numbers
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
A key – (4) ____________________
A sandwich – (2) _______________
A banana – (7) _________________
A box - (10) ________________
A shirt - (11) ________________
An insect - (5) _________________
A student – (8) __________________
An orange – (3) __________________
A ship – (6) ___________________
A monkey – (9) _________________
A city – (12) _________________
A month – (10) _______________
A church – (15) _______________
A dictionary – (20) _______________
IRREGULAR
PLURALS
BUT
Singular
Plural
A child
A man
A woman
A tooth
A foot
A mouse
Two children
Three men
Four women
Two teeth
Eight feet
Seven mice
Singular
Plural
A sheep
A fish
Two sheep
Five fish
8. Look, count and write the plurals
____________________________
____________________________
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_____________________
__________________________
____________________________
________________________
9. Write the plural of these nouns in the correct box
CHILD
FOX BOOK
APPLE
MOUSE
PHOTO
TOMATO
WATCH
HOUSE
BUS
FISH MEN FOOT
DISCTIONARY
BABY
ORANGE
SHOE
KEY
s
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es
ies
irregular