🔤 A / An and Plurals – Singular & Plural Forms
🅰️ A / An with Singular Nouns
| Rule | Example |
|---|---|
| Use a before consonant sounds | 🪑 a table, 🎩 a hat |
| Use an before vowel sounds | 🍊 an orange, 🐘 an elephant |
| Use an if “h” is silent | ⏰ an hour |
| Use a when “u” sounds like /ju:/ | 🎓 a university, 🧥 a uniform |
👥 Plurals – No A/An
❌ Don’t use a/an with plural nouns.
- ✅ These are tables.
- ❌ These are a tables.
🛠️ Forming Plurals
| Type | Rule | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | Add -s / -es | 📘 book → books 🦊 fox → foxes |
| Change -y to -ies | When word ends in consonant + y | 🍒 cherry → cherries |
| Change -f / -fe to -ves | Some nouns ending in f/fe | 🍃 leaf → leaves 👩🍳 wife → wives |
| Irregular | Change form completely | 👶 child → children 🦷 tooth → teeth 🐁 mouse → mice |
✏️ Examples in Sentences
- 🖊️ She has a pen in her bag.
- 🍎 I ate an apple this morning.
- 📚 They bought books from the store.
- 🎓 He is a university student.
- 🕐 We waited for an hour before the bus arrived.
- 🐱 A cat is sleeping on the sofa.
- 👨👩👧👦 There are children playing in the park.
- 🐁 I saw a mouse in the kitchen!
- 🍂 The trees lost all their leaves in autumn.
- 👒 She wore a hat and sunglasses.
- 🔪 A knife is missing from the drawer.
- 🧴 I need a bottle of water.
Exercises
A/an, plurals: Singular and
plural forms
Choose a/an for the following words.
1
It’s
apple
on the table.
2
She adopted
cat
yesterday.
3
He’s reading
interesting article
.
4
I need
pencil
to write this down.
5
Would you like
orange
or some grapes?
6
That sounds like
useful idea
.
7
We stayed in
old cottage
by the lake.
8
Can I borrow
umbrella
, please?
9
She’s
honest person
.
10
It took
hour
to solve the problem.
A/an, plurals: Singular and
plural forms
Write the plurals of the following singular words.
EXAMPLE: A nice sofa ⇒ nice sofas
1
a cat ⇒
2
a bus ⇒
3
a leaf ⇒
4
a baby ⇒
5
a city ⇒
6
a knife ⇒
7
a man ⇒
8
a tooth ⇒
9
a child ⇒
10
a life ⇒
A/an, plurals: Singular and
plural forms
Write a/an before the singular words and write the plural forms.
EXAMPLE: An olive ⇒ olives
1
dog ⇒
2
umbrella ⇒
3
hour ⇒
4
cat ⇒
5
eagle ⇒
6
doctor ⇒
7
fox ⇒
8
egg ⇒
9
university ⇒
10
house ⇒