{"id":814,"date":"2022-04-18T12:26:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=814"},"modified":"2025-12-08T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:24:58","slug":"e-qq-1-use-the-correct-article-a-or-an","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-qq-1-use-the-correct-article-a-or-an\/","title":{"rendered":"E- QQ.1 Use the correct article: a or an"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>  Use the correct article: a or an<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-28d136ae4331e7eb05ec8e1cb71ebcde\" style=\"color:#74008b\">key notes :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-71737ce62842ae0f87b0442a66c01536\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>\u2728Use the Correct Article \u2013 a or an \u2728<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Articles<\/strong> are small words we put <strong>before nouns<\/strong>. They help us talk about things clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udfe2 Use a before words that begin with a consonant sound (b, c, d, f, g\u2026).<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udc31 <strong>a cat<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udcd5 <strong>a book<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf4e <strong>a ball<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\ude97 <strong>a car<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udd35 Use <strong>an<\/strong> before words that begin with a <strong>vowel sound<\/strong> (a, e, i, o, u).<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83c\udf4f <strong>an apple<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83e\udd5a <strong>an egg<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83e\udd89 <strong>an owl<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf66 <strong>an ice-cream<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udc12 <strong>an umbrella<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83c\udfaf Quick Tip!<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2728 It\u2019s not about the <strong>letter<\/strong>, but the <strong>sound<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2705 <strong>an hour<\/strong> (because \u2018h\u2019 is silent \u2192 sounds like vowel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 <strong>a horse<\/strong> (because \u2018h\u2019 is sounded \u2192 consonant sound)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f Visual Memory Trick \ud83c\udfa8<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83c\udd70\ufe0f + \ud83d\udc31 = <strong>a cat<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udd70\ufe0f + \ud83d\udcd5 = <strong>a book<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udd70\ufe0f\ud83c\udd7d + \ud83c\udf4e = <strong>an apple<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udd70\ufe0f\ud83c\udd7d + \ud83e\udd5a = <strong>an egg<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83c\udf08 Remember!<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>a<\/strong> = one thing, before consonant sound \ud83d\ude97\ud83d\udc15\ud83d\udcda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>an<\/strong> = one thing, before vowel sound \ud83c\udf4e\ud83e\udd5a\ud83e\udd89<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udccc <strong>Practice Time<\/strong> \ud83c\udf89<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Fill in the blanks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>___ dog \ud83d\udc36<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>___ orange \ud83c\udf4a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>___ umbrella \u2614<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>___ pen \u270f\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>___ egg \ud83e\udd5a<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-large-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-4eb6f8dcdd9dcebf504294d481c38767\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/79382\/886\/953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-165.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-165.png 500w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-165-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-165-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-165-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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They help us talk about things clearly. \ud83d\udfe2 Use a before words that begin with a consonant sound (b, c, d, f, g\u2026). \ud83d\udc49 Example: \ud83d\udd35 Use<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-qq-1-use-the-correct-article-a-or-an\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- QQ.1 Use the correct article: a or an&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22882,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions\/22882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}