{"id":362,"date":"2022-04-18T06:51:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T06:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2025-12-08T06:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:47:39","slug":"e-jj-1-use-the-correct-article-a-or-an","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-jj-1-use-the-correct-article-a-or-an\/","title":{"rendered":"E- JJ.1 Use the correct article: a or an"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\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\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-top: 56.2500%;\n padding-bottom: 0; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px 0 rgba(63,69,81,0.16); margin-top: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.9em; overflow: hidden;\n border-radius: 8px; will-change: transform;\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0; border: none; padding: 0;margin: 0;\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAG65t2CikQ\/0zNckBi4fFybxMegT64eTw\/watch?embed\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"fullscreen\">\n  <\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<a href=\"https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.canva.com&#x2F;design&#x2F;DAG65t2CikQ&#x2F;0zNckBi4fFybxMegT64eTw&#x2F;watch?utm_content=DAG65t2CikQ&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=embeds&amp;utm_source=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use the correct article: a or an<\/a> by Delta publications\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-4ef11e7f66093b4cd1c21f2617b5d0d3\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key notes :<\/strong><\/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>\ud83d\udcdd<strong> What is an article?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Articles are small words we use <strong>before nouns<\/strong> (naming words).<br>\ud83d\udc49 They tell us about <strong>one<\/strong> thing.<\/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> Article <strong>\u201ca\u201d<\/strong> \ud83c\udf4e<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We use <strong>a<\/strong> before words that <strong>start with a consonant sound<\/strong> (b, c, d, f, g\u2026z).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a \ud83d\udc31 cat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a \ud83d\ude97 car<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a \ud83c\udf92 bag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a \ud83d\udc15 dog<\/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>Article <strong>\u201can\u201d<\/strong> \ud83e\udd5a<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We use <strong>an<\/strong> before words that <strong>start with a vowel sound<\/strong> (a, e, i, o, u).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>an \ud83c\udf4e apple<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an \ud83d\udc18 elephant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an \ud83c\udfe0 igloo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an \ud83e\udd89 owl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an \ud83e\udd6d umbrella<\/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\udf1f Golden Rule<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>a<\/strong> before consonants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>an<\/strong> before vowels.<\/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 Check with Pictures<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>a ball<\/strong> \ud83c\udfc0<br>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>a pen<\/strong> \u270f\ufe0f<br>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>an egg<\/strong> \ud83e\udd5a<br>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>an orange<\/strong> \ud83c\udf4a<\/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>\ud83e\udde9 Fun Tip \ud83c\udf89<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Say the word aloud! If it <strong>starts with a vowel sound<\/strong>, use <strong>an<\/strong>.<br>\ud83d\udc49 Otherwise, use <strong>a<\/strong>.<\/p>\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-large-font-size\" 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\/78780\/408\/346\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-51.png 500w, https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-51-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-51-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-51-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\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\/67559\/794\/247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-51.png 500w, https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-51-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-51-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-51-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use the correct article: a or an by Delta publications Key notes : \ud83d\udcdd What is an article? \ud83d\udc49 Articles are small words we use before nouns (naming words).\ud83d\udc49 They tell us about one thing. Article \u201ca\u201d \ud83c\udf4e We use a before words that start with a consonant sound (b, c, d, f, g\u2026z). \u2705<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-jj-1-use-the-correct-article-a-or-an\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- JJ.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":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19989,"href":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions\/19989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}