BASIC GRAMMAR is a must. Today, we will talk about indefinite articles.
The words “a”, “an”, and “the” are special adjectives called articles. Articles define nouns as either specific or unspecific. “A” and “an” are indefinite articles. Indefinite articles are used before singular nouns and countable nouns that are not specified. You cannot use “a” or “an” before plural nouns or uncountable nouns.
“A” is used before nouns starting with consonants letters (letters other than a, e, i, o, u). “A” is also used with words that sound like they start with a consonant even if they start with a vowel (university, unit, one). “An” is used before nouns starting with vowels (a, e, i, o, u) or with a silent h (hour, honor).
Indefinite Articles – singular nouns
Consonants letters (letters other than a, e, i, o, u)
For examples:
A banana
A car
A helicopter
A lamp
A woman
A man
A dog
A tree
A sandwich
A robot
A university
A unit
An apple
Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
For examples:
An animal
An egg
An elephant
An igloo
An ice cream cone
An ostrich
An onion
An umbrella
An ugly sweater
An hour
An honor