A & AN(determiners)Fruits

Marisol Cabrera Obando Lic. en educación básica con énfasis en inglésUniversidad Distrital

Use A before words that begin with a consonant sound.

•Since the word cherries begins with a

consonant sound, you use the word a

Examples

A cherry

A watermelon•Since the word

watermelon begins with a consonant sound, you use the word

a

Use Anbefore words that begin with a vowel sound.

•Since the word apple begins with a vowel

sound, you use the word an.

An apple

Examples

An egg fruit

•Since the word egg fruit begins with a

vowel sound, you use the word an.

A or an?Choose the correct answer!

a)An pineapple

b)A pineapple

a)A grapeb)An grape

a)An strawberry

b)A strawberry

a)An avocado

b)A avocado

a)An kiwi fruit

b)A kiwi fruit

a)A banana

b)An banana

a)An orange

b)A orange

a)A lemonb)An lemon

a)A appleb)An apple

a)An pear

b)A pear

a)An peach

b)A peach

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