🔤 A / An and Plurals – Singular & Plural Forms
🅰️ A / An with Singular Nouns
| Rule | Example |
|---|---|
| Use a before consonant sounds | 📱 a phone, 🚗 a car |
| Use an before vowel sounds | 🍳 an egg, 🏝️ an island |
| Use an if “h” is silent | 🌿 an herb |
| Use a when “u” sounds like /ju:/ | 👤 a user, 🦄 a unicorn |
👥 Plurals – No A/An
❌ Don’t use a/an with plural nouns.
- ✅ These are phones.
- ❌ These are a phones.
🛠️ Forming Plurals
| Type | Rule | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | Add -s / -es | 🍌 banana → bananas 🚌 bus → buses |
| Change -y to -ies | When word ends in consonant + y | 🍼 baby → babies |
| Change -f / -fe to -ves | Some nouns ending in f/fe | 🐺 wolf → wolves 🥖 loaf → loaves |
| Irregular | Change form completely | 🧍 person → people 🦶 foot → feet 🪿 goose → geese |
✏️ Examples in Sentences
- 🎒 She has a backpack for school.
- 🥚 I cooked an egg for breakfast.
- 🚌 They missed buses because it was late.
- 🦄 He is a unicorn fan (he loves unicorns).
- 🌿 We added an herb to the soup for extra flavor.
- 🐶 A dog is waiting outside.
- 🧍♂️ There are people in the meeting room.
- 🪿 I saw a goose near the lake!
- 🍞 The bakery sells fresh loaves every morning.
- 📱 She dropped a phone on the floor.
- 🦶 My foot hurts today.
- 🚗 We rented a car for the weekend.
Exercises:
A / An and Plurals – Singular & 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 and Plurals – Singular & 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 and Plurals – Singular & 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 ⇒