When to

Say
"a" or "an?
The indefinite article

Theindefinite articleisaoran. But how

do we know when to sayaand when to
say an?

The rule is really very simple. It

depends on thesoundat the
start of the following word. (It
does not depend on the way we
write the following word, it
depends on the way we say it.)

A + consonantsound
If the following word starts with
aconsonantsound, then we saya.

AN + vowelsound
If the following word starts with
avowelsound, then we sayan.

The importance of sound

Normally, we pronounce consonant letters with a
consonant sound, and vowel letters with a vowel
sound. But there are some exceptions. The rule
aboutaoranis still the same. You just need to
think about the sound, not the writing. Look at
these examples:

Think about more examples and lets

share them the next class