Hello, my dearest EC members!
We learned the difference between the indefinite articles, i.e ‘a’ and ‘an’ and the correct usage of them when we were still in elementary school. Here’s a little test for you! What indefinite article do you use when you name each of the 26 letters of the alphabet?
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Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’. Can you score 26 out of 26?
This is ___ A. That is __ B. There is __ C. It is __ D.
Show me __ E. Give me __ F. Buy me __ G. Throw me __ H.
Engrave __ I. Sandblast __ J. Emboss __ K. Chisel __ L.
Make __ M. Form __ N. Display __ O. Create __ P.
Delete __ Q. Erase __ R. Drop __ S. Cross __ T.
Bend __ U. Twist __ V. Fix __ W. Hang __ X.
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. .Hide __ Y. Bury __ Z.
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[You could also add your voice recording later if you want to!]
Example: a mango = one mango
..an apple = one apple
Since both articles denote one noun, why do we need two different articles to do the same job instead of only one? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Do you know the answer? Could someone tell us what it is?
PS. I have changed my blog setting to ‘wait for my approval’ mode! This will prevent one from looking at the answers that are already posted by the previous participants. Sorry for the inconvenience, guys!
August 22, 2013
~* GS *~
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This is _an__ A. That is a__ B. There is a__ C. It is a__ D
Show me an__ E. Give me an__ F. Buy me a__ G. Throw me _an_ H
Engrave an __ I. Sandblast _a_ J. Emboss a__ K. Chisel an__ L
Make an__ M. Form an__ N. Display an__ O. Create _a_ P
Delete a__ Q. Erase an__ R. Drop an__ S. Cross a__ T
Bend a_ U. Twist _a_ V. Fix _a_ W. Hang _an_ X
.Hide _a_ Y. Bury a__ z
Hi, Gabriel!
The use of the correct form of the indefinite article a or an is rather challenging! So I'd like to remind our member some rules, as many of them use the wrong form of it in their blogs.
We use 'a' with nouns starting with a consonant ( b, d, s t, p....).
We use 'an' with nouns starting with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u)
A boy
An apple
A car
An orange
A house
An opera
NOTE:
An before an h mute - an hour, an honour.
A before u and eu when they sound like 'you': a european, a university, a unit
So, practising with letters of the alphabet is a good way to remember the use of the right form of the indefinite article.
You can start your answer like this:
This is an A.
That is a B. and so on...
It's fun and at the same time useful! Just try!
P.S. Gabriel, by the way, the design of the blog is fantastic! When I opened it, I say 'WOW!' The colours are so unusual and bright! And the song "ABC" is very beautiful! Thanks for giving us joy with your creative work!
Educational and entertaining..Excellent!!!
WOW DEAR FRIEND HOW CREATIVE U !
EACH ACTIVITY FROM U BOTH DIFFERENT AND USEFUL
CAPABLE GABRIEL ^_^
Dear Gabriel,
Thank you for this exercise. I really thought of the words that I put on each letter.
Please check my sentences if I made used of the right indefinite article.
A. This is an apple.
B. That is a ball.
C. There is a cat.
D. It is a dog.
E. Show me an eggplant.
F. Give me a fried meat.
G. Buy me a gum.
H. Throw me a handkerchief.
I. Engrave an ink.
J. Sandblast a jar.
K. Emboss a kettle.
L. Chisel a logo.
M. Make a movie.
N. Form a name.
O. Display an object.
P. Create a puppet.
Q. Delete a question.
R. Erase a rhyme.
S. Drop a song.
T. Cross a threshold.
U. Bend an umbrella.
V. Twist a verse.
W. Fix a wagon.
X. Hang an x-ray.
Y. Hide a yarn.
Z. Bury a zipper.
Galina,
Wow! You are also the first to post the answers. Thank you so much for your participation. As I have set the blog to ‘wait for my approval’ mode, the others can’t see your answers at the moment. This is simply to preclude one from the temptation of looking at the answers of the previous participants. I hope more will take part in this simple and easy activity. Thanks again, dear!
Hi, Gabriel!
It's one more educational blog! Now it concerns both grammar and phonetics! It's great to revise the use of two kinds of indefinite article a/ an. We use 'a' with nouns starting with a consonant sound and 'an' with nouns starting with a vowel sound.
NOTE:
An before an h mute - an hour, an honour.
A before u and eu when they sound like 'you': a european, a university, a unit
This is an A
That is a B
There is a C
It is a D
Show me an E
Give me an F
Buy me a G
Throw me an H
Engrave an I
Sandblast a J
Emboss a K
Chisel an L
Make an M
Form an N
Display an O
Create a P
Delete a Q
Erase an R
Drop an S
Cross a T
Bend a U
Twist a V
Fix a W
Hang an X
Hide a Y
Bury a Z ( poor Z!)
By the way, I've learnt some new verbs Thanks for this interesting and educationa game! It's fun!
Dear Galina,
Thank you for being the very first to drop into my blog. I’m so glad that you like it! Eagerly awaiting for your answer and a highly possible voice recording later on. See you around!
~* GS *~