5.8 Articles

5.8 Articles

Articles point out nouns in a sentence.

• a

• an

• the

I saw an airplane in a museum.

A and an point out one of any class of people, places, or things.

The aircraft museum was interesting.

The points out a specific person, place, or thing.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences uses an article?

• My family flew to Orlando.

• Our flight was on time.

• An attendant showed us to our seats.

Rules:

• use a before a word that begins with a consonant sound.

• use an before a word that begins with a vowel sound

Multiple Choice

Should we use a or an?

_____ pizza

• a

• an

Multiple Choice

Should we use a or an?

_____ orange

• a

• an

Multiple Choice

Should we use a or an?

_____ bicycle

• a

• an

Multiple Select

Select ALL the articles in the sentence:

Ross and Ryan were the first to ever land an airplane.

• a

• an

• the

Multiple Select

Select ALL the articles in the sentence:

The boys and girls lost a purple ball.

• a

• an

• the

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct article to compete the sentence.

I saw ___ green frog hop across the pond.

• an

• a

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct article to compete the sentence.

We ran eight miles around ___ track.

• an

• the

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct article to compete the sentence.

I babysit my brother while my parents attended ___ event.

• an

• a