B1 class articles a and an

Grammar point. The articles A/An/The

​The article ¨a¨ is used before a noun that starts with a consonant sound.

Ex.
He has a dog. Its name is hachi.
There is a laptop on the table.

The article ¨an¨ is used before a noun that starts with a vowel sound.

Ex.
There is an apple on the fridge
I had an interesting day yesterday

There is a hotel near the mall




She looks like an honest person to me

​A or An before H

​1. For words where the ¨H¨sound is pronounced such as hat, hotel, hard we use ¨A¨

Ex. She is wearing a hat

2 . For words where the ¨H¨ sound is silent such as honor, honest, hour we use ¨An¨

Ex. The English took an hour

​A or An before H

​A or AN before U

​For words where the ¨U¨sound is pronounced like ¨you¨ such as User, Usual, University we use ¨A¨

Ex. you need to create a username to log in.

For words where the ¨U¨sound is pronounce like ¨Uh¨such as Unusual, understanding, Urgent

Ex. The email was about an urgent matter