The indefinite article: 'a' and 'an'
We use the indefinite article, a/an, with singular nouns when the listener/reader does not know exactly which one we are referring to:
Choose A, AN or (/) for "no article" for each blank below.
Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl.
We also use it to show that the person or thing is one of a group:
She is a student at London Road School.
Police have been looking for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since Friday.
Jenny Brown is a pupil at London Road School. She is 1.6 metres tall, with short, blonde hair. When she left home, she was wearing a blue jacket, a blue and white blouse, dark blue jeans and blue shoes.
Anyone who has information should contact the local police on 0800 349 781.
She was wearing blue shoes. (plural noun)
She has short, blonde hair. (uncount noun)
She has short, blonde hair. (uncount noun)
1. I have two sisters and brother. My brother has son. That makes me uncle.
2. Would you like orange? Or would you prefer banana? We also have strawberries.
3. Does anyone have cell phone? I need to make emergency phone call.
4. Larry doesn't own car. He rides motorcycle to work.
5. Today, you ate ice cream cone, piece of pizza, burrito and doughnuts. That's not exactly healthy diet.
6. Let's go see movie. There's adventure film that I have really been wanting to see.
7. Is there Internet cafe around here? I need to send important email.
8. Instead of making traditional turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, she baked enormous chicken.
9. It looks like it is going to be rainy day. You should take umbrella.
10. Phil and Debbie took amazing vacation to Switzerland last year. They even climbed mountain near Lucerne.
2. Would you like orange? Or would you prefer banana? We also have strawberries.
3. Does anyone have cell phone? I need to make emergency phone call.
4. Larry doesn't own car. He rides motorcycle to work.
5. Today, you ate ice cream cone, piece of pizza, burrito and doughnuts. That's not exactly healthy diet.
6. Let's go see movie. There's adventure film that I have really been wanting to see.
7. Is there Internet cafe around here? I need to send important email.
8. Instead of making traditional turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, she baked enormous chicken.
9. It looks like it is going to be rainy day. You should take umbrella.
10. Phil and Debbie took amazing vacation to Switzerland last year. They even climbed mountain near Lucerne.
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