When to use A and AN | Grammar Lesson (PART 1) Indefinite Articles

We are learning how & when to use A and AN - the indefinite articles in English grammar! I’ve got 4 simple rules you must learn plus, some pronunciation practice so you use A & AN naturally when you speak!

As always, I’ve included a practice QUIZ at the end 🤓📚☑️💡🤩 to test yourself and help you review what you learned in this lesson!

This lesson is PART 1 of a series of lessons, where I’ll teach you everything you need to know about English articles so you can stop making grammar mistakes! PART 2 is all about the definite article (the) and when to not use an article at all!

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Plus, in PART 2 you will be able to download the complete articles worksheet I’ve created for you 📝to practise using English articles accurately!

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0:00 Introduction
01:38 Indefinite article grammar
05:33 How to pronounce A and AN
06:01 A/AN with singular countable nouns
07:56 A/AN to introduce a noun
09:55 A/AN with non-specific nouns
11:41 A/AN with jobs and job titles
13:25 Common mistakes
14:48 Indefinite Article Quiz

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Even with English as my native language, it is always so interesting to learn about English grammar and all the rules that go unspoken that you just learn over time. Like I know some words sound right with 'a' and some words sound right with 'an' but until now I would not have been able to explain why. I remember being about thirteen and being blown away when I learned that English has 13 tenses. Like once I thought about it, it made sense, but before that I just assumed there was only past, present, and future. My favorite was the past-future tense, such as "He will have been to the store." It also made a lot more sense why people find English so confusing to learn. A number of languages don't even have three tenses, so I can see how 13 would probably feel like overkill to a lot of people.

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Hi Emma. Thank you so much for explaining to us the proper usage of Articles. Definite and Indefinite plus the pronunciation.

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