Articles: A, An The English grammar tutorial video lesson

Articles: a, an the. Learn all about when to use a or an and when and how to use Welcome to English Grammar Spot This lesson is about a, an and the. Otherwise known as articles. Take a look at the following sentences The man walked right past me. A giant spider crawled across the ceiling. An elephant is a large animal. All the underlined words here are articles. First I am going to show you how and when to use a. We use a before a word that starts with a constant for example: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P. Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z. For example: A blue bird. A nice man. A wonderful dinner. Hereblue, nice and wonderful all start with consonants. Now I m going to show you how and when to use use an before a word that starts with a vowel. And the vowels in the English language are A, E, I, O, U. For example: an apple an egg an insect. Now there are some exceptions. The use of a or an depends on the beginning sound so the word might start with a conson