Grammar Practice - Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks, Peter Lewis-Jones 2012

Articles a / an

The indefinite article in English is a / an.

Use an before a, e, i, o, u.

I've got a new laptop.

I've got an old laptop.

1 Underline the correct word.

2 Look at the picture and write what you can see.

3 Complete the text with a or an.

There’s ¹ a zoo in our town. It’s great. It’s got lots of animals. There’s ² ... hippo and ³ ... crocodile, ⁴... monkey and ⁵... old gorilla. There’s ⁶... elephant. It’s really big. There’s ⁷... orange snake from Africa. It’s ⁸... beautiful snake. There’s ⁹... camel and ¹⁰... lion and there’s ¹¹... bear too. But it’s not only animals, there are birds too. There’s ¹²... owl and ¹³... pelican. There’s ¹⁴... insect house too. It’s got spiders and bugs in it. It’s ¹⁵... amazing zoo. I love it.