English 1

1      Articles and one, a little/a few, this, that 

1        a/an (the indefinite article)

The form a is used before a word beginning with a consonant, or a vowel with a consonant sound:

         a man                   a had                    a university           a European

a one-way street

The form an is used before words beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or words beginning with a mute h:

         an apple                an island               an uncle

         an egg                  an onion                an hour

or individual letters spoken with a vowel sound:

         an L-plate              an MP                   an SOS                 an ‘x’

a/an is the same for all genders:

         a man                   a woman               an actor                an actress            a table

by J. Thomson,V. Martinet

P.Misheel