Fill in the Article A, An and The

Summary
To reinforce the use of articles - a and an, by having students fill in the blanks with the proper article. An introduction to developing a sense of which article sounds right in a sentence.

Objectives
• To have students use the articles - a and an correctly.

• Although the can be used correctly in some of these sentences, students were instructed to only use the articles - a and an. Part of the objective of this lesson is to see how well students follow directions.

Suggested Grades
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade

Excerpt
A and an are only used with singular nouns. Singular nouns are one person, place, thing or animal. A good rule to remember is that A is used before words that begin with a consonant. An is used before words that begin with vowels - a, e, i, o, or u.

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