ELEMENTARY _________________________________________ DETERMINERS

ARTICLES
WRITE
A before consonant or consonant sound
AN before vowel or vowel sound

PRONOUNCE “the” AS
/ð∂/ before consonant or consonant sound
/ ði/ before vowel or vowel sound

In the following phrases, supply either a or an:

1. ____ bingo 13. ____ fine 23. ____ paper

game opera clip

2. ____ idiot 14. ____ 24. ____ animal

television
3. ____ good job 25. ____ usual
15. ____ feeling
4. ____ rotten earthquake
plum 26. ____ interest
16. ____ icicle
5. ____ used fork 27. ____ alibi
17. ____ plant
6. ____ uncle 28. ____ early
18. ____ eggplant bird
7. ____ historian
19. ____ 29. ____ couch
8. ____ apple honourable man
30. ____ airplane
9. ____ hair 20. ____
intelligent boy 31. ____ grade
10. ____ artichoke
21. ____ table 32. ____ pair
11. ____ horrible
movie 22. ____ up 33. ____ idea
stairway
12. ____ opera 34. ____ energy
level

THE – DO YOU PRONOUNCE / ∂ / OR / i / ?

1 The United States 3 The correct answer 5 The Universe
___ ___ ___
2 The MTV 4 The end 6 The Earth
___ ___ ___
ELEMENTARY _________________________________________ DETERMINERS

7 The Atlantic Ocean

___

8 The Mediterranean
___
9 The air we breathe
___
10 The heir to the
throne___

11 The hours we
waste ___
12 The BBC
___
13 The human race
___
14 The animals
___

15 The yellow lines

___
16 The water we
drink ___
17 The United
Kingdom___
18 The Golden Gate
___
19 The Europeans
___
20 The Old Soviet
Union__
 12. an 24. an
1. a 13. a 25. a
2. an 14. a 26. an
3. a 15. an 27. an
4. a 16. an 28. an
5. a 17. a 29. a
6. an 18. an 30. an
7. a 19. an 31. a
8. an 20. an 32. a
9. a 21. a 33. an
10. an 22. an 34. an
11. a 23. a

1. ∂ 11. i
2. i 12. ∂
3. ∂ 13. ∂
4. i 14. i
5. ∂ 15. ∂
6. i 16. ∂
7. i 17. ∂
8. ∂ 18. ∂
9. i 19. ∂
10. i 20. i