A1 — BeginnerGrammar· Articles and nouns
A, An, The and Plural Nouns
Choose between a, an and the, and build regular and irregular plural nouns.
12 min Easy
A or an?
- a + consonant sound: a book, a university (yoo sound)
- an + vowel sound: an apple, an hour (silent h)
The
We use the when both speakers know which thing we mean: I bought a car. The car is red.
Plurals
- + s: book -> books
- + es after s, x, ch, sh: box -> boxes
- consonant + y -> ies: city -> cities
- irregular: child -> children, man -> men, foot -> feet
We do not use a/an with plural or uncountable nouns: I like music, not I like a music.