Use of A and AN

1. CONTENTS
NOUN + ARE+ NOUN:
PLURAL
PRONOUN+ BE + WITH
CONTRACTIONS NOUN
BE
NEGATIVE WITH BE

2. SINGULAR

3. NOUN + IS+ NOUN
SINGULAR
a) Canada is a country

4. NOUN + IS+ NOUN
SINGULAR

5. NOUN + IS+ NOUN
SINGULAR
a chair
a bed
a lion a school

6. NOUN + IS+ NOUN
SINGULAR
an egg an oven
an elephant
an ear
an avocado

7. NOUN + IS+ NOUN
SINGULAR
a chair an elevator
a school an egg
a lion an elephant
a bed an oven
a man an ear
a woman an avocado

8. NOUN + IS+ NOUN
SINGULAR

9. NOUN + ARE+ NOUN:
PLURAL
Singular: a dog, an animal
Plural: dogs, animals
a and an- only with singular nouns
plural nouns end in s

10. NOUN + ARE+ NOUN:
PLURAL
Singular Plural
a city cities Omit the –y and add - ies
a country countries
Italy and Greece are countries
China and India are countries

11. NOUN + ARE+ NOUN:
PLURAL
Singular plural
An elephant is an animal Elephants are animals

12. PRONOUN+ BE + NOUN
Singular Plural
I am a teacher We are teachers
You are a teacher You are teachers
She is a teacher They are teacher
He is a teacher
It is a teacher

13. PRONOUN+ BE + NOUN
Singular Plural
I am girl We are girls
You are a girl You are girls
She is a girl They are girls

14. CONTRACTIONS WITH BE
Pronoun + Be Contractio Statement
Singular n
I + am I´m I’m a teacher
You + are You´re You’re a teacher
He + is He’s He´s a man
She + is She’s She’s a girl
It + is It’s It’s a cat

15. CONTRACTIONS WITH BE
Pronoun + Be Contraction Statement
Plural
You + are You’re You´re students
We + are We’re Students
They + are They’re They’re students

16. NEGATIVE WITH BE