Lesson One First(1st) Lesson

THE ALPHABET

Spell your full name.

Indefinite Article

The indefinite article is “a” or “an”. They are used with singular countable nouns only and/or with a non-
specific person or thing (singular). The rule to use it is really very simple. It depends on the sound at the
start of the following word. (It does not depend on the way we write the following word; it depends on the
way we say it.)

If the following word starts with a consonant sound, then we say “a”:

a cat
a game of golf
a human emotion
a Peruvian
a very nice lady
If the following word starts with a vowel sound, then we say “an”:
an apple
an easy job
an interesting film
an old man
an umbrella
Normally, we pronounce consonant letters with a consonant sound, and vowel letters with a vowel sound.
But there are some exceptions. The rule about a or an is still the same. You just need to think about the
sound, not the writing. Look at these examples:
Vowel letter but consonant sound: Consonant letter but vowel sound:
a European country an honest man
a one-day conference an hour
a university an FBI agent

A good beginning makes a good ending

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 Definite Article
The definite article(the) is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. The
can be used with no count nouns.

Singular and Plural

Change each singular noun to its plural form and change each plural noun to singular form.

(1) bracket ________________________ (25) scene ________________________

(2) signals ________________________ (26) rivers ________________________

(3) monkey________________________ (27) curries ________________________

(4) fry ________________________ (28) elk ________________________

(5) screens ________________________ (29) locks ________________________

(6) copies ________________________ (30) lungs ________________________

(7) chore ________________________ (31) spring ________________________

(8) taxes ________________________ (32) guide ________________________

(9) ray ________________________ (33) barges ________________________

(10) digit ________________________ (34) party ________________________

(11) plays ________________________ (35) grips ________________________

(12) blue ________________________ (36) dreams ________________________

(13) inquiry ________________________ (37) journey ________________________

(14) stream ________________________ (38) belief ________________________

(15) tomb ________________________

(16) bells ________________________

(17) bakeries ________________________

(18) trial ________________________

(19) uniforms ________________________

(20) flowers ________________________

(21) monster ________________________

(22) bus ________________________

(23) prairie ________________________

(24) seams ________________________ Two is company, but three is a crowd.

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 Learn these numbers

What is your phone number and I.d. number.

Vocabulary
Duck: _______________________
Ant: _______________________
Bird: _______________________
Rabbit: _______________________
Dog: _______________________
Butterfly: _______________________
Fish: _______________________
Woman: _______________________
Man: _______________________
Cat: _______________________
Bear: _______________________
Pig: _______________________
Flower: _______________________
Girl: _______________________
Boy: _______________________
Airplane: _______________________
Car: _______________________
Apple: _______________________
Orange: _______________________
Hamburger: _______________________
Church: _______________________
Cup: _______________________
Boat: _______________________
Bike: _______________________
Truck: _______________________
Building: _______________________
Flag: _______________________
Lamp: _______________________
Bridge: _______________________
River: _______________________
Monkey: _______________________
Egg: _______________________
Bee: _______________________
Pillow: _______________________
House: _______________________
Toy: _______________________

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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