In the following phrases, supply either a or an:

1. ____ bingo game 18. ____ eggplant 34. ____ energy

level
2. ____ idiot 19. ____
honourable man ______ computer
3. ____ good job ______ book
20. ____ intelligent
4. ____ rotten plum boy ______ umbrella
______ interesting
5. ____ used fork 21. ____ table
book
6. ____ uncle 22. ____ up ______ honest boy
stairway
______ Italian flag
7. ____ historian
23. ____ paper clip ______ student
8. ____ apple ______ European
24. ____ animal
student
9. ____ hair
25. ____ usual ______ antique
10. ____ artichoke feeling
chair

11. ____ horrible 26. ____ interest ______ blackboard

movie ______ orange
27. ____ alibi
______ uniform
12. ____ opera
28. ____ early bird ______ house
13. ____ fine opera ______ university
29. ____ couch
14. ____ television ______ egg
30. ____ airplane ______ pencil
15. ____
31. ____ grade ______ highlighter
earthquake
______ black horse
16. ____ icicle 32. ____ pair
______ hour

17. ____ plant 33. ____ idea ______ dictionary

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

1 The United States ___ 8 The Mediterranean ___ 15 The yellow lines ___
2 The MTV ___ 9 The air we breathe ___ 16 The water we drink ___
3 The correct answer ___ 10 The heir to the throne___ 17 The United Kingdom___
4 The end ___ 11 The hours we waste ___ 18 The Golden Gate ___
5 The Universe ___ 12 The BBC ___ 19 The Europeans ___
6 The Earth ___ 13 The human race ___ 20 The Old Soviet Union__
7 The Atlantic Ocean ___ 14 The animals ___
1. Put the nouns in the correct column.
children bird egg table meat men
coffee cheese bread milk tea sandwiches
knife feet watch cherries poster apples

Countable nouns
Uncountable nouns
Singular Plural
children coffee

2. Complete with a,an or some.

1. There’s a letter for you on your desk.
2. Be careful! There’s __________ mouse under the sofa!
3. There’s ________________ milk for Suzie in that bowl.
4. I’ve got ____________ idea! Let’s go to the cinema tonight!
5. Mary’s got _____________ baby brother.
6. Well done! This is _______________ excellent story.
7. There’s _______________ orange juice for the children in the fridge.
8. This is ___________ old photo of Peter’s parents.
9. There’s _____________ soup for you on the table.
10. We’ve got __________ cheese. Let’s make _____________ pizza!

3. Complete with some or any.

1. I’ve got some beautiful postcards from London.
2. There aren’t _____________ bananas for Stanley.
3. Have we got _____________ orange juice?
4. There are __________ books on that desk.
5. This soup is awful! There isn’t ___________ salt in it!
6. There are ___________ beautiful toy cars in Stanley’s room.
7. Have you got ____________ brothers or sisters?
8. Well done! There aren’t ______________ mistakes in your test!
9. There’s ____________ milk in the fridge.
10. Is there _______________ ice cream for me?

4. Form the negative and the question.

There is some orange juice in the fridge.
Is there any orange juice in the fridge? There isn’t any orange juice in the fridge.
1. They have got some friends in Paris.

2. There are some mistakes in his test.

3. He’s got some cousins in Athens.

4. There’s some cat food for Cosmo.

5. We’ve got some fresh milk.

6. She’s got some money for the tickets.