The indefinite articles «a, an»

— Hello, boys and girls! My name is Kyle.

— Hello, everyone! My name is Sophia.

— Hello, friends! I’m Melanie.

— Hello! I’m Jackson.

— Welcome to our lesson! 

— We are happy to see you!

Today in the lesson we will:

● learn the definition of the term “articles”;

● talk about the indefinite articles a, an;

● learn new words and revise the old ones;

And

● put the knowledge into practice.

Let’s start our lesson!

Articles are the words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.

There are two types of articles:

Definite (определённый)

And

Indefinite (неопределённый).

The definite article is the word the.

The indefinite article has two forms: a and an.

And today we are going to talk about the indefinite articles a, an!

Let’s start!

The indefinite article “a” is used in front of singular countable nouns that begin with a consonant (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y or z).

For example:

A dog

A frog

As you can see, the word DOG begins with the consonant D and the word FROG begins with the consonant F. That’s why we need to use the article A in front of them.

The indefinite article “an” is used in front of singular countable nouns that begin with a vowel (a, e, i, o or u).

For example:

An apple

An egg

As you can see, the word APPLE begins with the vowel A and the word EGG begins with the vowel E. That’s why we need to use the article AN in front of them.

Now look at the screen, boys and girls!

This is Jessica.

Listen to her, please!

Hello, everyone!

My name is Jessica.

I’m at school now.

My school is very big.

There are five floors in it.

And this is the second floor.

Now look at this door, please!

There is my classroom behind it.

Let’s go inside!

Now look at my desk, please!

There are lots of different objects on it.

This is my schoolbag.

This is my notebook.

And this is my book.

You can also see my pen, my pencil and my ruler on the desk.

Now look! This is my rubber.

And this is my glue.

I’ve also got my atlas, my umbrella, one apple and one orange on the desk.

Schoolbag

The translation is:

Школьный рюкзак, портфель

Listen and repeat after me!

Schoolbag

Notebook

It’s translated as:

Тетрадь

Listen and repeat after me!

Notebook

Book

Книга

Listen and repeat after me!

Book

Pen

Ручка

Listen and repeat after me!

Pen

Pencil

Карандаш

Listen and repeat after me!

Pencil

Ruler

Линейка

Listen and repeat after me!

Ruler

Rubber

Ластик

Listen and repeat after me!

Rubber

Glue

Клей

Listen and repeat after me!

Glue

Atlas

Атлас

Listen and repeat after me!

Atlas

Umbrella

Зонт

Listen and repeat after me!

Umbrella

Apple

Яблоко

Listen and repeat after me!

Apple

Orange

Апельсин

Listen and repeat after me!

Orange

Now look, boys and girls!

Jessica looks sad.

She needs your help!

Help Jessica to:

Write the indefinite article “a” or “an” in front of the following objects!

And the objects are:

Atlas

Schoolbag

Pencil

Ruler

Pen

Apple

Check yourselves!

The right answers are:

An atlas

A schoolbag

A pencil

A ruler

A pen

An apple

Let’s continue!

The following objects are:

Rubber

Notebook

Umbrella

Orange

Glue

Book

Let’s check!

The right answers are:

A rubber

A notebook

An umbrella

An orange

A glue

A book

Well done, boys and girls!

Now…

Help Jessica to:

Complete the dialogues using the indefinite article “a” or “an”!

The first dialogue is:

— Christopher, what’s this?

— Oh, this is … table.

Let’s check!

The right answer is:

A

The second dialogue is:

— Michael, would you like … orange juice?

— Oh, sure!

Check yourselves!

The right answer is:

An

The following dialogue is:

— Olivia, who’s this?

— This is … elephant, Kate!

Let’s check!

The right answer is:

An

The fourth dialogue is:

— Bobby, look! I’ve got … car.

— Oh, wow! It’s really beautiful!

Check yourselves!

The right answer is:

A

The fifth dialogue is:

— Jason, wow! There’s … owl in your room!

— Oh, yes! This is Winky.

Let’s check!

The right answer is:

An

And the last dialogue is:

— Wendy, would you like … cup of tea?

— Oh, yes, please!

Check yourselves!

The right answer is:

A

Well done, boys and girls!

Now look, everyone!

Jessica looks happy.

Thank you for your help, boys and girls!

I really appreciate that!

— Now it’s time to say goodbye to everyone.

— Goodbye, friends!

— Goodbye, boys and girls!

— Goodbye!