A or AN?

A or AN? - Articles in English

When do you use app? When do you use an go get a piece of paper and a pen? I’ll be waiting for you. When you get back in your piece of paper. Make a table that looks like this. And these words put them where you think they should be. Should it be, ah this or and this. I’ll give you one minute. go. You think and this view sure. It’s not I really think. It’s that one. you’re probably wrong.

Fifteen seconds. Okay, let’s check your answers. Maybe you saw this and thought what that’s easy. Because, you learnt that an is four words beginning with vowels and app is four words beginning with consonants. Let’s start here umbrella starts with a vowel you put and write an umbrella that makes sense. Okay, well university that starts with the same letter. So, that goes here. Right, no, it goes over here. What the hell! right, it starts with a u. Same as umbrella. But, listen carefully.

You say University. You not anniversa t a university. So, yes it starts with a vowel. But, not a vowel sound and that’s the difference. You University it starts with a year sound, which is dead. Dinner a consonant. Okay, moving on hotel. It’s got a sound consonant sound. That’s fine. a hotel. but, in our we don’t pronounce the in our. It’s not hower. It’s our. Sounds like an app sound. And our got the idea.

Okay, last one, orange and orange now makes sense. It’s normal and one-way. Ah be careful maybe you want to change your answer. Now, one, one, on,e wah-wah-wah-wah. It starts with a work. A w sound which is a consonant. Ah one-way street. So, just remember it’s not if the word begins with a vowel. Its if it begins with a vowel sound. Ah, see in the next class bye.