Articles “a/an”
We use “a” when the noun starts with a consonant sound.
![dog](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/ENGL100/unit04/4-1g1.jpg)
a dog
![house](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/ENGL100/unit04/4-1g2.jpg)
a house
![church](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/ENGL100/unit04/4-1g3.jpg)
a church
We use “an” when the noun starts with a vowel sound.
![apple](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/ENGL100/unit04/4-1g4.jpg)
an apple
![umbrella](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/ENGL100/unit04/4-1g5.jpg)
an umbrella
![egg](https://s3.amazonaws.com/smrtenglish.com/core/ENGL100/unit04/4-1g6.jpg)
an egg
Exceptions
- When the “u” sounds like a “y”.
- a university
- a UFO
- a unicorn
- When consonants have a vowel sound.
- an MBA
Plural nouns
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