INDEFINITE ARTICLES – “a” or “an”?

GRAMMAR RULES
1. “A” goes before nouns starting with a consonant (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n,
p, etc…)
2. “An” goes before nouns starting with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)

EXCEPTIONS
1. Certain “H” words - use “an” where the “h” is not pronounced.
2. Certain “U” words – use “a” where the start of the word is pronounced
“you”

______an_____ hour ___an_______ igloo

___a__university ____an___ icecream

_a___ European ___an___ honorable

country man

______a____ school _____a___ helicopter

_____a_____ unicorn _____a____ dinosaur

_____an____ orange _____a______ house

_an____ honest girl __a_________

umbrella

_______an___ apple
_an air-conditioner

____a____ ukulele ___an___ egg

____an___ ace of _____a____ Union

spades Jack

_____a____ uniform _____a__ xylophone