🔤 Grammar A1-5: Articles
The fifth material of the Fleydo A1 grammar series, written for learners of about seven to ten. It teaches articles by ear, not by spelling: a and an both mean one, and the choice is made by the first sound of the very next word — which is why we say an old bike but a bike, an hour but a horse, a uniform but an umbrella. A dedicated section trains that ear with quiet letters (hour, island) and words that begin like you (uniform, unicorn, university), then a twelve-word sorting task makes the class decide out loud. The word the is introduced through a tiny tap-and-explain story where a rabbit is first a rabbit and afterwards the rabbit, so learners see the job of the: we both know which one. Practice is spread over four sets — eight easy a or an gaps, six items on the, eight harder items in real sentences and a six-item unhinted test — plus six errors to repair. Every answer explains itself in words simpler than the grammar being taught. Teacher notes give a 45-minute sequence, the ear-not-eye board move, what to do with a learner who is still leaving the word out, and the follow-up topics.
Lesson Plan
- The shape of the sentence as a picture: I have + a / an + the thing
- Four tap-to-hear model sentences, one with the tricky an hour
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- a + one thing that is new to us: a bike, a teacher
- an before an a e i o u sound, not before the letter: an egg, an old bike
- The sound decides: an hour, an island — but a uniform, a university
- the when there is only one: the sun, the moon, the sky
- the when we both know which one, and the second time we say it: I have a bike. The bike is red.
- No a or an with more than one thing: books, not “a books”
Prerequisites
हमारी कक्षाओं में शामिल हों!
हम मानते हैं कि सही प्रश्न सही उत्तर लाते हैं। चाहे आपके पास अपनी अंग्रेजी सीखने की यात्रा के बारे में कोई प्रश्न हो, हम हमेशा यहां हैं।
