ConsonantorVowel?Sortthelettersofthealphabetintotwogroups:consonantsandvowels.aConsonantsVowelsbcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaeioubcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzSorttheWords!teacherjumperlaptopbookyoghurteggappleotterumbrellaicicleWordsstartingwithaconsonantWordsstartingwithavowel‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’?

orange

envelope

rabbit

house

pencil

appleUsually,weput‘a(chǎn)’beforewordsthatstartwithaconsonantand‘a(chǎn)n’beforewordsthatstartwithavowel.anananaaa‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’?Trythesesentences–shoulditbe‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’?Tomorrow,Iamgoingto

party.HumptyDumptywas

egg.Ialwayshave

umbrellainmybagin

caseitrains.Thedogwason

lead.Youcanmake

houseoutofsnow,

whichiscalled

igloo.ananaanaa‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’?Whichsoundscorrect?Itwasaunique

painting.Itwasanunique

painting.Although‘unique’startswithavowel,theletter‘u’makesthe‘y’sound,so‘a(chǎn)’isusedinsteadof‘a(chǎn)n’.‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’?Whichsoundscorrect?Itwasahonest

mistake.Itwasanhonest

mistake.Although‘honest’startswithaconsonant,theletter‘h’makestheshort‘o’sound,so‘a(chǎn)n’isusedinsteadof‘a(chǎn)’.‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’?Listentothesoundatthestartoftheunderlinedword.

Doesitmakeavowelsoundoraconsonantsound?Ittookhourtogettothezoo.Ihavetowear

uniformtoschool.Weflewto

universefar,faraway.Iwouldlovetorideonunicorn.Thekingwanted

heirtothethrone.Itwas

honourtomeettheQueen.aaaananan1anavocado×Canyoudecidewhether‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’shouldgobeforethesewords?

Clickonthehotspotstoseewhetheryouarecorrect.2anonion×34atomato×anorange×5anapple×6apaperbag×7anut×8apear×9alemon×10alightבa(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’HuntWithapartner,collectfiveobjectsfromtheclassroom.Writealabelforeachobjectadding‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’infrontoftheword.Readthemaloud–doesitsoundright?Joinupwithanotherpairandputyourobjectsintotwogroups-thosethatuse‘a(chǎn)’andthosethatuse‘a(chǎn)n’.SpintheWheel!Spinthewheeltoselectaword.Onyourwhiteboards,writeasentenceusingthewordwiththecorrectchoiceof‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’.Makeyoursentenceasinterestingasyoucan!Wouldyouuse‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’beforetheword?SpinAnAdventureToaLostWorldCanyouspotthe‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’mistakesinthefollowingpassage?Thewaveslappedgentlyagainstthesideoftheboat,asayoungboyandhisfaithfuldogarrivedattheshoreofansmall,desertedisland.Itwasaislandsosmall,thattheboycouldseerightovertotheothersidefromwherehesat.Jumpingoutoftheboatintotheshallowwater,

hisfootlandedonansharpshell.“Ouch!”heyelped,startlinghisdog,whowassleeping

onaenormousblanketatoneendoftheboat.Stretchingtowakehimselfup,thedoglookedattheboy

sleepily,beforejumpingintotheclear,blue,sea.Theypaddledtotheshoreandlookedaroundattheisland.Inthecentrewasanhugepalmtreeashighasatenstoreybuildingandsurroundingitwasancollectionofeverytypeoffruittreeimaginable.Hungryfromtheirjourneyacrossthesea,theboybegantoravenouslyeatthedifferentfruitsonoffer.Hestartedwithaapple,abanana,aorangeandawholebunchofjuicygrapes,whilehisdoglookedon,anlookofjealousyonhisface.Canyouspotthe‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’mistakesinthefollowingpassage?Thewaveslappedgentlyagainstthesideoftheboat,asayoungboyandhisfaithfuldogarrivedattheshoreofansmall,desertedisland.Itwasaislandsosmall,thattheboycouldseerightovertotheothersidefromwherehesat.Jumpingoutoftheboatintotheshallowwater,

hisfootlandedonansharpshell.“Ouch!”heyelped,startlinghisdog,whowassleeping

onaenormousblanketatoneendoftheboat.Stretchingtowakehimselfup,thedoglookedattheboy

sleepily,beforejumpingintotheclear,blue,sea.Theypaddledtotheshoreandlookedaroundattheisland.Inthecentrewasanhugepalmtreeashighasatenstoreybuildingandsurroundingitwasancollectionofeverytypeoffruittreeimaginable.Hungryfromtheirjourneyacrossthesea,theboybegantoravenouslyeatthedifferentfruitsonoffer.Hestartedwith

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apple,abanana,aorangeandawholebunchofjuicygrapes,whilehisdoglookedon,anlookofjealousyonhisface.‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’WordSearchStartTime’sup!‘a(chǎn)’‘a(chǎn)n’Completethetableonyourwhiteboard.Howmanywordscanyouthinkofintwominutesthatwordneed‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’beforethem?Whatisdifferentabouttheseexamples?The,theDefiniteArticleWeuse‘the’,thedefinitearticle,toshowpeoplewhatwearetalkingaboutspecifically.thebookTheenormouselephanttheicecreamSeehowadding‘the’changestheseexamples…The,theDefiniteArticleanorangeAbookateachertheorangethebooktheteacherWhatdoweknowaboutusing‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’?Weuse‘a(chǎn)’whenthenextwordstartswithaconsonantsound.Weuse‘a(chǎn)n’whenthenextwordstartswithavowelsound.Sayitaloud-doesitsoundright?Itwasauniquepaintingofanhonestgirlridingaunicornwhileeatinganapple.‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’QuickQuizTakeaquiztoseeifyouareanexpert!Whichiscorrect?aicecreamanicecream‘a(chǎn)’or‘a(chǎn)n’QuickQuizTakeaquiztoseeifyouareanexpert!Whichiscorrect?ancaterpillar