181 Articles: indefinite articles (a/an) English ESL workshe… - Free Printable

This is a grammar exercise focused on choosing the correct indefinite article — "a" or "an" — before each noun. The rule is:

- Use "a" before words that start with a consonant sound.
- Use "an" before words that start with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u).

Let’s go through each word and determine whether it should be preceded by "a" or "an", based on the sound of the first letter, not just the spelling.

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Step-by-step analysis:

1. orange
- Starts with "o", which is a vowel sound → an orange

2. frog
- Starts with "f", a consonant sound → a frog

3. dog
- Starts with "d", a consonant sound → a dog

4. cat
- Starts with "c", a consonant sound → a cat

5. ice cream
- "Ice" starts with a vowel sound ("i") → an ice cream

6. shoe
- Starts with "sh", which is a consonant sound → a shoe

7. goat
- Starts with "g", a consonant sound → a goat

8. umbrella
- Starts with "u", a vowel sound → an umbrella

9. bed
- Starts with "b", a consonant sound → a bed

10. elephant
- Starts with "e", a vowel sound → an elephant

11. fish
- Starts with "f", a consonant sound → a fish

12. apple
- Starts with "a", a vowel sound → an apple

13. spider
- Starts with "s", a consonant sound → a spider

14. duck
- Starts with "d", a consonant sound → a duck

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Final Answers:

| Word | Correct Article |
|--------------|------------------|
| orange | an |
| frog | a |
| dog | a |
| cat | a |
| ice cream | an |
| shoe | a |
| goat | a |
| umbrella | an |
| bed | a |
| elephant | an |
| fish | a |
| apple | an |
| spider | a |
| duck | a |

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Visual Matching:

The images on the left and right are just illustrations to help identify the nouns. For example:
- The orange image matches “orange”
- The frog image matches “frog”
- And so on.

So, fill in the blanks accordingly:

```
an orange
a frog
a dog
a cat
an ice cream
a shoe
a goat
an umbrella
a bed
an elephant
a fish
an apple
a spider
a duck
```

✔ This completes the task correctly!