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A/an-indefinite article1.-Use a/an with singular nouns.
“It's a flower” “It's a girl”
2.-Use an with a noun beginning with a vowel ” a,e,i,o,u”
“It's an identity card”
“It's an umbrella”
3.-Use “a” with nouns beginning u when u= /ju:/
“It's a university/uniform”
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Regular plurals
SINGULAR PLURAL SPELLING
A BOOKA KEY
BOOKSKEYS
ADD -S
A WATCHA BOX
WATCHESBOXES
ADD -ES AFTER CH,SH,S,X
A COUNTRYA DICTIONARY
COUNTRIESDICTIONARIES
CONSONANT+Y= IES
A BOY BOYS VOWEL+Y=YS
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IRREGULAR PLURALS
l
SINGULAR PLURAL
A MAN (hombre) MEN /MEN/
A WOMAN (mujer) WOMEN /WIMIN/
A CHILD (hijo) CHILDREN
A PERSON (persona) PEOPLE
A LOUSE (piojo) LICE
A MOUSE (ratón) MICE
A FOOT (pie) FEET
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THIS-THAT-THESE-THOSE
1. Use this/these for things near you (here).
What's this?(esto) It's a ticket. These(estos) watches are
Japanese.
2. Use that/those for things which aren't near you (there)
That(ese,aquel) book is Italian. What are
those(esos,aquellos)? They're cars.
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This-that-these-those
This/That=singular (esto,esta,eso,esa)
These/those=plural (estos, estas, esos, esas, aquellos, aquellas)
This, that, these and those can be adjectives (this singer) or pronouns (what's this?).