If you are using a word with a silent ‘h’ such as ‘honourable’ or ‘honest’ then you have to use ‘an’. However with this rule there is one exception. ![]() If you use words and phrases such as ‘ball’, ‘glass of water’ or ‘cup of coffee’, then it would be “a ball”, “a glass of water” and “a cup of coffee”. When the word begins with a consonant you should use ‘a’. When the word begins with a vowel sound (a,e,i,o,u) then you should use ‘an’ as it sounds better and feels easier to say. There is one simple way of remembering this. So here are some great ways of remembering which one to use. ![]() My younger students especially stress themselves out trying to decide whether it’s “a apple” or “an apple”, and whether it’s “a umbrella” or “an umbrella”. Finding the difference between using ‘a’ and ‘an’ is something my students really struggle with.
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