How to Use "An" with Example Sentences


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Study Vocabulary Words an (indef. art.): used before a singular noun that starts with a vowel when referring to something; used in place of one when it comes before a word that starts with a vowel

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Used with nouns:

"She is eating an apple."
(apple, ice cream cone, egg, omelet, olive, onion bagel)

"An apple fell off the tree."
(apple, acorn)

"He has an apartment."
(apartment, automobile, appetite, electric guitar, umbrella)

"I want to see an elephant at the zoo."
(elephant, elk, antelope, armadillo, ostrich)

"I need an eraser."
(eraser, oven)

"She is an attorney."
(attorney, acrobat, engineer, actress, athlete, accountant, atheist, editor, illustrator, obstetrician)

Used with verbs:

"She is an actress."
(be: is/am/are, works as)

"He has an apartment in the city."
(has, owns, rents, lives in, resides in)

Used with adjectives:

"An elderly man lives next door."
(elderly, old)

"She is an excellent teacher."
(excellent, outstanding, organized)

"That is an ugly painting."
(ugly, unusual, extraordinary, interesting)


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