Articles: a / an / the

The definite and indefinite article

• You use a before consonants and an before vowels and mute h.
• a cat, an animal
• You use a / an the first time you talk about something, then you use the.
• I've got two cats, a black cat and a white cat.
• The black cat's name is Snowy and the white cat's name is Sooty

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with a, an, the.

• It's _______ beautiful house.
• You haven't got _______ dog.
• Where's _______ cat?
• Our town's got _______ excellent restaurant.
• This is _______ interesting dictionary.
• He's got _______ sister and _______ brother.

Exercise 2

Complete the sentences with a, an, the.

• This is _______ excellent film.
• What is _______ title of that book?
• Katie is _______ good friend.
• Autumn is _______ beautiful time of year.
• Sydney isn't _______ capital of Australia.
• There isn't _______ unique answer to that question.