When to use A and AN | Grammar Lesson (PART 1) Indefinite Articles
Vložit
- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- We are learning how & when to use A and AN - the indefinite articles in English grammar! I’ve got 4 simple rules you must learn plus, some pronunciation practice so you use A & AN naturally when you speak!
As always, I’ve included a practice QUIZ at the end 🤓📚☑️💡🤩 to test yourself and help you review what you learned in this lesson!
This lesson is PART 1 of a series of lessons, where I’ll teach you everything you need to know about English articles so you can stop making grammar mistakes! PART 2 is all about the definite article (the) and when to not use an article at all!
Make sure you subscribe to mmmEnglish (& turn notifications on 🔔)so I can let you know when that lesson is ready for you!
Plus, in PART 2 you will be able to download the complete articles worksheet I’ve created for you 📝to practise using English articles accurately!
--------- TIMESTAMPS ---------
0:00 Introduction
01:38 Indefinite article grammar
05:33 How to pronounce A and AN
06:01 A/AN with singular countable nouns
07:56 A/AN to introduce a noun
09:55 A/AN with non-specific nouns
11:41 A/AN with jobs and job titles
13:25 Common mistakes
14:48 Indefinite Article Quiz
#mmmEnglish #HowToUseEnglishArticles #IndefiniteArticles #EnglishArticles #ArticlesInEnglish #EnglishSpeakingPractice #EnglishGrammar #ArticlesEnglishGrammar #EnglishLearning #CZcamsTeacher #EnglishWithEmma
Read the full transcript of this lesson on my blog here:
www.mmmenglish.com/2022/03/29...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN🙋🏻♀️ with intermediate to advanced English but you have difficulty SPEAKING English, then check out Hey Lady!
💃 Hey Lady! is an online community (created by Emma) connecting women to practise and improve their English for work, travel and daily life.
⚡️Overcome your fear of speaking forever!
⚡️Build your confidence in a judgement-free women-only space
⚡️Meet motivated speaking partners and practise in real conversations
⚡️Be prepared for job interviews, meetings and presentations
⚡️Feel good, sound good and above all.. 😍 ENJOY speaking English!
✨More than 8000 women have followed the Hey Lady! Way to transform their English and their lives in less than 3 months!
🌈 WANT TO TRY IT? Get your first month for $15 and experience the difference!
Learn more 👉🏼 mmm.heylady.io/how-it-works
Use code👉🏼 TRYNOW15
7-Day money back guarantee
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Take your English skills to the next level:
📚🤓🚀 mmmEnglish Courses 📚🤓🚀
Explore Self-Study English courses here: bit.ly/mmmEnglishCourses
Or read more below 👀
Prepositions are one of the most frustrating parts about English - but they don’t have to be! I’ve created a course that will help you to master the most common English prepositions - I’ll teach you how to use them in context, study how they are used and (importantly) I’ll help you to practise using them! This course includes grammar lessons PLUS imitation practice (so you get to practise your pronunciation with me too!)
Explore our prepositions course here: bit.ly/prepositions8x8
👄 Love mmmEnglish imitation lessons?
Get HOURS of practice with Emma and complete our imitation training courses! Practise your pronunciation & natural English expressions by imitating a native English speaker. mmmEnglish imitation courses available now: bit.ly/mmmEnglishImitationCourse
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other English Language Tools I recommend!
⭐️Grammarly Grammar Checker: 🤓 Grammarly helps you to see the errors in your writing and your English Grammar by making suggestions and improvements to your writing!
Try it for FREE! www.grammarly.com/mmmenglish
⭐️Audible 👂📚 Listen to audiobooks to improve your English listening skills (AND your pronunciation!) Listen to thousands of books (all of your favourites are available) Plus…
You can try Audible for yourself - get your first audio book absolutely FREE! www.audibletrial.com/mmmEnglish
Cancel your subscription at any time (but keep your free book forever!)
mmmEnglish earns a small commission from affiliates mentioned above. We only promote products and services that we genuinely believe will support our students on their English-learning journey. ❤️ Thank you for your support!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Connect with mmmEnglish Website & Social Media:
🟡Website: bit.ly/mmmEnglish
🟢Facebook: bit.ly/mmmEnglishFB
🔵Instagram: bit.ly/mmmEnglishInsta
👏👏👏 Show your support for Emma & mmmEnglish by subscribing to our channel, liking videos 👍 and commenting to let us know! We love hearing from our students! ❤️
SUBSCRIBE TO MMMENGLISH HERE ➡️ bit.ly/Subscribe2mmmEnglish
Hi, Emma! You see, I have been studying English for almost 40 years and I just realised my understanding was not correct about application of 'A/AN' articles. Thank you so much!!! BTW, I loved your hair cut, simply amazing!!!!
It's a wonderful thing to continue learning and improving! I enjoyed reading your comment, thank you Claudio!
@@mmmEnglish_Emma xwx
@@mmmEnglish_Emma you are awesome emma
@@mmmEnglish_Emma hi emma you're so beautiful! Wish i am your BF.
@@mmmEnglish_Emma
Help me mmmmm English
When I say
This is a car
This specific car.. Because I select it..
Best English teacher 👩🏫
It will be difficult to make mistakes after such precise explanations !!! Many thanks Emma
Hello, Emma. Nice to see you again. You have no idea how useful your lessons are to me. I feel so confident with my English.
Hearing Emma gives me more knowledge of English. I can't give up hear again and again 👍
Hi Emma, I discovered your channel only a month ago !!!!
Now I'm gobbling up your videos.....
You speak so clear. Very helpful and useful for my listening skill.
You are an intelligent woman, an amazing teacher. Thank you so much for the lessons. 🥰🥰
Hello Emma, thank you for your valuable lesson! You are my best on-line teacher. Now watching your videos is my MUST DO THING everyday.
Thank you Emma for such a valuable lesson 😊❤️
Emma I’m an Engineer from Mexico, the Amigo country, let me tell you you are simply the best English teacher in the World, thank you and keep this awesome job. Mauricio
Hi Emma. Thank you so much for explaining to us the proper usage of Articles. Definite and Indefinite plus the pronunciation.
Another fun-loving English lesson with an amazing personality Emma:-)😘🌸🍀
Hello Emma! i'm so thankful for the lessons you've made on your channel, it really helps Thanks and God bless!
Ima be honest caseoh is an overall chill guy and he isn’t really rude, definitely would be a great friend.
Btw I love his cats and their names 😂
Dear Emma, thanks for sharing the brilliant lesson. your lesson always encourages me to keep moving on
Another wonderful lesson by a lovely teacher! I can't thank you enough Emma for all the useful lessons that you provide for free. Thank you and take care of yourself!
Thank you for your message! I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson!
Mam lke ur style . Could u tell me about mrror . Mean basclly use a mrror for mprove enls . You are cute mam .
💓😘
@@mmmEnglish_EmmaI was practicing english an hour ago.
Thanks Emma for the new lesson. I really love it.
Emma, you are the best English teacher❤👍
Emma you are a super teacher
Smart young and most of all
You are A beautiful.Lady too
Thank you so much for sharing priceless information with us.
Your speaking is so good I love it
Thank you so much dear Emma! This lesson was very useful for me. You’re the best 💖
Want more videos like this....that's lit as well.... Love from Bangladesh
Excellent, I am studying for B2 first and you are always so helpful, your videos are one of the best contexts out there. :)
Hi Emma you are really a great teacher thank you for teaching us even my English was not really good . God Blessed you
Super, excellent teacher 🥰👍e🎉🎉
thank you emma, I have an english test tomorrow you helped me a lot
Best of luck!
beautiful teacher, I really apreciate it . your lessons are amazing. I am really into watching movies on you tobe channel. I learn many things from you. Greetings from Ecuador. 😊😊😊😊😊
Emma, thank you so much! Your videos are always useful 💥👍😊🌹
Hi emma teacher you teach excerlently in grammars this is help us to brightness one .
A great teacher as always
❤️❤️
You are a good english teacher, love from morocco.
Hi Emma ! Thank you very much for this wonderful lesson !
Perfect time for me to watch this video , because my students are going to write their board exams . It's helping me to teach them about articles ☺️ thank you Emma
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Thank you very, Emma, for your wonderful lesson on the use of indefinite articles. Keep up your good work.
Kind regards and stay safe.
Even with English as my native language, it is always so interesting to learn about English grammar and all the rules that go unspoken that you just learn over time. Like I know some words sound right with 'a' and some words sound right with 'an' but until now I would not have been able to explain why. I remember being about thirteen and being blown away when I learned that English has 13 tenses. Like once I thought about it, it made sense, but before that I just assumed there was only past, present, and future. My favorite was the past-future tense, such as "He will have been to the store." It also made a lot more sense why people find English so confusing to learn. A number of languages don't even have three tenses, so I can see how 13 would probably feel like overkill to a lot of people.
Looking forward for more interesting Lessons with you, Emma…Awesome 🥰
Tiny but super important indeed! 👏
Emma, your class is an enjoyable may God bless you
Hi Emma, thank you very much for the amazing lesson! 🙋♂️👍
Articles are very small itself, but the topic about articles is really HUGE! 😬😃
I started learning rules about them being in elementary school, and still haven't remembered all the exceptions 😝 🤷♂️
Wish the whole community only the best! 😊🙌
Let's boost our English speaking skills together! 💪🤩
What a lovely comment Dennis! Thanks for sharing and for sending out the positive vibes to the English learning community!
Thank you Emma! I was reminded again the proper use of a and an.
👏👏👏👏
Hi Emma. I love your teaching skills. Keep doing it. You are good at it.
Look who is back!!!
Finally a new lesson💙💙
Excellent rules explained by mam Emma
Thank you 🙂
Have recommended this to my uni-level ESL students. Thank you!
Thank you 😍
Thank you so much Emma! 🌺Your lesson was clear as usual👍 always learning something new from you. I love your accent🥰
Thank you so much Emma. Excellent as usual
Hi emma mam, I am from maharashtra india. You are the greatest teacher in the world. My all doubts cleared now. Thank you very much😊🙏
You are great Emma! What a lovely teacher you are! I supposed myself unable to listen native speaker's pronunciation and correct usage of grammar. Now,I listen your pronunciation as well as improving the usage of grammar. I need to learn English more than I could. After now, I will ask you some questions as your student, if you are voluntary to answer. Thank you Emma for your contribution to me.
I'm glad you enjoyed this lesson, Elias!
Hi Emma, I am from India. I myself work as an English trainer. Your videos are incredible. I am already a fan. I am waiting for the definite article episode. Thank you.
Greetings from my country Dominican Republic, my teacher recommended you to me 💯✌🏻
Learning English is very asy...when a teacher (hardworking &good looking) like you ...
Good afternoon, Emma. Thank you very much. The lesson was shot, but includes a lot of information.
As a native speaker of American English, not Australian English, I find it interesting, and even helpful, to learn about the underlying patterns (rules) that I would not otherwise be aware of.
I'm an Australian English native speaker and I realize some patterns make no sense.
กายเท่ง CK Onle2eo_-)
Hi. Perfect lesson with interesting rules. Thank you.
Thank you ❤️
You are the best teacher ( the for superlative degree of adjectives)
Thank you, Emma. I feel like going back to the English classroom. You sound like a British not American. Stay safe, and healthy!
I'm actually Australian. In Australia, we use British English and I have an Australian accent 😀
Thank you, Emma.
Stay safe, healthy!
Cheers!
Steve
Toronto
Good morning Teacher Emma. I like your lessons
Thanks for your help from an italian living in the UK! You are very nice and a great teacher ! Cheers!
It's great Emma! 👍🏻Thank you! 🙌🏻
It's *great* you think so, Helga!
Great! 😄
@@mmmEnglish_Emma ha haa, yes, that's right, Emma! Thanks for this! 😉
Why we can't use the with the tub of ice cream, it was my kitchen, though
Emma, you're an excellent teacher! You're "the" english teacher!
As I am busier nowadays, I might watch your lessons later... however, you already made a lesson about articles but thanks for this new one!
Hi Emma 👋 Thank you so much for making videos about articles.
My native language is Ukrainian and we don't use articles before nouns at all.
So sometimes I really struggle with using articles in English.
However, I'm pretty sure that after these two videos I won't have that problem any more ☺
Thank you 😊
You are sumply wonderful !
Thank you for good explanation of how to use indefinite articles and definite article
I have never seen such a nice teacher like u !!! U r the best
Emma ,now I have became biggest fan of your lessons you teach regularly. They are amazing in my point of view.
Thanks Anoop! See you again for the next one!
Good morning beautiful teacher 🌹, thanks for the lesson
Thank you!
Super teacher, you are simply the best. Thanks for all your endless efforts.
Thank you Emma ..I love you
A really good lesson. O, and your smile is infectious. Thanks, you are there. 👍🤓✌
Thank you Emma for this beautiful lesson. It is really useful and well explained, as usual and thanks to your videos we improve our English skills.
It's wonderful to hear you say that, Gabriella! I'm glad this lesson is helping you to improve
Thank you for your help! You are THE best teacher in the world!
hehee 😊 that's next week's lesson 😉
Thanks Luisa! I’m so glad you’re enjoying my lessons!
So happy learn English with Emma🥰
So happy to have you watching Irmayanti!
Whoever,d like to learn a quick- Eng language, they should move up to the channel of the Eng teacher, Emma.
Huge thanks to you Emma from Ahmed Al-Nahdi, Hadhramaut governorate, Aden.❤
Hi Emma in my English class we watch your videos and my class loves you videos.
That's so great to hear! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much, very informative and practical lessons :)
Thank you very much. I appreciate your way of teaching.
Hello Emma mam.I find this lesson Usage of I" Indefinite Articles " is very usful n quite interesting.
Thank you so much mam.❤️❤️👍😀😀🙏🙏🙏
E encantan tus clases, eres increíble, estupenda profesora. Mil gracias por tu ayuda. I love your classes, you are incredible, great teacher. Thank you very much for your help.
Wonderful lesson . I'm a pilot
Have a wonderful day! 📚
Thank you..Emma👍👍
Hi Libyan, greetings from Ireland. Hope your english is going well. Best wishes for a lovely day 😊🙏 Michael
Hi, Emma!! I am from Argentina. This explanation was excelent!! Thanks! ❤❤❤
Thank you very much
Thank you miss Emma you're a great teacher greetings from Mexico
Thank you! 😃
Very good explanation Emma 👌. Thank you !
Thank a.lots.
Nicely explained use of a and an by you Emma, thank you.
Good morning, Emma!
This week's lesson is very interesting because we don't have a concept of articles in our language (Japanese) and I often get confused about how to use them properly.
So I look forward to the next lesson too!
(Is how to use "the" in the above sentence correct?)
Yes it is! 👏 Great job!
thank you for the lesson, and I must say that all good things should not come to an end.
Excellent lesson Emma.
As a native English speaker, we use these correctly all the time because it sounds funny to use them in the wrong context. But I never knew the consonant or vowel was the driver for which one we use. I doubt were taught that in school, just learned it by use and memory.
So true Neil! It's amazing the elements of the English language that a native speaker wasn't specifically taught but does when communicating!
Hii Ema I'm very interesting with your lesson. I hope can learn the English language with this Chanel.
Thanks Emma you are always very good. Hello
😊 hi!
I adore you . You are my favorite teacher😍
*_Well hey there, dear Emma! 💘💘💘_*
*_Love from Melbourne where I am to start a new auto racing season! Our first race is gonna take place at Albert_* *_Park! Do you really know where it is? Hopefully, you know it exactly!_*
*_And I just can't help to thank you for your previous lesson about phrasal verbs! That was fantastic and PDF is_* *_extremely helpful to me! Learn it every day several times!_*
*_Undoubtedly, a huge gratitude for this today's video! For all that I know much about English articles, I'm happy to_* *_watch your video in any case! And I'm looking forward to the second part of that by far!_*
*_I'd like to wish you Emma and your family being healthy, feel well and best of luck! Always with you together!👍💖_*
Thanks Daddy Dave! Good luck with your racing career! It sounds fun!
I used to live in an apartment on Queens Rd - I know it well!
Glad you enjoyed the worksheet 😊
@@mmmEnglish_Emma
Ooh!.. Thanks again Emma! ...so cute!❤
Thank you a lot for sending me your luck! I really need it precisely so that to feel some support and if you say kind words to me here, I'll be really lucky man! You're Blessed!
@@mmmEnglish_Emma
Wow!.. That sounds unimaginably Emma! Did you really use to live on the Queens Road street ever??? I just can't believe my eyes! OMG!!!.. That's near the Albert Park raceway! It's literally closely to turns 3-6 where we're braking after a pretty long straight. There's also a big car parking and the Victoria state's Cricket Federation there, right?! And you know it by far that this street raceway is around the Albert lake. The lake is surrounded by the track, yeah?!
Given that you've told me Emma, I'll be loving you far more than it was earlier from now on! Because it's one of my fave racing tracks where I won eight times in my AutoGP career! And I took two victories when I participated in the V8 Supercars Championship! That was fantastic period of my life! And you know this raceway well?! I'm flattered a lot!
Thanks my dearest coach Emma for your being and of course, your valuable maintenance, it's extremely important to me! 💖💖💖
All the best .. 🕯🕯🕯
Really you make me better.. Thank you Emma i am from sudan 🇸🇩
Emma, honestly, you really are an amazing teacher, meaning that your lovely patience with your students (myself included) is your beautifully developed strength, let alone your blessed smile. As a confident Dutch-, French-, German- and Englophone I rate your insights are highly informative and enjoyable, learning is such a gift to our soul, thank you so much and may you prosper in all you undertake, Love, M
Wow, this is a lovely compliment. I get great joy out of teaching my students, so I'm glad you appreciate my lessons and find them helpful!