Fill in the blanks with a or an. This articles worksheet is helpful for students of classes 3 and 4.

Use a before a consonant sound and an before a vowel sound.

1. I met ………………… old man in the store.

2. My sister is ………………….. doctor.

3. He met with ……………………. accident yesterday.

4. They cut the apple with …………………… knife.

5. He is ………………….. aspiring singer.

6. It was ……………………. wonderful experience.

7. I ate ………………….. orange in the morning.

8. There is ……………………… hospital at the end of this road.

9. He was riding ……………………. horse.

10. Harishchandra was ………………………. honest king.

11. The meeting lasted for …………………… hour.

12. She does not have ……………………. ticket.

13. India is ……………………… union of states.

14. He is …………………….. uncle of mine.

15. ………………………….. university is ………………….. institute of higher learning.

16. The doctor ordered …………………….. x-ray.

17. There is ……………………. zoo in this town.

18. The hen has laid ……………………. egg.

19. He owns …………………… yacht.

20. I ate ……………………. ice-cream.

21. Do you have …………………….. brother or sister?

22. I would like to buy ……………………. bigger car.

23. She was ………………………. ordinary woman with ……………………….. extraordinary dream.

24. It is going to be …………………….. long wait.

25. That was ……………………… brilliant idea.

Answers

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Notes

We use the article an with some words beginning with the letter h. Examples are: honest, hour etc.

• He is an honest officer. (The letter h is silent here; hence, we use the article an with it.)
• We waited for an hour or so.

We use the article a with some words beginning with the letters u and e. Examples: union, European

• I met a European on the bus.