A or An Worksheet

Lesson Overview

About this worksheet

A and an are the same word doing the same job, and which one a writer needs is decided entirely by the sound that follows. That makes it a listening rule before it is a spelling rule, which is why it can be taught before a child reads.

Every picture on this worksheet names itself out loud. Section A is five pictures with a short answer line; Section B is a cut-and-paste sort with four tiles for each box. No picture on the sheet has a second common name that would change the answer — an ant was cut from it because a child who says bug would need the other box.

The answer key on page three names every picture beside the word it takes, and lists the four tiles that belong in each box.

How to Use This Lesson

Print the worksheet. The rule and the word bank are on page one.

Say each picture out loud together and listen to the first sound.

For Section B, cut the tiles apart along the dashed lines first.

Check the answers against page three.

Printable Resource

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