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Use A with things that you can count.What is the difference between these two sentences?. A car is used to mean ANY one car1. The car is used for a car you are thinking of.. You can use

Use A with one thing Use A with things that you can count.

What is the difference between these two sentences?

1 A car

2 The car

A car is used to mean ANY one car

The car is used for a car you are thinking of Where is the car that was near my house?

You can use “The” for more than one thing The ducks swim in the river

You cannot use “A” for more than one thing I wish I had a duck for a pet

Which is it? A or The?

_ people over there are our neighbors

Who wants a piece of chocolate? boy standing here

I am hungry I wish I had _ sandwich

I love to walk to river

Will you give me red book?

Help me carry _ shopping bags

For breakfast I always drink cup of coffee

I need new chair

man standing over there is my husband

I need vacation

Can you cook dinner? _ kids are hungry

An means the same as A You use An when the next word begins with some sounds If a word begins with the letters A, E, I, O, U and sometimes H, we use An not A

An apple

A banana

Which should you use? A or An?

cat

chair

_ orange dress

_ bed

_ idea

_ blue eye

_ book

umbrella

animal

green apple

ESL teacher (English as a second language)