/蓹/ ES
/e瑟/ MX
Translation
Used before a word that starts with a consonant sound, to talk about one person or thing that is not a special or known one.
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Examples
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"A" tells you it was one dog, not a special one you knew about.
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"A" goes before the job to say what kind of person she is.
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"A" means any one glass, not a particular one.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(38)A Little Thing
1 min read 路 Core 1000
A Day Together
2 min read 路 Core 1000
The First Day
2 min read 路 Core 1000
The New House
2 min read 路 Core 1000
A Day at the Farm
3 min read 路 Core 1000
A Rainy Afternoon
3 min read 路 Core 1000
At the Doctor
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Cooking Together
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The First Day at Work
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Market Day
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Market Morning
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Sports Day
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Journey
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Late Bus
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The New Neighbour
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Phone Call
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read 路 Core 1000
The Surprise Party
3 min read 路 Core 1000
Before the Doors Open
4 min read 路 Core 5000
One Sheep Short
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Boat in the Garden
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Broken Window
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Letter She Never Sent
4 min read 路 Core 5000
The Long Way Home
4 min read 路 Core 1000
Two Gardens
4 min read 路 Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read 路 Core 1000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Night Route
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read 路 Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read 路 Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read 路 Core 5000
Grammar articles
(79)English adjective order: opinion, size, age, shape, colour
Adverb position in English: before or after the verb?
Advanced English articles: zero article and the with places
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
As vs like in English: the difference, with examples
Both, either and neither in English: rules and examples
British vs American English Grammar: got, gotten and more
Have something done and get something done in English
Cleft sentences in English: it-clefts and wh-clefts
Comparatives and superlatives in English: rules and chart
Compound nouns in English: is car park one word or two?
Conditional sentences in English: zero, first, second, third
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: rules and list
This, that, these and those in English: chart and examples
Discourse Markers in English: well, anyway, actually
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining and there is
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, so do I
Emphasis in English: emphatic do, my own and the very
For, since, already, yet and still in English, with examples
Future continuous and future perfect in English: examples
Future in the past in English: was going to, would, about to
Future tense in English: will vs going to, with examples
Gerund and infinitive in English: verb lists and rules
Gradable and ungradable adjectives in English, with examples
English Grammar Test: 30 Questions with Answers (A2-B2)
English greetings and survival phrases for beginners
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish
Indirect Questions in English: Word Order and Examples
English Question Words and Interrogative Pronouns
Inversion and subject-verb-object word order in English
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Linking Words in English: although, despite, however
Mixed conditionals in English: rules, examples and exercises
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Modals of deduction in English: must, might, could, can't
Nominalisation in English: turning verbs into nouns
Numbers in English: how to say, write and spell them
Participle clauses in English: -ing, -ed and having done
Advanced passive in English: get-passive, it is said that
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past continuous in English: was/were + -ing, with examples
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have
Past perfect in English: had + past participle, examples
Past simple in English: rules, -ed spelling and examples
Phrasal-prepositional verbs in English: 16 with examples
100 Common Phrasal Verbs in English, with Examples
English phrasal verbs exercises with answers: 80 questions
Phrasal verbs with come in English: 13 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with get in English: 16 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with go in English: 14 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with look in English: 12 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with put in English: 13 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with take in English: 12 meanings, examples
Phrasal Verbs in English: Meaning, Rules and Examples
My, your, his, her: possessives in English (chart)
Prepositions in English: in, on, at and more, with examples
Present continuous in English: am/is/are + -ing, examples
Present perfect continuous in English: have been + -ing
Present perfect in English: rules, for and since, examples
Present simple in English: rules, -s ending and examples
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many, few, little
Question tags in English: rules, examples and aren't I
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English, with examples
Relative clauses in English: defining and non-defining
Reported speech in English: backshift table and examples
Reporting verbs in English: a list of patterns and examples
Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs in English: rules
English Slang and Informal Words: What Real People Say
So, such, too and enough in English: rules and examples
The subjunctive in English: if I were you, I suggest he go
The 12 English tenses: one chart with forms and examples
There is and there are in English: rules and examples
Time clauses in English: when, while, until, as soon as
To be in English: am, is and are (chart and examples)
Used to, would and be used to in English: past habits
Verb patterns with objects in English: want, make, let, see
I wish and if only in English: grammar rules and examples
Prefixes in English: un-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-, mis- rules
Suffixes in English: word building with -ness, -ful, -ly
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 2: The first words.