Read and complete. a or an. 1 ... elephant. 2 ... bed. 3 ... armchair. 4 ... orange. 5 ... lamp.

1. an elephant. 2. a bed. 3. an armchair. 4. an orange. 5. a lamp.

There are two articles in English. They are definite (the) and indefinite (a / an). The meaning of a / an is one. We use a before consonants. (a table, a chair).

An is used before vowels. (an apple, an eye).

Elephant, armchair and orange have vowels at the beginning that's why we put an before them.

Bed and lamp have consonant at the beginning that's why we put a before them.