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We use a before singular nouns which begin with a consonant

sound.

For example: a cat, a parrot, a school.

We use an before singular nouns which begin with a vowel sound.

For example: an engine, an owl, an eel.

A. Read the story and fill in the blanks with a or an.

A Talking Parrot

Yesterday was sunny day. My father took me to the zoo. We

carried bag. In the bag we carried apple, orange,

bunch of bananas, some grapes and fruit cake.

At the zoo, I saw three elephants eating grass in big shed. After

that we watched monkey swinging from one branch to another.

It was having lot of fun.

There were many birds at the zoo. We saw owl. It had big eyes.

green parrot was talking to old man who was standing

near its cage.

Then we saw bird. It was very large. My father told me it was

ostrich. It had just laid egg. The egg was very big in size.

We heard the parrot telling the old man, ‘Hello! What big bird

that is! What big egg that is!’

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