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1.
1. (Indefinite Article)a, an
2. (Definite Article)the
2. a an
1. any
(1) Do you have a pencil? ()
(2) A ( = Any ) burnt child dreads fire.
( )
(3) A ( = Any ) man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
()
(4) A mans worth lies not so much in what he has as in what he is.
orA mans dignity depends not on what he has but on what he is.
()
2.

(1) There is a book on the desk. ()

(2) I have an interesting love novel. ()
(3) A doctor and a professor loved the same girl.
()
Professor started giving an apple to the girl every day.
()
Doctor asked: WHY ? ()
Professor: An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
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3. () one
(1) Rome was not built in a ( = one ) day.
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(2) A ( = One ) bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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(3) He shot two birds at a ( = one ) time.
( )
(4) A ( = One ) good friend is worth a hundred relations.
()
(5) An ( = One ) hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
()
(6) There was not a ( = one ) cloud in the sky. ()
() a / an any one
Give me any pen. any ()

Give me one pen. one ()

Give me a pen. pen ()
4. the same
(1) Birds of a ( = the same ) feather flock together.
( )
(2) Two of a ( = the same ) trade seldom agree.
( )
(3) We are all of an ( = the same ) age. ()
(4) No two men are of a ( = the same ) mind.
( )
5. a certain
(1) In a sense it is true. ()
(2) A young man came to see you while you were out.
()
(3) He introduced me to a Mr. Lee. ()
6. per
(1) He wrote to his parents at home once a month.
()
(2) The car ran at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
()
(3) It costs ten dollars a pair. ()
() a per
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(vowel)
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used ()juzd
universal ()junD'v"sl
unit ()'jun0t
one ()wKn
union ()'junjDn
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university ()`jun0'vQs0t0
2. an
a
A. ae, fGf, hetN, ia0, lGl, mGm, nGn, oo,
rAr, sGs, xGks an
a
(1) The word student begins with an s .
(students)
(2) That word ends with an m.
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) M.P. Gm pi(Member of Parliament Military
Police ) an a
(1) I remember his telephone number begins with a 2 and ends with an
8.
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2tut a an
(2) Is he an M.D.? ()
4. a / an one
1. a / an two ()three ()
one one a
(1) My sister has three pens, but I have one pen.
()
(2) I have three pencils, but one pen. ()
2. a / an one
one day ()
a day
once upon a time ()
once upon one time
an hour or two ()
one hour or two
one or two hours ()
a or two hours
3. a / an one
more than a year ()
more than one year ()
a a time ()
at one time (
in a word in one word
4. a on one on
(1) On a rainy day (or One rainy day) a stranger came to see me.
()
(2) The ship sank on a stormy night (or one stormy night).
()
5.
1. a an