Articles and quantities

English · A1

The rule

Use a or an with singular countable nouns. Use some with unspecified plural or uncountable nouns in affirmative statements. Do not put a before an uncountable noun such as information.

Example

A course, an email, some water, some information.

Practice

1. I received ___ email.

  1. a
  2. an
  3. many
  4. two
Answer and explanation

an

Email starts with a vowel sound: an email.

2. Which phrase is correct?

  1. An information
  2. Some information
  3. Two informations
  4. A water informations
Answer and explanation

Some information

Information is uncountable.

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