Determiners

Dear children, we learnt all about determiners today!

I think most of us enjoyed working on the exercises in groups. Some of us were a little confused about when to use 'a' and 'an' at the start. I hope by now you would be clear already!

Key learning point: We listen to the beginning sound of the word rather than looking at its spelling. So, we check for the vowel sounds of  'a, e, i, o, u'.

Vowel sounds (say out the word and listen to the sound the vowels make) 

'a' as in apple

'e' as in elephant

'i' as in igloo

'o' as in orange

'u' as in umbrella

Notice how in the following examples, the words start with the same letter but we do not all use the same article. We need to sound out the words and listen to its beginning sound.

E.g. 

A house

A history book

An honour

An honest boy

A unicorn

A university

An umbrella
An unforgettable day

Hope you understood what was taught! See you tomorrow!
:) Mrs Soh