Articles Worksheets (A, An, and The)

Just below you will find the links to our FREE Articles worksheets There are 5 different versions of worksheet here for download, all of which cover ”a” ”an” and ”the”. They are of differing ability and support to help you cover the high and low ability students in your class.

Then after the download links we have a selection of activities and worksheets on parts of speech in case you need a refresher before using these Free articles worksheets. There are also lots of other resources in both our shop and our free resources section as well.

What Are The English Articles?

An article is a word you use in front of a noun to modify it or tell more about it. There are two types of articles: definite and indefinite. An example of an indefinite article is “a.” An example of a definite article would be “the.”

The indefinite article ”an” has a similar use to ”a”. However it is generally used and important to note when the beginning sound of the next word has a vowel sound and is singular. For example: “an” hour , an elephant or an orange.

Indefinite Articles

When do you use the indefinite article ”a” ?

You use the indefinite article “a” when you want to talk about a noun without specifying which of those things you mean. For example: If you want to take a taxi you can use the indefinite article “a” because it is not specific, so you say, I will take “a” taxi. It is used when the next word begins with a consonant sound.

When to use the indefinite article ”an”?

When To Use The Definite Article ”the”?

You use the definite article “the” when you want to talk about a noun that refers to a specific person, place or thing or there is more than one. Examples: We bought “the” birdcage over there. They went to the Moon, the dogs are barking.

Why Are Parts Of Speech Important?

There are many reasons why parts of speech are important. To start with, they help us understand language what the function of words in a sentence are. . We have examples of worksheets, including articles, prepositions as well as these articles worksheets as well. These are listed below to help you teach these for your students.

The vast majority are free, and there are some in there that we charge for to help us with maintaining the site. Feel free to help if you can.

We also have reading materials on the site and the best deal is the MEGA bundle pictured below. 373 pages of phonics and reading activities , games and worksheets.

Parts of speech also help us understand how the sentence is put together as a whole. Without knowing about parts of speech we may find certain sentences difficult to understand or make sense of them correctly.

Other Parts of Speech resources

We have a Wide selection of resources on the site covering all aspects of English instruction. If you want to check out our free resources just click the link and our shop is available if you want some of the premium resources as well. However if you want the other parts of speech then check out below.

Nouns

Countable And Uncountable Noun Worksheets

Pronouns:

Pronoun Worksheets Set 1

Verbs:

13 Action Verb Worksheets

Adverbs:

Adverb Worksheets – Set of 5.

Adjectives

Adjective Mini Workbook

Prepositions

Draw the Preposition Worksheets

Conjunctions

Free – 5 plus Contractions flip books

Hope they are useful, in case you scrolled all the way to the bottom the combined parts of worksheets are at the top!