Use 'a' before words starting with consonant sounds: a ball, a cat.
article a
A ball, a dog, a house.
Example: A comes before consonant sounds.
Learn when to use a, an, and the in simple sentences.
Use 'a' before consonant sounds, 'an' before vowel sounds, and 'the' when talking about something specific.
Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.
article a
A ball, a dog, a house.
Example: A comes before consonant sounds.
article an
An orange, an umbrella.
Example: An comes before vowel sounds.
article the
There is only one sun, so we say 'the sun'.
Example: The is for specific things.
practice
An elephant, the forest.
Example: An elephant walked into the forest.
These printables match this lesson's stage and theme, so a child can move from screen practice to calm hands-on work.
A Grade 2 grammar worksheet for he, she, it, they, and for noticing who, what, and where in a sentence.
A Grade 2 grammar worksheet for changing present-tense verbs to past tense.
These suggestions stay in the same stage first, then widen slightly within the same subject shelf.
Notice how verbs change to show when something happened: before, now, or later.
Every sentence has a subject (who or what) and a predicate (what they do or are).
Notice how describing words add detail to people, places, animals, and things.