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A, An, and The in a Snow Leopard Letter

Grade 1 articles practice: read a letter about a snow leopard, then choose a, an, or the before naming words.

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use a or an by listening to the first sound of the next word.
  • Students use a for something new and the for something already named.
  • Students choose a, an, or the to finish sentences.

How to use

Read the letter aloud and have students point to each a, an, and the. Say a few words aloud, like owl and goat, so students can hear the first sound before they sort.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.1.h

Use determiners, such as articles (a, the) and demonstratives (this, that).

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A, An, and The in a Snow Leopard Letter

Use a, an, and the before naming words.

Read the letter

Read Aunt Mei's letter. Then answer the questions.

A Letter from the Mountains

1Dear Jonah,
I am at a camp high in the mountains. Yesterday, I saw a snow leopard! The snow leopard sat on a big rock. It had thick gray fur with dark spots.

2The leopard had a long tail. It wrapped the tail around its body like a blanket. Then it jumped to an icy ledge and ran off.

3Later, I saw an eagle in the sky. The eagle flew in slow circles over the camp.

4I took a picture of the leopard with an old camera. I will mail the picture to you soon.
Love,
Aunt Mei

1.
Read paragraph 1. Aunt Mei first writes a snow leopard. Underline the sentence where she writes the snow leopard.

I am at a camp high in the mountains.Yesterday, I saw a snow leopard!The snow leopard sat on a big rock.It had thick gray fur with dark spots.

2.
Read paragraph 1. Why does Aunt Mei write the snow leopard when she tells where it sat?
  • A. She means any leopard in the world.
  • B. There were many leopards on the rock.
  • C. She already told Jonah about it.
  • D. The leopard was bigger than the rock.
3.
Read paragraph 2. Aunt Mei writes an icy ledge. Why does she write an and not a?
  • A. The ledge is very high up.
  • B. Icy starts with a vowel sound.
  • C. There are two icy ledges.
  • D. The ledge is far from her.
4.
Use the word bank. Write the little word that finishes each sentence from the letter.
Word bank: the · a · an

The leopard had   long tail.
Later, I saw   eagle in the sky.
  eagle flew in slow circles over the camp.

A or an?

Use a before a word that starts with a consonant sound. Use an before a word that starts with a vowel sound.

5.
Which word goes before each naming word: a or an? Sort the words.
owlyakgoatanthawkicicle
aan
6.
Which sentence uses a or an the right way?
  • A. I saw a owl in a tree.
  • B. I saw an goat on a hill.
  • C. I saw a eagle in the sky.
  • D. I saw an owl in a tree.

A or the?

Use a for something new. Use the for something you already told about.

7.
Use the word bank. Write a or the in each blank.
Word bank: the · a

Tenzin saw   yak and   bird by the path.   bird sat on   yak's back!

8.
Jonah writes back: "I saw a squirrel in the park." Which sentence tells more about that same squirrel?
  • A. The squirrel ate a nut.
  • B. A squirrel ate a nut.
  • C. An squirrel ate a nut.
9.
Write two sentences to Aunt Mei about an animal you have seen. Use a in the first sentence. Use the in the second sentence.

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