Years 3 and 4 ‘A or An’ Lesson

Ideal for use in Year 3 when this objective is introduced or consolidation in later years.

• PPT with the rules for adding ‘a’ and ‘an’ including the common exceptions to the rule. Slides with pictures for quick fire questions.
• Activity sheets with three levels of differentiation to allow children to identify when ‘a’ or ‘an’ needs to be used across a variety of words.

National Curriculum Links

Use of the forms a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel

Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of words, no exceptions to the rule.

Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of more increasingly difficult words, no exceptions to the rule.
Applying their knowledge to sentences.

Using ‘a’ and ‘an’ before a range of words including exceptions to the rule. Applying their knowledge to sentences and paragraphs.