Helpful Hints:
You're not just looking at whether a word starts with a vowel. You are looking at whether a word starts with a vowel sound.
For example:
The letter M sounds like /εm/. When you pronounce the letter M in the word (such as MTV), you would use an.
A or An Difficult 4
Directions: In the following exercise, decide whether to use a or an.
- ____ MP3 Player
- ____ Xerox machine
- ____ GPS
- ____ x-ray
- ____ ex-girlfriend
- ____ iPod
- ____ e-mail account
- ____ PC
- ____ J1 Visa
- ____ HOV lane
- ____ RSS Feed
- ____ xylophone
- ____ M&Ms
- ____ T-shirt