《Module 1 My life Unit 1 Penfriends》优质课教学设计（牛津上海版）

《Module 1 My life Unit 1 Penfriends》课堂教学教案教学设计（牛津上海版）

Workbook 8A page 4

Cassette 8A

Cassette player

Pre-task preparation

Singing an English song

While –task procedure

Discovering language

Put “a” in the following blanks where necessary

Question: why can’t we put “a” before sports, people and children ?

Put “a” in the following blanks where necessary

Question: why can’t we put “a” before honey ,ink and traffic ?

Put “a” or “an” in the following blanks where necessary

Note: We sometimes use “an” with nouns that begins with a ,e ,I ,o or u .

Put “a” or “an” in the following blanks

Note: We sometimes use “an” before words that begins with h if h is silent .

Put “a” or “an” in the following blanks

Note: We use “an” before words that begin with en or n if the first sound is pronounced /ju:/

Put “a” or “an” in the following blanks

Note: when we meet letters or abbreviations , we should pay attention to the sounds, not the letters themselves.

Conclusion :

We use a or an with countable singular nouns

We use a before words beginning with consonant sounds < b s k t d w j …>

We use an before words beginning with vowel sounds < i: u: e ai …>

How to use a or an

We use a or an when we are talking about a person or thing fir for the first time .