NURSE

BUILDER

WAITER/WAITRESS

ASTRONAUT

LAWYER

BABY SITTER

FIREMAN

GARDENER

FISHERMAN

SCIENTIST

UNEMPLOYED

RETIRED

AWe use a with nouns that begin with a cosonant sound. (b, c, d, f, etc.).

For example:

He’s a baker.

ANWe use an with nouns that begin with a vowel sound. (a, e, i, o, u).

For example:

He’s an electrician.

UNEMPLOYED AND RETIRED

We don’t use a or an with unemployed and retired because that are adjectives.

For example: Don’t say: I’m an unemployed. She’s a retired. We say: I’m unemployed.

She’s retired.