Stop saying: “I am student.”

Say instead: “I am a student.” · A1 · Grammar

✗ Wrong

I am student.

✓ Correct

I am a student.

Why?

Jobs and people need a or an before them. Say: I am a student, she is a teacher. Do not drop the little word a.

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🎙️ REAL VOICES

The three correct examples below, in a real voice.

✗ He is teacher.

✓ He is a teacher.

✗ Emma is doctor.

✓ Emma is a doctor.

✗ I am engineer.

✓ I am an engineer.

A job always takes a: a teacher, a student, a doctor.

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