Exercise 3. Выберите правильный вариант употребления артикля the.



1. Oranges / The oranges are not expensive. 2. This is a good meal. Potatoes / The potatoes are very nice. 3. Everybody needs friends / the friends. 4. Jan doesn't go to parties / the parties very often. 5. Children / The children learn things / the things very quickly. 6. I enjoy eating in restaurants / the restaurants. 7. I enjoy taking photographs / the photographs. It's my hobby. 8. I must show you photographs / the photographs I took when I was on holiday.

Exercise 4. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Everyone in our country knows Lomonosov, ,.. founder of ... first Russian university. 2. Nekrasov. ... famous Russian poet, described ... life of ... Russian peasants. 3. I don't want to miss ... concert which will take place at ... Philharmonic on ... 15th of ... April. 4. He graduated from ... university six years ago. Now he is ... scientist. And though he is ... young scientist, his name is well known. 5. My aunt is ... teacher of ... physics. 6, Yesterday I read ... book by Dickens, ... famous English writer. 7. I am sorry, I don't know ... way to ... nearest cafe: I am ... stranger here myself. 8. ... town I was born in is on ... Volga. 9. Who is ... author of this book? 10. ... quarter of ... hour was left before ... beginning of ... concert. We entered ... hall and saw ... group of ... foreigners. 11. During ... vacation I attended some interesting lectures. I remember two of ... lectures best of all. They were about ... Russian music. 12. I am sure he won't stay in ... town for ... vacation.

Exercise 5. Закончите предложения, используя артикли плюс данные слова или пары слов: bicycle, capital, cigarette, play, difficult language, kitchen, nice day, next train, roof, small hotel.

1. Rome is … of Italy. 2. When we were in London, we stayed at … . 3. Can you ride … ?

4. What's that man doing on … of that house? Is he repairing something? 5. We went to the theatre last night but … wasn't very good. 6. Do you think English is … for people to learn? 7. "Would you like … ?" - "No, thanks. I don't smoke". 8. "Where is jack?" - "He's in … . He's cooking something." 9. Excuse me, what time is … to London? 10. It's … today. Let's go out.

Exercise 6. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо, и переведите текст.

In ... fifteenth century ... people knew only three continents: ... Europe, ... Asia and ... Africa. They knew nothing about such ... big continent as ... America. ... man who discovered ... America was born in 1451 in ... Italy. His name was Christopher Columbus. He became ... sailor at ... early age. Knowing that ... earth was round, he decided to reach ... India sailing to ... west. He tried to arrange ... expedition, but did not have ... money, and nobody wanted to help him. At last ... king of ... Spain gave him ... money for ... expedition. He set ... sail in 1492. ... voyage was very dangerous and difficult. On ... 12th of ... October his ship reached ... land. When they landed, they saw ... strange trees and ... flowers. ... men and ... women with ... olive-coloured skins gathered around ... sailors and looked at them with ... great surprise Columbus was sure that he had discovered ... new way to ... India. Some time later ... other sailor reached ... America. ... name of ... sailor was Amerigo Vespucci. He understood that it was ... new continent.

Exercise 7. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо, и передайте содержание текста по-английски.  

'William Shakespeare, ... greatest English playwright, was born in 1564 in ... Stratford-upon-Avon in ... England. ... Stratford is ... small country town in ... farming district near ... centre of ... England. ... Avon, which is ... pretty river with ... grass and ... trees all along its banks, runs through ... Stratford, Not much is known of ... Shakespeare's father. He was ... farmer who, at... different times of his life, sold ... meat and bought and sold ... wool. He was poor and was often in ... money difficulties. Very little is known about ... life of his only son William also. ... little house in which ... great writer was born still stands. It is now ... museum. William went to ... school in ... Stratford. In 1586 he went to ... London. Probably ... first work he did there was at one of the two theatres that there were in ... London at that time. Then he became ... actor and soon began to write... plays for ... company of actors to which he belonged. Shakespeare bought... largest house in his home town in 1597, but he did not spend much time there till 1610. He spent ... last years of his life mostly in ... Stratford, but he often visited ... London. He died in 1616.

Множественное число существительных (Plural Number of Nouns).

Exercise 1. Поставьте следующие существительные во множественное число (обратите внимание на артикли: неопределенный артикль во множественном числе опускается, определенный артикль сохраняется).

A star, a mountain, a tree, a shilling, a king, the waiter, the queen, a man, the man, a woman, the woman, an eye, a shelf, a box, the city, a boy, a goose, the watch, a mouse, a dress, a toy, the sheep, a tooth, a child, the ox, a deer, the life, a tomato,  the Chinese, a she-wolf, a waiter, the grandchild, the chief, an armchair, a baby, a deer, the police, the policy.


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