Английский язык. Теория и практика. Артикль

Упражнение 11

Вставьтеартикль, гденеобходимо.

1. This is … tree and that is not … tree. It’s … bush. 2. There is … little white cloud in … sky. 3. … weather is fine today. Let’s go and play in … yard. There are many … children in … yard. They are playing with … ball. 4. I am … boy. I am … pupil. I study at … school. 5. What … beautiful … day! 6. My sister is at … work. She is … secretary. She works for … new company. 7. We have … large room. There is … big sofa in … room and … little lamp on … wall over … sofa. I like to sit on … sofa and read … good book. 8. This is … very difficult question. I don’t know … answer to it. 9. This is … computer. … computer isn’t old. This … computer is new. This is … good new computer. 10. Do you see … little girl with … big ball in her … hands? She is … pupil of our … school. 11. These are … computers. … computers are new. These aren’t … old computers. These are … new computers. These … computers are good. 12. There was … beautiful flower in this … vase yesterday. Where is … flower now? 13. Last year we were in Geneva. It is … exciting city to visit, but … very expensive place to live.

Запомните:

Фразы в середине, в углу употребляются с предлогом in и определенным артиклем.

in the middle, in the corner

Фразы справа, слева употребляется с предлогом to и определенным артиклем.

to the right, to the left

Если после конструкции there is (there are) стоит неисчисляемое существительное или существительное во множественном числе, вместо опущенного неопределенного артикля часто (не обязательно) употребляется слово some.

Упражнение 12

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

My aunt’s flat is in … new house. There is … living room, … bedroom, … study, … bathroom and … kitchen in … flat. … bedroom is … large room with … two windows. … room is light as … windows are large. There are … white curtains on … windows. There are … two beds with … large pillows on them. There are … small tables near … beds. There are … lamps on them. To … left of … door there is … dressing table with … mirror on it. There is … low chair at … dressing table. There are … several pictures on … pale green walls. There is … thick carpet on … floor. … carpet is dark green. … room is very cosy.

Упражнение 13

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. There is … jar of … delicious orange marmalade in … middle of … shelf. 2. There is … park behind … hospital. There are … beautiful … trees in … park. 3. Where is … bus station? – … bus station is next to … gas station. 4. There is … big … box of … cereal to … right of you. 5. There is … good … film on TV this … evening. I am going to watch it. 6. There are two … pets in … house: … cat and … dog. 7. There is … bunch of … bananas on … table. Don’t keep them in … fridge. 8. There is … library between … school and … bank. There are … English and German books in this … library. 9. There is … TV antenna on … roof. 10. There is … loaf of … white … bread on … upper … shelf of … fridge. If you want your … bread to be fresh, keep it in … fridge. 11. There is … sofa in … corner of … room. 12. There is … mailbox between … building and … bus stop. 13. Is there … bag of … flour in … cupboard?

Упражнение 14

Вставьтеартикль, гденеобходимо.

1. There are … cushions on … sofa. 2. There is … big … dog in … front of … fireplace. 3. There was … bottle of … drinking water in … corner of … kitchen. 4. There are … books on … shelf. Give me … book, please. 5. Do you speak English at … work? 6. There is … thick red … carpet in my … room. … carpet is on … floor in … front of … sofa. 7. What can you see in … fridge? – There is … sausage on … top shelf, but there is no … cheese there. There is … butter in … butter dish. There are … tomatoes and … carrots on … bottom shelf. There are … eggs and … apples on … next shelf. There is … orange, … lemon, and … jam in … little jar there. 8. She had … bad … day today. 9. Where is … table in your brother’s … room? – His … table is near … window. 10. There is … juice in this … carton. May I drink … juice? 11. I have … colour TV set. … TV set is on … little table in … corner of … room. 12. I can see … fine … vase on … shelf. There are … lovely … flowers in … vase. 13. There are … girls in … yard, but I can see no … boys. Where are … boys? – Oh, all … boys are playing football at … stadium.

Упражнение 15

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. There is … book, … pen, and … paper on my … writing desk. 2. They have no … piano in their … living room. 3. There is … peculiar charm in her … voice. 4. My … brother is … teacher. He works at … school. He has … very good books. His … books are in … big bookcase. 5. My … uncle is … married. He has … beautiful wife. They have … son, but they have no … daughter. 6. There is … money in … purse. 7. There is … tea in my … glass. There is no … tea in my … friend’s … glass. His … glass is empty. 8. I can see … nice … coffee table in … middle of … room to … right of … door. It is … black and … red. I like … coffee table. 9. Where is … coffee table in your … room? – … coffee table is in … front of … sofa. There is … cup on … coffee table and … box of … chocolates. There is … coffee in … cup. 10. Our … TV set is on … little … table in … corner of … room. 11. There are … photographs and newspapers on … sofa. 12. There is … beautiful picture in my father’s … study. … picture is on … wall to … left of … window. 13. There is … guitar on … chair near … piano. 14. What … picture! 15. There was … piano in … corner of … living room. He sat at … piano for … hours, playing … favourite pieces from … classical music. He was … wonderful piano player.

Запомнитеследующиеустойчивыесловосочетания:

to go to bed, to go to work, to go to school

to go home, to come home

to leave home for work, to leave home for school

from work, from school

to play chess, to play football

at a quarter past five, at half past five

Запомните:

Перед названиями месяцев и дней недели артикль не употребляется.

School begins in September. We rest on Sunday.

Перед порядковыми числительными обычно употребляется определенный артикль.

My apartment is on the fifth floor. Today is the second of July.

Перед названиями театров, музеев, картинных галерей, кинотеатров и отелей обычно употребляется определенный артикль.

The Bolshoi Theatre, The Odeon, The Opera House, The Hermitage, The Tate Gallery, The Philharmonic, The Metropol, The Hilton.

Упражнение 16

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Every day my … brother and I get up at eight o’clock and walk to … school. I like … school. It’s … fun. My … brother loves … football. He hates … homework. So he doesn’t like to go to … school. Will he go to … work in … future? 2. My brother is … pupil. He goes to … school. He goes to … school in … morning. He has five or six … lessons every day. In … afternoon he goes … home. At … home he does his … homework. In … evening he reads … books. He usually goes to … bed at … half past ten. At … night he sleeps. 3. We always go to … Art Gallery of Ontario on … Sunday. 4. My … friend has to get up early in … morning because he goes to … school. That’s why he usually goes to … bed early in … evening. 5. My father goes to … work in … morning and comes … home in … evening. 6. On … Saturday she usually goes to … Philharmonic. 7. … weather was very bad in … morning yesterday. … sky was grey and it was raining. But in … middle of … day … weather began to change. … rain stopped and … sun appeared from behind … clouds. In … afternoon it was very warm. I did not want to stay at … home and went into … yard. There were … boys and … girls in … yard. We played in … yard till late in … evening. When I came … home, I drank … tea, ate … sandwich and went to … bed at once. I slept very well at … night. 8. I get up at … half past seven in … morning and go to … bed at … quarter to eleven in … evening. 9. In … August he has his … birthday. He is planning to have … nice party with his … friends. 10. When does your mother leave … home for … work? – She leaves … home for … work at … quarter past eight.

Упражнение 17

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. There are three rooms and … kitchen in our new flat. 2. When do you leave … home for … school? – I leave … home for … school at … half past … eight. 3. My new dress is made of … silk. 4. What do you do when you come … home from … school? – I do my … homework, talk to my … friends on … phone and go for … walks. I often listen to … music. I like … jazz best. Sometimes I play … computer games. 5. If you want to write something on … blackboard, you must have … piece of … chalk. 6. Are there any pupils in … classroom? 7. I have … new English book. I find … book quite fascinating. 8. There is … garden in … front of our school. … garden is not large, but it is very nice. 9. … May is … fifth month of the year. 10. … Saturday is … sixth day of the week. 11. … Sunday is … day off. 12. Today is … ninth of … May. Anton has got … new mobile phone. He is going to make … phone call to his … grandfather. 13. This is … nice place. In … June we are going there for … holiday. It’ll be … great fun.

Запомните:

Фразы после работы, после школы употребляются с предлогом after без артикля.

afterwork, afterschool

Фразы в понедельник и т.д. употребляются с предлогом on без артикля.

onMonday

Обратите внимание на употребление дат.

on the tenth of February, on February ten

Упражнение 18

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.