Английский язык. Теория и практика. Артикль

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.

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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

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

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.