Английский язык. Теория и практика. Артикль

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.

Запомните следующие устойчивые словосочетания:

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.