- •Артикль Сборник грамматических упражнений по английскому языку
- •Предисловие
- •Exercise 2. Insert articles where necessary. Pay special attention to the use of articles with nouns modified by different attributes.
- •Exercise 3. Insert articles or “some” before nouns of material where necessary.
- •Exercise 4. Insert articles before nouns of material where necessary.
- •Exercise 5. Insert articles where necessary paying special attention to the use of articles with abstract nouns.
- •Exercise 6. Fill in the most appropriate articles if it is necessary with abstract nouns modified by different attributes. Explain your choice.
- •Exercise 7. Fill in the most appropriate article with nouns denoting unique things.
- •Exercise 8. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English paying attention to the use of articles with common nouns.
- •Exercise 11. Insert articles where necessary. Pay special attention to the use of articles with names of persons.
- •Exercise 12. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English paying attention to the use of articles with names of persons.
- •Exercise 13. Choose the right variant a) or b), explain your choice.
- •Exercise 14. Fill in the blanks with articles concerning the names of continents, countries, states, provinces, counties, cities if necessary.
- •Exercise 15. Fill in the blanks with articles before names of oceans, seas, straits, channels, rivers, lakes, bays if necessary.
- •Exercise 16. Fill in the blanks with articles before names of peninsulas, deserts, mountains, islands, tails, passes, falls if necessary.
- •Exercise 17. Fill in the blanks with articles before different geographic names if necessary.
- •Exercise 18. Choose the right variant a) or b), explain your choice.
- •Exercise 19. Supply the required articles if it is necessary with the nouns denoting the names of places, some buildings, public organizations, events.
- •Exercise 20. Insert articles where necessary paying special attention to the use of articles with the names of places, some buildings, public organizations, events.
- •Exercise 21. Fill in the blanks with articles before miscellaneous proper nouns if necessary.
- •Exercise 22. Translate the following sentences into English paying special attention to the use of articles with different proper nouns.
- •Exercise 25. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the use of articles with some set expressions.
- •Exercise 32. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the use of articles with predicative nouns and nouns in apposition.
- •Exercise 33. Translate the following sentences into English paying special attention to the use of articles with nouns in some syntactic patterns.
- •Exercise 40. Translate the following sentences into English paying attention to the use of articles.
- •Exercise 43. Translate the following sentences into English paying special attention to the use of articles with the names of meals.
- •B. How New York Became America’s Largest City
- •In the 18th century_New York was smaller than_Philadelphia and_Boston. Today it is the largest city in_America. How can the change in its size and importance be explained?
- •Exercise 2. Find mistakes in the following sentences if there are any concerning the use of articles. Explain your choice.
- •Exercise 3. Fill in the most appropriate article if it is necessary. Explain your choice.
- •Мой день
- •Литература
Exercise 40. Translate the following sentences into English paying attention to the use of articles.
1. Была тёплая июльская ночь, когда мы возвращались из Петербурга в Москву. 2. Прошлым летом Сара переехала за город, чтобы ухаживать за своей матерью. 3. Зимой 1985 года она победила на соревнованиях и была очень счастлива. 4. Джейн любила вспоминать о вечере, когда Остин сделал ей предложение. 5. Я хочу видеть вас завтра утром, чтобы обо всём подробно узнать. 6. Я никогда в жизни не смогу забыть утро, когда Хелен постучалась ко мне в дверь, промокшая и дрожащая, и сказала, что ты не впустил её в дом. 7. На Еве было то же свободное длинное чёрное платье, в которое она была одета в день приезда Майка. 8. Видишь ли, осенью я собираюсь поступать на работу в дядину фирму. 9. Лето, которое Сюзанна провела с Ларри, было самым счастливым временем в её жизни. 10. Весь день и всю ночь шёл снег, и город начал страдать от общего затора в уличном движении. 11. Она не видела его больше месяца, с той ночи, когда они уехали в Нью-Йорк. 12. Жители Берлингтона страдали от ужасно жаркого лета. 13. Когда на следующее утро она проснулась в восемь, Хенсон уже ушёл. 14. На днях я зашёл к нему, чтобы обсудить кое-какие детали, но его не оказалось дома. 15. Анна ничего не знала о приезде Фрэда, ей сообщили об этом только во вторник вечером.
Exercise 41. Explain the use of articles with the nouns denoting meals.
1._Lunch was ready and we went in. 2. I very often invite my friends for_tea and_supper. 3. I am sorry I can’t invite you to the dinner. 4. I’ll try to give you a decent lunch. 5. “Let’s arrange a lunch for all your friends”, my father said. 6. _Brunch is a late morning meal eaten as the first meal of the day. 7. Mother told me to go out and buy some eggs for the lunch. 8. After a light supper everyone relaxed for a time. 9. It didn’t take one very long to have_dinner in 1943. There wasn’t enough of the dinner. 10. Tom met Sally at a dinner at the Tomsons. 11. In this hotel you pay for a room and a breakfast. 12. I was on my way to make final arrangements about the dinner I was giving that evening. 13. A European breakfast consists of toast with marmalade and tea or coffee. 14. I won’t eat the breakfast, it’s burnt. 15._Dessert is sweet food served at the end of a meal, especially fruit. 16. During the awkward lunch yesterday Jarvis Fortescue was grave and abstracted.
Ехеrcisе 42. Insert articles where necessary.
1. He said he had letters to write and if I would allow him, would remain in his room till…dinner was ready. (Jerome K. Jerome) 2. He came in one morning when I was having…breakfast on…terrace of…hotel and introduced himself. (Maugham) 3. I saw to it that he had…good dinner. (Jerome K. Jerome) 4. We had…cold bacon for…lunch that day. There was not much of it. I took it to be…bacon we had not eaten for…breakfast. But on …clean dish with parsley it looked rather neat. (Jerome K. Jerome) 5. Mr. Clay settled back in his chair, savouring his drink, expecting…good dinner. (Shaw) 6. …dinner was very sound. (Bennett) 7. Come and have…tea on …deck. (Bennett) 8. They had…supper in…silence. (Murdoch) 9….little expedition down…river was delightful, and…little room overlooking…river into which they were shown for…dinner was delightful. (Dickens) 10. In… tiny dining room, we were having…excellent dinner, cooked by Mary Osbaldiston... (Snow) 11. She began to dress for…dinner to which she had been invited. (Austen) 12. When he arrived…famous Contract was at… dinner. (Dreiser) 13. When they arrived and mounted…stairs, Stefan behaved as usual, and soon they were eating…supper, which Jan had prepared. (Murdoch) 14. He assisted her in setting forth…neat luncheon, consisting of…cold chicken, …ham and …tarts. (Ch. Bronte) 15. …dinner was…grand one. (Austen) 16. I shall be glad to see you at…lunch at half past one. (Shaw) 17. He had given me…dinner, and…good one. (Snow) 18. She intended to make … glorious supper for my sake. 19. What about … lunch? I’m dying for a cup of…tea. 20. He sat down, and having sipped some tea, turned over his letters. They contained the usual collection of cards, invitations to … dinner, tickets for private views, programmes of charity concerts, and the like.