Упражнение 1. Заполните пропуски неопределенным артиклем «а»,где это необходимо. 1. ... iron is ... metal. 2. ... milk comes from ... cow. 3. We eat soup with ... spoon.
4. ... bread is made of... flour, and flour is made of wheat. 5. I wear ... rain-coat in
... autumn and fur - coat in ... winter. 6. She is ... librarian. 7. ... fish swims in ...
water. 8. This is ... bag. 9. Which fruit would you like: ... apples or ... oranges? 10.
Mr. Sawyer is ... research worker in ... physics.
Упражнение 2.Употребите артикли «а» / (an), где это необходимо.
1. What … interesting person! 2. What … good students! 3. What … miserable weather I. 4. What … wonderful news! 5. What … strange question! 6. What … surprise! 7. Such … waste! 8. Such … terrible man! 10. He’s such … fantastic guitarist!
Упражнение 3. Употребите, где необходимо, определенный артикль «the».
1. ... Amason is the largest river system in the world.
2. A few seas have names of colours: ... Black Sea…., Red Sea, ... “Yellow Sea.” 3. …, Suez Canal is in Middle East. 4. ... Far East or ... Orient, refers to the area of... Asia, where ... China and ... Japan are located. 3. He used to live in ... South, but then he moved to ... California. 6. ... Norway and ... Sweden occupy ... Scandinavian Peninsula. 7. There are many beautiful shops on ... Fifth Avenue in New York. 8. ... Istanbul was once called ... Constantinople.
Упражнение 4. Используйте в данных предложениях определенный артикль «the», где это необходимо.
1. ... policemen wear uniforms. 2. ... cats eat fish. 3. ... cats are in the yard. 4. ... children go to school. 5. Look at ... children. They are so nice. 6. Pamela likes ... music. 7. I can't fall asleep. ... music is very loud. 8. ... pilots fly airplanes. 9. ... pilots of this company are very good. 10. ... policemen of this town are very brave.
2. Always a punctual woman, she (comes) downstairs as the front door (is being opened) for Charles.
3. Some kind of public demonstration (is being planned) to take place at the airport tonight.
4. The flight (had not been announced) yet. It (would not be announced) for another half-hour, at least.
5. The message, as Tanya (was dictating) it, (was being typed) by a girl clerk in New York.
6. She could tell by the inclination of his head that he (had been listening) intently to everything that (had been said).
7. It (is) an old house that (is divided) into flats.
8. Julia can’t know what (is being said) about her, and someone must tell her.
9. Each apartment was usually ( shared) by two or three girls. They (were known) as stewardess’ nests.
10. Inez (occupied) a chair in the room’s centre to which she (had been/was guided) on arrival.
11. He ( saw) that the doors of Trans America Flight Two (had not been closed) yet, and a few remaining passengers were still ( checking) in.