Упражнение 5

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. I have thirty-two … teeth. 2. He never eats … meat, he always eats … vegetables, … cereals, … seeds, … fruit, and … nuts. He is … vegetarian. 3. He has … child. 4. This is … pineapple. … pineapple is delicious. 5. She has two … children. Her children are at … school. 6. Elaine, … apples are good for you! 7. Is your father at … home? – No, he is at … work. 8. My … cousin is upset. He’s got … sore throat. 9. Where is your … brother? – He is at … home. 10. This is … cottage cheese. … cottage cheese is fresh. 11. Where is your … mother? – She is at … home. 12. She bought … meat, … butter and … potatoes yesterday. She also bought … cake. … cake was … delicious. We ate … cake and drank … tea. 13. This is my … chair. 14. This is my … table. On … table I have … books, two … pencils, … pen and … paper. 15. This is … bag. … bag is brown. It is my sister’s … bag. And this is my … bag. It is … yellow.

Запомните:

Если перед существительным употребляется прилагательное, то оно стоит между неопределенным артиклем и существительным.

This is a car. This is a new book.

Даже упоминая предмет впервые, мы, тем не менее, употребляем перед ним определенный артикль:

а) если упоминаемый предмет является единственным в мире:

The sky is blue.

б) если этот предмет является определенным по ситуации:

Put the pen on the shelf.

Упражнение 6

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. We have … large … family. 2. What’s … weather like today? – … weather is fine. 3. This is … good … book. Take … book from … table. Put this … book in … bookcase. 4. My granny of-ten tells us … long … interesting … stories. 5. … sun is yellow. 6. … weather is fine today. … sky is blue. … sun is shining brightly in … blue … sky. 7. My … father is … engineer. He works in … factory. … factory is large. 8. … sky is grey today. 9. This is … boy. … boy is at … school. He is … pupil. This … boy is my … brother’s … friend. He has … cat, but he has no … dog. He likes his … cat. He gives … cat … milk every day. 10. My … mother is … doctor. She works at … large … hospital. She is at … work now. 11. … Earth is … planet. 12. Yesterday I received … letter from my … friend. … letter was important.

Упражнение 7

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. My … aunt is … teacher. She works at … school. … school is good. My … aunt is not at … school now. She is at … home. She is drinking … tea and eating … jam. … jam is sweet. I am at … home, too. I am drinking … tea and eating … sandwich. … sandwich is tasty. 2. We had … English lesson yesterday. … teacher asked me many … questions. … questions were difficult. 3. We live in … big house. I like … house very much. 4. My sister is at … school. She is … pupil. 5. Where is your … brother? – He is at … home. He is in his … room. He is sitting at … table. He is doing his … homework. … homework is difficult. 6. Are you … worker? – No, I am … student. 7. My cousin has … big … black … cat. My cousin’s … cat has two … kittens. … cat likes … milk. … kittens like … milk, too. 8. Our … cat is sitting on … sofa. 9. I like your … beautiful … flower. Give me … flower, please. 10. I am … engineer. 11. It is very dark in … room. Turn on … light, please. 12. My … mother is at … home. She is reading … marvellous … story.

Упражнение 8

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. My … son is … pupil. 2. Nick went into … bathroom, turned on … water and washed his … hands. 3. My … father is not at … home. He is at … work. He is not … lawyer. He is … doctor. He is … good … doctor. He works at … hospital. … hospital is large. 4. He is … good … pupil. 5. Ann turned on … television to watch … evening news. 6. That is… book. … book is thick. That … book isn’t thin. This is … interesting thick book. 7. This is … house. 8. She doesn’t often watch … TV. 9. Those are … books. … books are new and old. Those are … new and old books. Those … books are interesting. 10. This is my … laptop. 11. You can’t see … moon in … sky tonight. 12. You have some … pencils, but I have no … pencil. Give me … pencil, please. 13. It’s … small … animal that has … long … ears, … short … tail, and … soft … hair.

Запомните:

Если предложение начинается с вопросительного слова Where, то перед подлежащим следует определенный артикль.

Where is the … ?

Если предложение начинается с оборота There is, то перед подлежащим следует неопределенный артикль.

There is a … .

Упражнение 9

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. There is … big tree in … garden. 2.There is … wonderful small computer in … front of … books there. 3. I see … bottle of … pineapple … juice on … kitchen table. 4. There is … bank near here. – Where is … bank? 5. Where is … soup? – … soup is in … big saucepan on … gas cooker. 6. Her … son has … great … sense of … humor. 7. There is … new supermarket in … centre of our … town. 8. Where are … cutlets? – … cutlets are in … refrigerator on … little plate. 9. There was … disco at … club last Sunday but he didn’t go. 10. There is … hotel over there. … hotel isn’t cheap. 11. There is no … bread on … table. Where is … bread? 12. Is there … bus stop near … building? 13. Where is … cat? – … cat is on … sofa.

Упражнение 10

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. There is … little brown coffee table in our … room in … front of … sofa. 2. We have … big dog. … dog is very clever. 3. Where is … book? – … book is on … shelf. 4. Where is … table in your … room? 5. My friend has … very good computer. 6. Where are … flowers? – … flowers are in … beautiful vase. 7. There is … thick carpet on … floor in my mother’s … room. 8. This … boy is big. He is … student. 9. Where is … vase? – … vase is on … little table near … window. 10. Is your brother at … home? – No, he is at … work. He works in … big factory. He is … engineer. 11. There is … large piano in … hall. 12. Open … window, please. … weather is fine today. I can see … sun in … sky. I can see … nice little bird. … bird is sitting in … big tree. … tree is green. 13. My sister has many … books. … books are in … big bookcase. She has really … good … taste in … books.

Упражнение 11

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

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.