Lesson 7-9

Outline: There is \ There are

	Singular	Plural
+	There is a piano.	There are some glasses in the cupboard
-	There is not (isn’t) a fridge.	There are not any pictures.
?	Is there a TV? Yes, there is. No, there is not	Are there any glasses? Yes, there are. No, there are not.

1. Complete the answers. Practice the questions and answers.

Is there a television? Yes, there --------------------.

Is there a radio? No, there ---------------------.

Are there any books? Yes, there---------------------.

How many books are there? There -------------------- a lot.

Are there any photographs? No, there ---------------------.

2. Insert suitable form of the verb there +to be.

1. There ______8 desks in our class.

2. There _______ 4 entrance exams to Academy.

3. There ______ a concert next week.

4. There ______ a great discussion at the lesson last Tuesday.

5. There _____ a lot of students in my group.

Prepositions of place: on, in/inside, under, in front of, behind, between, next to/near, above, around, among, in the middle, to the right/left, in the corner, opposite, over

Look at the pictures and cover the prepositions. Where is the cat?

Артикль и его употребление

Определенный артикль (The, the definite article)
Употребление	Пример
с существительными, единственными в своем роде	the sun, the moon, the earth, the sky, the air, the world
с названиями морей, океанов, рек, ' пустынь, гор	The Pacific Ocean
с порядковыми числительными	Our classroom is on the first floor
с прилагательными в превосходной степени	This is the biggest building in our town
с существительными во множественном числе	The apples are on the table
с названиями достопримечательностей	The Kremlin
с "некоторыми географическими названиями, названиями музеев, : газет и журналов, кораблей и гостиниц	The United States of America, The Crimea, the Caucasus, the j British Museum, the 'Life'
с названиями сторон света	The North, the South, the East, the West
с фамилиями во множественном числе для обозначения семьи в целом	The Petrovs
с названиями предметов, о которых уже говорилось (это могут быть сущ. в ед. и мн. числе, исчисляемые и неисчисляемые)	The coat was large, the trousers too long
с уточняющим, ограничивающим прилагательным типа previous, last, following, next, only, very, same, right	the same story ;
с исчисляемым существительным в единственном числе, представляю­щим весь класс или категорию предметов в их совокупности	She spoke about the duties of the doctor
Indefinite article a, an
Употреблениe		Пример
с существительным, обозначающим		My sister is a doctor- Моя сестра — врач
there is, а также после этого оборота		our garden
в прошедшем времени there was		В нашем саду есть
и в будущем времени there will be		большой пруд
		What a nice evening!
в восклицаниях		Какой чудесный
		вечер!
		It was such a
после слова such		wonderful day! Это был такой
		замечательный день!
с существительными, обозначающими
время, скорость, вес, расстояние		I'll be in a minute
(a minute, a pound, a hundred, a million		Я буду через минуту
и т.д.)
с исчисляемыми существительными
в единственном числе ( в этом случае		Take a pencil, please
имеется в виду один или какой-либо		Возьми, пожалуйста,
[любой] предмет из общего количества		карандаш
предметов)
перед существительным нарицательным
или перед существительным собственным		A man wants to see you
— именем или фамилией (в		Какой-то человек
этом случае артикль имеет значение		хочет Вас видеть
некий, некто, какой-то)
перед словосочетаниями good day, great		a good deal, a great
deal, great many		deal, a great many

Exercise 1. Use articles where necessary:1.... London is... capital of... Great Britain, ...full name of which is ... United Kingdom of ... Great Britain and ... Northern Ireland. 2.... Volga is ... fabulous river. 3. They used to spend their summer holidays on ... Black Sea coast in ... Crimea. 4. Many European adventurers crossed ... Atlantic Ocean in... search of... riches on ... American continent prior to ... Columbus. 5. ... Gorki Street was renamed into ... Tverskaya Street. 6. …Red Square and … Kremlin are … heart of … capital. 7. …London was founded in … 1^st century BC by …Julius Caesar. 8. …St. Petersburg was founded on …banks of …Neva by Peter … Great. 9. …Johnsons are our next-door neighbours. 10. … Canada is situated in …northern part of… North America. 11. Beyond lay … Smoky Mountains. 12. We left for …East on the following morning. 13. We came to … Ohio River after that. 14. They passed many coal mines on … way. 15. We crossed … historic Delaware River at … Trenton. 16. He arrived in … New York on …very rainy day. 17. The Mannings went through … Blue Ridge Mountains on their trip. 18. She spent several hours at … Bronx Zoo on … Monday. 19. They took … wonderful boat ride around … Manhattan on … last day of their visit. 20. … Dr. Rebecca Richards is our dentist. 21. … Lions donated … money for … new park. 22. You could buy … Picasso for $ 300 in those days. 23. I’m reading … Agatha Christie at … moment. 24. … Lady Diana’s wedding dress was very beautiful. 25. … Sir Michael has made it very clear. 26. … Ryan gave … Sunday Tribune to his father.

Ex.2. Use articles where necessary:

A.

1. … room 25 is on … 3d floor. 2. … lecture begins at … 9 o’clock in … morning. 3. … 5 o’clock tea is … tradition in England. 4. Open … textbook on … page 20 and look at … picture at … top of … page. 5. … February is … shortest month of … year. 6. He read … story from … beginning to … end. 7. … new year begins on … 1^st of … January. 8. She is in …10^th year at … school and her brother is … 3d year student at … university. 9. … number 10, Downing Street is … residence of … British Prime Minister.

B.

1. .. fish is more useful than … meat. 2. Don’t drink … milk, it is very cold. 3. … water in … river is quite warm this summer. 4.cam you brake …bread? 5. … bread isn’t enough for … three of us. 6. I take … coffee with … sugar. 7. … English like to drink … tea with … milk. 8. … man can’t live without … air. 9. There was … smell of … spring in … air. 10. You married her not for … love but for … money.

Ex.3. Use articles where necessary:

A.

1. … primitive man was … slave to … nature. 2. I want you to tell … truth. 3. Can I see … picture, … one he gave you … minute ago. 4. It cost her … hundred and … fifty pounds. 5. … lecture lasts … hour and … half. 6. We called them once, then … second and …third time and thought we had dialed … wrong number. 7. There are … few points I’d like to clear up. 8. … number of … 1^st year student has significantly increased this year. 9. He decided to spent … few pounds he had on … books. 10. There’s … little juice in the bottle, you can drink it. 11. “Well, is … wrong side … left side or is … wrong side … right side? Because I got out on … right side, so how can it be wrong?” asked Michael. 12. … hour passed, … second hour passed. 13. Mr. Kelada was chatty. He discussed … plays, …pictures, politics.

B.

1. what … fine day! 2. What is … date today? 3. What … day is it today? 4. What … beautiful weather we are having today! 5. What … warm welcome they showed. 6. Look, what … lovely present I’ve received. 7. What’s … news?

Useful phrases

Give the Russian equivalents:

To have all modern conveniences

A lovely view

In the right-hand corner

A new 16-storeyed block of flats

On the ground floor