- •Contents
- •Part 1 use of articles with common nouns
- •1. Class Nouns
- •I liked the room because there were flowers in it.
- •I have brought you some flowers.
- •I have got the magazine.
- •I do wish we had not opened the door of the wrong room.
- •In a fortnight I got a long letter, which I considered odd.
- •1. Fill in the articles where necessary
- •2. Change the nouns into the plural
- •2. Nouns of Material
- •Fill in the articles or "some" where necessary
- •3. Abstract Nouns
- •Fill in the articles where necessary
- •Part 2 use of articles with proper nouns
- •1. Names of Persons
- •If you are going West may I come with you? I want to see Aunt Emily and Uncle Lawrence.
- •I met Robert's father.
- •Fill in the articles where necessary
- •2. Geographical Names
- •3. Names of Hotels, Ships, Newspapers, Magazines, Universities, Airport, Railway stations, etc
- •4. Names of Cardinal Points
- •5. Names of Months and Days
- •Part 3 use of articles with nouns in some set expressions
- •1. The Use of the Indefinite Articles with Nouns in Set Expressions
- •2. The Use of the Definite Article with Nouns in Set Expressions
- •3. Nouns in Set Expression Used Without an Article
- •1. Fill in the articles where necessary
- •2. Translate into English:
- •3. Give English for:
- •Part 4 use of articles in some syntactical relations
- •1. The Use of Articles with Predicative Nouns
- •2. The Use of Articles with Nouns in Apposition.
- •I want to introduce you to Comrades b. And d., great friends of mine.
- •3. Place of the Article
- •It was as black a house inside as out side.
- •I've never heard of such a thing.
- •It took us half an hour to get there.
- •1. Fill in the article where necessary
- •2. Translate into English:
- •It was evening. The river was before them.
- •It is easier to work by day than at night.
- •2. The use of articles with names of seasons
- •3. The use of articles with the nouns school, college, bed, prison, jail, church, hospital, market
- •I knew he was badly ill, so I softly drew the chair to the bed and sat down.
- •4. The use of articles with the noun town
- •I want to go the town where I was born.
- •5. The use of articles with the names of meals
- •6. The use of articles with names of language
- •A) nouns day, night, morning, evening part 1 Choose the right variant:
- •Part 2 Fill in the articles where necessary:
- •Part 2 Fill in the articles where necessary:
- •Part 2 Translate into English:
- •D) names of meals part 1 Fill in the articles where necessary:
- •Part 2 Translate into English:
- •Part 3 Fill in the articles where necessary
- •Part 6 use of articles with nouns modified by certain adjectives,pronouns and numerals
- •1. Most
- •It's a most difficult problem.
- •2. Few, a few, the few; little, a little, the little
- •3. Two, the two, three, the three, etc
- •I ate two pears. He pressed me to have a third pear but I refused.
- •I rang the bell, but nobody answered it, so I had to ring a second time.
- •I am thirsty, I should like another cup of tea.
- •Fill in the articles where necessary: a) most
- •B) few, little
- •C) second, third, etc.
- •D) another or the other
- •E) a number, the number
- •Part 7 the final tests Fill in the articles where necessary
- •Fill in the articles where necessary in the following extract
- •Fill in the required articles for all kinds of the nouns in the following text:
2. Translate into English:
1. Он всегда говорит очень тихо.
2. На днях я случайно встретила моего старого друга.
3. Если вы ей так ответите, она придет в ярость.
4. Она читает с утра до ночи.
5. Я люблю путешествовать морем.
6. Он даже не потрудился встретить нас на вокзале.
7. Он очень хорошо играет на скрипке.
8. Мы уже можем читать Диккенса и Теккерея в оригинале.
9. По правде говоря, я так и не поняла того, что он сказал.
10. Об этом не может быть и речи.
3. Give English for:
1. жаль - it is a pity
2. для верности - to be on the safe side
3. на днях - the other day
4. в целом - on the whole
5. играть на рояле - to play the piano
6. тихо - in a low voice
7. быть в растерянности - to be at a loss
8. сразу, с первого взгляда - at a glance
9. принимать близко к сердцу - to take to heart
10. соблюдать постельный режим - to keep the bed
11. в настоящее время - at present
12. с утра до вечера - from morning till night
13. с головы до ног - from head to foot
14. случайно - by chance
15. по ошибке - by mistake
16. по палубу - on deck
17. в долгу - in debt
Part 4 use of articles in some syntactical relations
1. The Use of Articles with Predicative Nouns
A predicative noun is used with the definite article if the object denoted by the noun belongs to a certain class. If a predicative noun is modified by a particularizing attribute, the definite article is used.
He is the student you wanted to speak to.
If a predicative noun denotes a post, occupied by a person at a time either no article or the definite article is used.
Montanelli was director of the theological seminary at Pisa.
James Smith is the chairman of the committee.
Comrade N. is the dean of our faculty.
No article is used with predicative nouns after the verbs to turn, to commence, to appoint, to elect.
They appointed him head-teacher.
Shakespeare commenced actor.
The nouns son and daughter used predicatively take the definite article when modified by an of-phrase, though there may be several sons and daughters in the family.
Lomonosov was the son of a fisherman.
Becky Sharp was the daughter of an artist.
When a predicative noun is followed by the adverb enough no article is used.
Surely Bolla isn't fool enough to believe that sort of stuff?
2. The Use of Articles with Nouns in Apposition.
Nouns in apposition and nouns forming part of an apposition are used with the indefinite article if the object expressed by the noun in apposition belongs to a certain class.
This is Tom Brown, a student from my class.
In the plural no article is used.
I want to introduce you to Comrades b. And d., great friends of mine.
Nouns in apposition or nouns forming part of an apposition are used with the definite article if they are modified by a particularizing attribute.
Comrade B., the student you have mentioned, has come.
If the noun denotes a well-known person or work of art, the definite article is generally used.
Pushkin, the great Russian poet, died in 1837.
The article was about Fellini, the film producer.
But if the person of the work of art is not widely known the indefinite article is used.
Pericles, a comedy by Shakespeare, is hardly ever staged.
No article is generally used with a noun in apposition when the apposition expresses a post which can be occupied by one person at a time. Occasionally the definite article is used.
Professor Petrov, director (the director) of the Medical Institute, is going to deliver a lecture.