- •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:
3. Place of the Article
The usual place of the article is before the noun. If the noun is modified by an attribute, the article is placed before the latter.
There are cases when the article follows the attribute:
1. The definite article follows the attribute expressed by the pronouns both, all.
Both the stories were interesting.
All the stories were interesting.
2. The indefinite article follows the attribute expressed by the adjective after so, too, as:
It was as black a house inside as out side.
3. The indefinite article follows quite, such, what (what in exclamatory sentences)
She is quite a child.
I've never heard of such a thing.
What a wonderful piece of luck!
The indefinite article either precedes or follows rather.
He's a rather hard man.
He's rather a hard man.
4. Either the definite article or the indefinite article follows the words half, twice:
Half the men were too tired to continue the work.
It took us half an hour to get there.
He paid twice the price for it.
They used to meet twice a week.
E X E R C I S E S
1. Fill in the article where necessary
1. His money was _ money I brought him as my marriage portion.
2. What _ charming house you have, Lady Chiltern!
3. I am Anthony Anderson, _ man you want.
4. The girl he loved was Laura Merton, _ daughter of a retired colonel who had lost
his temper and his digestion in India.
5. Charles was dancing with his cousin, _ good-looking, strappling girl.
6. He had been to the tomb of Hafiz _ poet.
7. He now arranged with Spender, _ editor of "The Times Literary Supplement", to
write articles on current French literature.
8. I was chatting with the man's wife, _ lady in purple trousers, when he was called
to the telephone.
9. He accepted the post of _ secretary to a diplomatic mission.
10. That evening I was introduced to _ Captain Riley.
11. He had just been appointed _ Lord Justice of appeal.
12. I was _ fool enough to ask her to live here still, and direct _ affairs of
_ house for me.
13. You should have been _ woman enough to control yourself.
14. Then Rudy saw _ Professor Denton, _ head of _ History and Economics department.
15. Across from her sat Delaney, _ producer of the picture.
16. He was their favourite nephew, _ son of their dead elder sister.
17. _ nurse Everett, _ bony woman of fifty, herself opened _ door.
18. He would be given _ post of _ Minister of Justice.
19. I am not _ good fisherman myself.
20. _ General Holt withdrew his plan.
2. Translate into English:
1. Оба письма были отправлены утром.
2. Какое нелепое возвращение.
3. Все бумаги подписаны.
4. Я не могу ответить на такой странный вопрос.
5. Это довольно интересная статья.
6. Это такая же светлая каюта, как та.
7. Она сущий ребенок.
8. Нам понадобилось полчаса, чтобы туда добраться.
9. Они заплатили за это двойную цену.
10. Такую интересную книгу приятно перечитать.
PART 5
SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE USE OF ARTICLES
1. The use of articles with the nouns day, night, morning, evening, noon, afternoon,
midnight, dawn, dusk, sunrise, sunset, day, time, nightfall, etc
The nouns day, night, morning ... are used without articles
a) if they denote a certain part of the day, or if day and morning mean "light"
and night and evening mean "darkness".
Day is meant for work night for sleep.