- •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:
It was evening. The river was before them.
b) in the expressions by day, at night, from morning, till night.
It is easier to work by day than at night.
The definite article is used when these nouns are modified by a particularizing attribute or when the situation makes them definite.
The night was warm and still.
The weather was cold on the day of my arrival.
The definite article is also used in the expressions: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening. When the nouns morning and evening are modified by the adjectives early and late no articles are used because these adjectives do not describe the morning or night, but only show the time.
It was early morning.
It was late evening.
The indefinite article is used when the noun is modified by a descriptive attribute.
It was a wet day, and there were few people in the street.
It was a fine summer morning when I set out for the railway station.
2. The use of articles with names of seasons
Names of seasons are used without articles if they show a certain time of the year.
It was summer, and all his friends were on holiday.
When names of seasons are modified by the adjectives early, late, no articles are used.
It was late autumn.
The definite article is used when these nouns are modified by a particularizing attribute or when the situation makes them definite.
The winter was very fine that year, and we were happy.
The indefinite article is used when these nouns are modified by a descriptive attribute.
"It was a terrible summer," he said.
3. The use of articles with the nouns school, college, bed, prison, jail, church, hospital, market
The nouns school, college, bed, prison, jail, church, hospital, market are used without an article when they express the purpose for which the objects denoted by them serve:
bed - сон
school - учение
hospital - лечение
prison – лишение свободы
When these nouns denote concrete objects the articles are used according to the general principle.
He went to bed early.
There was a bed and a small table in the room.
I knew he was badly ill, so I softly drew the chair to the bed and sat down.
school, college
to be at school
to go to school
to be at college
to leave school
to go to the school (the building is meant)
to leave the school - to leave the building
bed
to go to bed – ложиться спать
to be in bed – лежать в постели
to be in the bed - an article of furniture is meant
to be on the bed - an article of furniture is meant
prison, jail
to be in prison (in jail)
to be sent to prison - as a prisoner
to be put in prison - as a prisoner
to be in the prison (the building is meant)
to go to the prison ( the building is meant)
hospital
At 10 o'clock the doctor went to the hospital (the building is meant).
В 10 часов доктор пошел в больницу (учреждение, где он работает).
My mother is in hospital (she is a patient).
Моя мама лежит в больнице (лечится).