- •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:
4. The use of articles with the noun town
The noun town when used with prepositions does not take an article:
a) when we mean the nearest town (if we live in the country) or the town we live in.
We cannot go to town tomorrow.
b) when the noun town is opposed to the noun country.
He was not used to country life, having spent twenty years in town.
Otherwise the noun town is used with the definite or indefinite article.
I want to go the town where I was born.
5. The use of articles with the names of meals
Names of meals breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, supper are used without articles.
Lunch is ready
Dinner is over
"Stay to tea", he said.
He came when we were having breakfast.
The definite article is used when the nouns are modified by a particularizing attribute or when the situation makes them definite.
He was greedily eating the breakfast his mother had given him.
The indefinite article is used if the name of a meal is modified by a descriptive attribute.
He had a light breakfast.
You can get a good dinner here.
6. The use of articles with names of language
Names of languages when they are not followed by the noun language are used without articles.
She knows English.
Note the peculiar use of the definite article in:
1) It is a translation from the English.
2) What is the English for "сосна"?
The definite article is used if the noun is modified by a particularizing attribute.
The English of America differs from the English of England.
When the noun language is mentioned the definite article is used:
the English language, the German language.
E X E R C I S E S
A) nouns day, night, morning, evening part 1 Choose the right variant:
1.
a) It was almost noon.
b) It was almost the noon.
2.
a) "Lewis! What are you doing at this time of the night."
I heard the well-known voice.
b) "Lewis! What are you doing at this time of night."
I heard the well-known voice.
3.
a) It was high noon when I woke.
b) It was a high noon when I woke.
4.
a) At ten o'clock on hot September evening he strolled idly down the street.
b) At ten o'clock on a hot September evening he strolled idly down the street.
5.
a) The day was hot and muggy.
b) Day was hot and muggy.
6.
a) I made my speech yesterday night.
b) I made my speech a yesterday night.
7.
a) He always slept late on a Sunday morning.
b) He always slept late on Sunday morning.
8.
a) The twilight was falling when they came back to the great city.
b) Twilight was falling when they came back to the great city.
9.
a) She was here yesterday afternoon.
b) She was here the yesterday afternoon.
10.
a) It was wet day, and there were few people on the street.
b) It was a wet day, and there were few people on the street.
Part 2 Fill in the articles where necessary:
1. Outside it was _ night.
2. It was _ warm summer night.
3. _ night outside seemed very quiet.
4. It was _ evening and he was walking across the school grounds on his way home.
5. _ morning was cold and sharp and sunny.
6. We are going to have _ ideal night.
7. _ night being sharp and frosty, we trembled from _ head to _ foot.
8. _ machines at _ factory were in perpetual motion _ day and _ night.
9. _ fine September afternoon was dying fast.
10. It was about ten o'clock at _ night.
11. I shall not forget _ evening I spent with him.
12. He painted and he read, and in _ evening when it was dark, they sat together on
_ veranda, smoking and looking at _ night.
13. It was _ high noon.
14. I promised to spend _ evening with him.
15. She was here _ yesterday afternoon.
16. He rang me up on _ Friday evening.
17. It was _ wet day, and there were few people in the street.
18. It was nearly _ midnight, but none of us was in bed jet.
19. The weather was cold on _ day of my arrival.
20. Every day I was up at _ dawn, clearing, planting, working on my house, and at
_ night when I threw myself on my bed I was to sleep like _ log till _ morning.
PART 3
Translate into English:
1. Утро было холодное и ветряное.
2. Был теплый вечер.
3. Настала ночь, и путешественники решили отдохнуть.
4. Он пишет с утра до ночи.
5. Он провел бессонную ночь и был очень бледен.
6. И днем, и ночью он думал об одном.
7. Было раннее утро у все в доме спали.
8. Был поздний вечер.
9. Однажды холодным январским вечером мы пили чай у меня в комнате.
10. Она была здесь вчера днем.
B) NAMES OF SEASONS
PART 1
Choose the right variant:
1.
a) The year wore on and it was summer.
b) The year wore on and it was the summer.
2.
a) Winter was coming on.
b) The winter was coming on.
3.
a) It was a late summer.
b) It was late summer.
4.
a) We had a short summer this year.
b) We had short summer this year.
5.
a) Summer was here with its bright, short nights.
b) The summer was here with its bright, short nights
6.
a) In those parts the spring sets in early.
b) In those parts spring sets in early.
7.
a) It was late autumn.
b) It was a late autumn.
8.
a) In the autumn my son is going to school.
b) In autumn my son is going to school.
9.
a) Are you going to stay here for the winter?
b) Are you going to stay here for winter?
10.
a) Trough the autumn, a busy time for me I was often uneasy.
b) Trough autumn, a busy time for me I was often uneasy.