Существительное, неотделимое от предлога

at breakfast (dinner, lunch, supper) за завтраком (обедом, ленчем, ужином)

at hand под рукой

at home дома

at night  ночью

at peace в мире

at present в настоящее время

at school в школе (на занятиях)

at sunrise на рассвете

at sunset на закате

at table  за столом

at war в состоянии войны

at work на работе

by air  по воздуху

by chance  случайно

by day  днем

by hand от руки

by heart  наизусть

by land  по суше

by sea  морем

by mail  по почте

by means of посредством

by mistake  ошибочно

by name по имени

by night ночью

by phone по телефону

by post по почте

by train (tram, boat, bus, taxi и т.д.) поездом (трамваем, пароходом, автобусом, такси и т.д.)

in conclusion  в заключение

in debt в долгу

in detail подробно

in fact  действительно

in mind  мысленно

in time вовремя

in trouble  в беде

on board  на борту

on business по делу

on credit в кредит

on deck  на палубе

on foot  пешком

on holiday в отпуске

on sale в продаже и др.

Слитное сочетание двух существительных с предлогом

arm in arm рука об руку

day after day  день за днем

day by day  изо дня в день

from beginning to end с начала до конца

from left to right слева направо

from morning till night с утра до вечера

from town to town из города в город

from time to time  время от времени

hand in hand рука об руку

side by side рядом

Упражнения

1) Put in a/an or the where necessary:

 

1. I wrote to her but ... letter never arrived.

2. Britain is ... island.

3. What is ... name of this village?

4. Jane is ... very nice person. You must meet her.

5. Montreal is ... large city in ... Canada.

6. What is ... largest city in ... Canada?

7. "What time is it?" "I don't know. I haven't got ... watch."

8. When I went to ... Rome, I stayed with ... Italian friend of mine.

9. You look very tired. You need ... holiday.

10. Don't sit on ... floor. It's very dirty.

11. "Let's go to ... restaurant this evening." "That's ... good idea. Which restaurant shall we go?"

12. Can you turn on ... radio, please? I want to listen to some ... music.

13. Tom is in ... bathroom. He's having ... bath.

14. This is ... nice room, but I don't like ... colour of ... carpet.

15. We live in ... old house near ... station. It's ... two miles from ... center.

2) Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

At... beginning of ... 19th century ... little boy was born in ... family of John Dickens, ... clerk at ... office in ... Portsmouth, and was named Charles. He had ... sister who was older than himself, arid there were several other children in ... family. When Charles was seven, he was sent to ... school. He was not... strong child. He did not like to play ... crick­et or .. football and spent all his free time reading. In 1821 ... family went to ... London and little Charles left behind him ... happiest years of his childhood. His father was in ... money difficulties, and ... family became poorer and poorer. ... boy had to give up his studios. Mr. Dickens was put into ... debtors' prison. Little Charles learned to know all ., horrors and cruelty of ... large capitalist city. He had to go to work at... blacking factory. He worked there from ... morning till ... night. When his fa­ther came out of prison, Charles was sent to ... school for some time. Soon he got work as ... clerk. Then he learned ... stenography and became ... reporter; in Parliament. In 1836 at... age of 24 Charles Dick-1 en? published his first book. It was ... collection of ... stories. ... title of ... book was "Sketches by Boz." There were followed by "Pickwick Papers" and "Ol­iver Twist" and many other famous novels. Charles Dickens is one of ... greatest writers of ... 19th. century. His novels are now translated into most languages of ... world.