Lorenza

My _ (1) _ is Lorenza Fiore. I’m 18 _ (2) _ old and I’m from Lausanne _ (3) _ Switzerland. I’ve _ (4) _ three brothers and _ (5) _ sister. I’m _ (6) _ youngest. One of my brothers _ (7) _ married. He and _ (8) _ wife live in France.

My father is _ (9) _ scientist. _ (10) _ works at the Polytechnic Institute _ (11) _ Lausanne. My mother is a doctor. _ (12) _ works in a hospital. My _ (13) _ comes from Ireland. She met my father when _ (14) _ were students together in Trieste. They got married and went _ (15) _ live in Switzerland. My father _ (16) _ born in Venice, and _ (17) _ grandparents are also from Italy. That’s why I’ve got _ (18) _ Italian name.

I like riding horses, swimming, listening _ (19) _ symphonic music and singing.

I learn English _ (20) _ special courses. Now I want _ (21) _ go to university to _ (22) _ Physics. I want to be a scientist as my father. Most of all I’d _ (23) _ to travel to other countries. That’s why _ (24) _ want to learn English.

Граматика. Артиклі. Вживання артиклів.

Артикль	Вживання	Приклади
Неозначений  a (an)	Вперше йде мова про предмет. В значенні числівника one.	This is a book. Take an apple.
Означений  the	Йде мова про вже відомий предмет.	I bought a book yesterday. The book is interesting.
	Є пояснення до предмета.	Take the book which is on the table.
	Коли ясно з контексту, який предмет мається на увазі.	Open the window, please.
	Перед географічними назвами (деяких країн, океанів, морів, рік, гірських масивів).	the USA, the Pacific Ocean, the Carpathians
Відсутній	Перед власними іменами.	Kharkiv, England, Smith
	Перед речовинними іменниками.	snow, milk
	Перед назвами днів, місяців, пори року.	in October, in winter, on Friday
	Якщо перед іменниками стоїть займенник чи числівник.	this student, some books, five pens, three lessons

Вправа 6. Заповніть пропуски артиклями, якщо це необхідно.

1. He is ___ doctor. 2. ___ text-book is on ___ table. 3. Here is ___ book you want to read. 4. ___ Kyiv is ___ capital of ___ Ukraine. 5. This is ___ nice city. 6. All ___ students of our group attended ___ meeting. 7. I don’t know his ___ brother. 8. This ___ article is interesting. 9. Please, give me ___ black pencil. 10. We will go to ___ theatre tonight.

Вправа 7. Вставте артиклі a, an, the або займенник some, де необхідно.

1. We have ___ large ___ family. 2. My granny often tells us ___ long ___ interesting stories. 3. My ___ father is ___ engineer. He works at ___ factory. ___ factory is large. 4. My ___ mother is ___ doctor. She works at ___ large ___ hospital. She is at ___ work now. 5. My ___ aunt is ___ teacher. She works at ___ school. ___ school is good. My ___ aunt is not at ___ school now. She is at ___ home. She is drinking ___ tea and eating ___ jam. ___ jam is sweet. I am at ___ home, too. I am drinking ___ tea. I put ___ jam into ___ tea. I am also eating ___ sandwich. ___ sandwich is tasty. 6. My sister is at ___ school. She is ___ pupil. 7. My cousin has ___ big ___ black ___ cat. My cousin’s ___ cat has two ___ kittens. ___ cat likes ___ milk. ___ kittens like ___ milk, too. I will give them ___ milk. 8. ___ Dnieper is ___ longest river in ___ Ukraine. 9. There is ___ new monument in ___ square. 10. There is ___ snow on ___ top of your car.

Домашнє завдання

Вправа 8. Вставте артиклі a, an, the або займенник some, де необхідно.

1. There are three rooms and ___ kitchen in our new flat. 2. My new dress is made of ___ silk. 3. If you want to write something on ___ blackboard, you must have ___ piece of ___ chalk. 4. Are there any students in ___ classroom? 5. I have ___ new English book. ___ book is very interesting. 6. There is ___ garden in ___ front of our university. ___ garden is not large, but it is very nice. 7. ___May is ___ fifth month of the year. 8. ___ Saturday is ___ sixth day of the week. 9. There is ___ coffee in the cup. ___ coffee is black. 10. My brother found out ___ interesting facts about ___ history of ___ our city.

Вправа 9. Напишіть та вивчіть розповідь про свою родину (10–12 речень).