Практическая грамматика английского языка. Сборник упражнений
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EXERCISE 1. Supply the appropriate articles.
1.He put – envelope in – doctor’s hand.
2.She teaches at – smart girls’school.
3.After – two months’ leave he was sent to – Offi cers’ Training Camp in Dorset.
4.– assistants’office is located on – second fl oor.
5.I was going to attend – parents’meeting next Monday.
6.His eyes narrowed like – cat’s.
7.He was thinking of going to –Teachers’Training College.
8.She was given – doll’s house for her birthday.
9.That dog is – proper brute. I’ve known him bite clean through – lady’s stocking.
10.They were promised – four days’rest.
11.She is out visiting – neighbour’s daughter.
12.The theatre had – three weeks’ballet season.
13.Very early in my life I was taught not to believe – girl’s tears.
14.– chief’s remarks left me indiff erent.
15.«Is that Mr. Blake?» – woman’s voice asked in – telephone.
16.Then she leaped to one side as – car’s brakes screamed behind her.
EXERCISE 2. Use the appropriate articles.
1.He began to climb … stairs which were dark and smelt of … cats.
2.I read until … breakfast time … novel I had borrowed from … friend.
3.I don’t have to go into … reasons why they hate each other.
4.What he said reminded me of … film I had seen.
5.…lieutenant offered Grey … cigarette which he refused.
6.He was wearing … tweed jacket with … leather inserts at … elbows, … thing that I had never seen.
7.Charlotte did not like … idea that Arthur could be better at anything than Joe was.
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8.This was … sentence that made … sense, but no … meaning.
9.…questionsAnn asked always seemed to be … questions to which Paul knew … answers.
10.Stanley knows …woman who might be persuaded to come out by
…bus once … week to clean … house.
11.She was not … little girl he had known, but she was not yet … woman either.
12.Her eyes were really like … searchlights, picking out … things that no one saw.
13.… fact that he would have … independent means made her feel relieved.
14.WithoutknowingheratallIgot…feelingthatshewas…strongest person in … family.
15.It was not … job that he liked.
16.Her husband made her … presents of … books she did not read.
17.And then he put forward … amazing suggestion that she should turn down … offer and settle in London.
18.She wanted to fill … wine-glasses which she had received as … wedding present.
19.I liked reading in … garden, which was several steps below … level of …yard.
20.I have … impression that you don’t trust me.
21.She was drinking … glass of … orange juice.
22.My friend is … man of … culture and … wide reading.
23.His voice was determined, … lines of his face had grown harsh.
24.Tom sat down on … edge of … log and looked at … glassy surface of … lake.
25.… deposit of 5 pounds is payable by anyone who wishes to become
…reader of … library.
26.… faint purring of … motor woke Julia … next morning.
27.«Come back in … half … hour, I’ll give you … bottle of … medicine», said … doctor.
28.… lamplight made his skin … colour of … red brick.
29.He found … orchid of … peculiar rarity.
30.He remembered … soothing effect of her words.
31.He was disturbed by … sound of … shot.
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32.Willy leaned on … back of … chair.
33.He always disliked anybody as soon as they were appointed to … position of … authority.
34.He always took … line of … least resistance.
35.My grandfather was … man of … force and … intellect.
36.From … kitchen came … singing of … kettle on … stove.
37.Just then … latch of … front door clicked, and my father came in.
38.From … sitting-room came … chink of … light beneath … door, and … sound of … whispers from my mother and her friends.
39.… wallpaper was dark-blue with … design of …conventional fl owers.
40.Thismachinerydrills…holesto…depthoftwomilesorevenmore.
41.The woman moved her chair slightly towards … right side of … path.
42.In … crate there were … boxes of … cigars.
EXERCISE 3. Insert articles where necessary.
1.For … minute or two we were all silent. Then Robert struck … match and lit … cigarette.
2.Without waiting for … answer, he walked over to his car.
3.It was … calculated risk to take … man without … medical experience, but we were looking for … manager primarily.
4.She gave … low rather hoarse chuckle, that chuckle which so delighted … audiences.
5.… guard blew … cracked whistle and waved … red flag.
6.When I got home again, I found … note in her bold, legible writing on ... sideboard.
7.You thought you’d only given birth to … ugly duckling, perhaps he’s going to turn into … white-winged swan.
8.With her open hand she gave him … great swinging blow on … face.
9.I ought never to have accepted … valuable presents from you and allowed you to lend me … money.
10.After … while I got into … private employment and met ... nice girl.
11.Then, on one excuse and …other, she sent him ... pearl studs and ...
sleevelinks and ... waistcoat buttons. It thrilled her to make him ...
presents.
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12.She wore ... very small hat with ... feathers in it, and ... pale gray dress with … large leg-of-mutton sleeves and ... long train.
13.He spoke gently, and slowly, like ... father who reassures … frightened child.
14.… mists were dangerous, too, rising in … cloud from … damp ground and closing in about … marshes like … white barrier.
15.In half ... hour she had ... kitchen scrubbed clean as ... pin.
16.Clinging to her father’s hand, she saw ... great white ship like … bird rolling helplessly in ... tough of … sea.
17.She rose like ... fish to his bait.
18.… town was set on … bosom of … hill, with … castle in … centre, like … tale from … old history.
19.… little car shot up to … right house like … bullet, and shot out its owner like… bombshell.
20.Without … word, with … curious swift motion, like … tiger pacing his cage, she came down and followed May out.
21.There is ... packet of …candles in … larder, I saw them, better use those.
22.There’s ... piece of ... mutton in … kitchen
23.… brook burbled merrily over … stones and there was … fording gate across ... shallow water.
24.There’s … piece of ... cheese in … cupboard behind you.
25.Michael gave Dolly ... glance. There was ... twinkle in his eye.
26.There was … shout and … clatter of …hoofs and Jem rode up to her round … corner of … house, astride … black pony.
27.There was … flaming spot of colour high on his cheekbone.
28.Even as she spoke, there was ... loud knock at … entrance-door and then … pause, followed by … thunder of … blows.
29.«There’s … light in … kitchen,» she whispered.
30.There’s been ... very nasty atmosphere in this Lab recently, and if
... certain gentleman doesn’t take … hold of himself, there’ll be … mischief done, you mark my words.
31.There was ... noise, faintly discernible, like … creeping of ...
myriad insects.
32.… kitchen was lit by ... single candle stuck sideways into ... bottle.
33.She walked away up ... hill without … backward glance or ... wave of … hand.
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34. ... people had lived there once – ... happy, placid people, ... rectors with
... musty books beneath their arms; and there by … window … grayhaired woman in ... blue gown had stooped to thread her needle.
35. In ... little while appeared ... ancient and haggard female in ... very dirty print dress, with ... untidy mop of ... grey hair, and showed me, two flights up … very small grubby room.
36. Then she lifted her eyes and saw … door of … kitchen open very slowly, little by little, ... inch at ... time.
37. They sucked … oranges beneath ... striped tent, and had their fortunes told by ... wrinkled gypsy woman.
38. Jem bought Mary ... crimson shawl, and ... gold rings for her ears. 39. She regarded me merely as ... person in ... play.
40. ... drinking well in ... yard had ... thin layer of ... ice.
EXERCISE 4. Insert articles where necessary.
(A) Whirling, talking, … 11 D began to enter... Room 109. From ...
quality of ... class’s excitement Mark Prosser guessed it would rain. He had been teaching ... high school for three years, yet his students still impressed him, they were such … sensitive animals. They reacted so infallibly to ... mere barometric pressure.
(B)Markhadn’tnoticedexactlywhen...rainstarted,butitwascoming down hard now. He moved around ... room with ... window pole, closing ... windows and pulling down ... shades. He began to talk to Gloria in ... crisp voice that, like his device of shutting ... windows, was intended to protect them both from ... embarrassment.
(С) «And about ... love. ‘... Love’is one of... words that illustrate what has happened to ... old, overworked language. These days, with ...
movie stars and ... preachers and ... psychiatrists all pronouncing
... word, it has come to mean nothing, but ... vague fondness for something. In this sense, I love ... rain, ... blackboard, ... desk, you. It means nothing, you see, whereas once ... word signified quite ... explicit thing – ... desire to share all you want and are with someone else. It is ... time we coined ... new word to mean that, and when you think up ... word you want to use, I suggest that you be economical with it.Treat it as something you can use only once, if not for your own sake, for... good of... language.»
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(D) I got ... advance on my salary ... next morning, and I put ... nine hundred dollars into ... envelope and walked over to ...Warburtons’ when...lastlightsin...neighbourhoodhadbeenputout.Ithadbeen raining, but ... rain had let up. Stars were beginning to show. I went around to ... back of their house, found ... kitchen door open, and put ... envelope on ... table in ... dark room.As I was walking away from ... house, ... police car drew up beside me, and ... patrolman I knew asked, «What are you doing out at this time of ... night, Mr. Hake?» «I’m walking ... dog,» I said cheerfully. There was no dog in ... sight, but they didn’t look. «Here, Toby! Here, Toby! ... good dog!» I called, and off I went whistling merrily in ... dark.
(E) ... poor young artist was asked to paint ... portrait of ... rich lady and he did his best to make ... good picture. When ... portrait was finished, it was shown to ...lady’s friends. Some of them thought it wastoorealistic.Theywereafraid...ladywouldnotlike...picture. One of his friends suggested ... following, «We shall leave it for ...
lady’s dog to decide whether ... picture is good or bad.» ... next day ... picture was sent to ... lady’s house where her friends had gathered to see ... result of ... test. As soon as ... dog was brought before ... portrait it began to lick it all over. Nobody knew that ...
painter’s friend had spread ... bacon all over ... picture.
EXERCISE 5. Translate paying attention to the articles.
1.Сегодня я купил книгу, которую я давно хочу прочесть.
2.Когда я вошел, она писала письмо подруге.
3.Она отложила в сторону письмо, которое писала, и посмотрела в окно.
4.Меня представили юноше, который пишет стихи.
5.Юноша, который только что вошел, пишет стихи.
6.Вчера по радио я слышал стихотворение, которое мне очень понравилось.
7.Стихотворение, которое вы прочитали, кажется мне знакомым.
8.Они живут в небольшом городке на Урале.
9.Женщина переехала в город, где жили ее родители.
10.Вам дали трудную работу?
11.Работа, которую ему дали, была нетрудной, но утомительной.
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12.Я люблю классическую музыку.
13.Мне не нравится музыка, которую он пишет.
14.У меня большая семья. У меня есть отец, мать, две бабушки и дедушка. Второй дедушка умер до моего рождения.
15.Семья, о которой вы говорите, живет в следующем доме.
16.Я ненавижу дождь.
17.Он не заметил, когда начался дождь.
18.Он любит давать советы.
19.Спасибо за совет, который вы мне дали.
EXERCISE7.Translate into English paying attention to the articles.
1.Доктор Браун только что звонил.
2.Спросите у доктора, как себя чувствует больной.
3.Парк имени Горького – самый большой в Москве.
4.Рождество – популярный праздник в конце декабря.
5.Познакомьтесь с полковником Смитом.
6.Я говорю о полковнике Смите, который написал историю Гражданской войны в США.
7.Вам надо поговорить с полковником. Он может дать ценный совет.
8.Мы встретились на улице Герцена.
9.Лондонский мост – одна из достопримечательностей Лондона.
10.Рейсы из России прибывают в аэропорт Хитроу.
11.День победы отмечают в начале мая.
12.Как мне доехать до станции Тверская?
13.Журнал Тайм издается на многих языках мира.
14.Центральный выставочный зал находится недалеко от Крымского моста.
15.Мы уезжаем завтра на рассвете.
16.Была полночь.
17.Самое известное озеро в Африке – озеро Виктория.
18.Он выпускник Московского университета.
EXERCISE 8. Translate paying attention to the articles.
1.Я люблю ходить в Музей им. Пушкина.
2.Памятник Маяковскому находится на площади Маяковского.
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3.Вы знакомы с Ивановыми?
4.Он путешествовал в Центральной Америке.
5.Южно-Африканская Республика находится в Южной Африке.
6.Тихий океан отделяет Азию от Америки.
7.Миссисипи – крупнейшая река США.
8.Воркута – город на севере Европейской части России.
9.Я никогда не был в Театре на Таганке.
10.Летом мы путешествовали по Волге.
11.Мы остановились в гостинице «Россия».
12 Дисентис – небольшой город в Швейцарских Альпах.
13.Лето в Крыму жаркое.
14.Красная площадь – исторический центр Москвы.
15.Рейн начинается в Альпах.
16.Мы заблудились, потому что повернули не в ту сторону.
17.Театр им. Станиславского находится на Тверской улице.
EXERCISE 9. Translate paying attention to the articles.
1.У нее красивые волосы.
2.Я заметил волосок на столе. Волосок был рыжий.
3.Я пью кофе каждое утро.
4.Выпей кофе. Это будет тебе полезно.
5.Я зашел в бар и попросил один кофе и газету.
6.Это хороший чай?
7.Вы предпочитаете грузинский или индийский чай?
8.Это один из индийских сортов чая.
9.Я выпил чая, так как очень хотел пить.
10.Выпейте вина. Это легкое сухое вино, и оно вам не повредит.
11.Я ненавижу войну и сделаю все возможное, чтобы не разразилась новая война.
12.В Гражданской войне между Севером и Югом США победил Север.
13.Не все любят рыбу.
14.Он поймал такую большую рыбу, что не смог унести ее в одиночку.
15.Он добавил несколько новых рыбок в свой аквариум.
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EXERCISE 10. Translate paying attention to the articles.
1.Репин – великий русский художник.
2.Недавно музей приобрел картину Репина.
3.Что это за корабль? – «Репин».
4.Они продали свою «Ладу» и купили «Волгу».
5.В какой гостинице лучше остановиться? – Я советую вам остановиться в «Волге».
6.Позвольте представиться. Мое имя Смит.
7.Тебезвонилкакой-тоСмит.Оноставилсвойномертелефона.– Это, должно быть, тот Смит, который обещал мне работу.
8.У них в семье две Мэри – мать и дочь.
9.Я позвоню через два дня, в субботу.
10.Эта история началась в понедельник, а закончилась в воскресенье. Понедельник был вполне обычным, и никто не ожидал ничего особенного.
11.Он купил новый телевизор. Это «Сони».
12.Этот юноша может когда-нибудь стать новым Гоголем.
EXERCISE 11.Translate paying attention to the articles.
1.Он выглянул в окно и увидел, что уже ночь.
2.Ночь была ясная и теплая.
3.В такую чудесную ночь не хочется идти спать.
4.Мой сын идет в школу в будущем году.
5.Сейчас мои дети ездят в школу на автобусе. В будущем году откроют школу недалеко от дома, и они будут добираться пешком.
6.Она угостила нас обедом, и обед был очень вкусный.
7.Мы даем два званых обеда в месяц.
8.Мы уходим. Мы приглашены на обед.
9.Когда вы поедете в больницу навестить Павла?
10.Мой друг лежит в больнице. У него воспаление легких.
11.Они живут за городом и приезжают в город только на выходные.
12.Мы отдыхали в небольшом городе на Украине.
13.Я предпочитаю ездить поездом. Поезд – это прекрасная возможность отдохнуть.
14.Вам лучше поехать ранним поездом, хотя не обязательно самым ранним.
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EXERCISE 12. Translate paying attention to the articles.
1.Лето и зима – мои любимые времена года.
2.Лето 2002 года было необыкновенно жарким.
3.Приезжайте провести у нас лето.
4.Когда вы встаете утром?
5.Посмотрите! Уже утро.
6.Нет ничего лучше прогулки прохладным летним утром.
7.Утро понедельника – худшее утро недели.
8.Утром 1 сентября мальчик проснулся очень рано. Он боялся опоздать в школу.
9.Он работает с утра до ночи.
10.Мы с ним вместе учились в университете.
11.Университет состоял из нескольких зданий.
12.Каждое утро я поднимался на рассвете, весь день работал, строя дом. Когда ночью я, наконец, добирался до постели, я спал как бревно до утра.
13.Была поздняя осень, но погода стояла теплая.
14.Холодная сырая ночь сменилась хмурым дождливым утром.
Вопросы для самопроверки:
Use the appropriate articles.
1.They made him … major-general after he left … headquarters.
2.We were … children of our class and time.
3.Heavens! Look at … dog! Or is it … lion?
4.Hart was … uneasy nervous man who broke into … flashes of … speech.
5.I wouldn’t be … Prime Minister if they asked me on their knees.
6.Jason was made … Secretary of the club.
7.John could not make up his mind about … blackmail. He had been led to think that McGrath was … blackmailer, because he had … personality to be … blackmailer.
8.She was … only Liberal in their family.
9.After some most astonishing adventures in New Guinea he made himself … king of some wild tribe.
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