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... same heavy mist shut out the sun and the sky; ... same hard
work went forward wherever he turned his eyes. 9. They spent ...
latter part of ... year on ... farm. 10. When ... fi rst lady came on ...
stage, ... atmosphere was already electric, and she could hardly
fail to make ... most wonderful impression. 11. ... building of ...
Channel Tunnel has been one of ... most ambitious European
projects. 12. In all ... broad landscape those were ... only moving
fi gures, ... graceful girl sitting very straight upon her machine
and ... man behind her bending low over his handle-bar. 13. ...
underground city is no longer ... dream. It is expected to materialize in ... early part of ... next century. 14. This was ... last letter
I received from my beloved husband. 15. Weddings can be very
formal and you must have ... right clothes for such occasions. 16.
Having only two topics of conversation, ... Second World War and
... greengrocery trade, Sydney always talked about ... battles and
... beetroot, ... former slightly dominating. 17. He told them how
devoted Brooke had been and how he was altogether ... most estimable and upright young man. 18. For almost ... only time in his
life that I know of, Peter was afraid. 19. There was ... crowd of ...
people in ... principal street of ... village. 20. The only thing politi-
cal about the offi ce was Jackson’s ambitions. 21. ... real hotel is
for hospitality. 22. It was ... best-fi nanced reactionary campaign
in ... history. 23. I took ... last look at my hair while ... barber
got his things, and that was ... end of it. 24. ... upper part of ...
building was pierced by so many windows and large rents that it
looked ... mere skeleton, while ... lower part of it had hardly any
windows at all. 25. She was ... right type for this dress, just as I
was ... wrong type.
Insert the proper articles.3.
In … street of … English town … policeman stops … car. In …
car there is … visitor from … Continent.
Policeman: Why are you driving on … right side of … road?
Visitor: Do you want me to drive on … wrong side?
Policeman: You are driving on … wrong side.
Visitor: But you said I was driving on … right side.
Policeman: I meant to say that you were on … right side, and
that was wrong.
Visitor: … strange country. If … right is … wrong, I’m right
when I’m on … wrong side. So why did you stop me?
Policeman: My dear sir, you must keep to … left. In this country … right side is … left.
Visitor: Well, I want to go to Bellwood. Will you tell me … way,
please?
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Policeman: Certainly. At … end of … road turn … left.
Visitor: Now let me think. In England … left is … right and …
right is … wrong. Is that … idea?
Policeman: You’ll be right if you turn left. But if you turn right
you’ll be wrong.
Visitor: Thank you for … explanation! It’s quite clear now.
Translate into English. Mind the articles with nouns 4.
modifi ed by adjectives used as limiting attributes.
1. Говорят, грядущая зима будет очень холодной. 2.
Извините, я ошибся номером. 3. Чашка кофе и булочка –
обычный континентальный завтрак. 4. Родители ему ни в чем
не отказывают, он единственный ребенок в семье. 5. В чем
наша основная проблема? – Я задаю себе тот же самый вопрос.
6. Скажите пожалуйста, эта дорога ведет в Брайтон? 7. Мне
здесь нечего больше делать, я уезжаю следующим поездом.
8. Это самый замечательный момент в моей жизни. 9. Какой
сюрприз! Ты тот самый человек, который нам сейчас нужен.
10. Он так гордится собой, будто никогда в жизни не совершил
неверного поступка. 11. На следующий день все разговоры
были только о последних событиях. 12. Разве это не та самая
возможность, о которой вы говорили? 13. Где мы можем
перекусить? – В кафе напротив. 14. В нашей библиотеке
вы можете найти всю необходимую литературу. 15. Митинг
состоится в последнее воскресенье месяца на центральной
площади города. 16. Это единственный, разумный выход
из положения. 17. Это была чрезвычайно трудная задача,
никто из нас не нашел правильный ответ. 18. Единственное,
что портило его внешность, было выражение его лица. 19.
Поторопись, иначе опоздаешь на последний автобус. 20. Он
пошел в указанном направлении и вскоре достиг нужного
места. 21. Я не думаю, что это подходящие слова для утешения.
22. Старику было трудно спускаться с верхнего этажа на
нижний. 23. Мы ничем не можем тебе помочь в настоящий
момент. 24. Бывший муж Люси оказался единственным
человеком, который придерживался противоположного
мнения. 25. Центральный офис нашей фирмы находится
в том же здании, где и ваш.
Comment on the use of articles with nouns modifi ed by 5.
all or whole.
1. The whole progressive mankind is fi ghting for peace all
over the world. 2. He wouldn’t show his face here alone, not for
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a whole hatful of golden guineas. 3. He had fi shed all morning
without success. 4. Henry and Edward must be extremely hungry after being out shooting all the morning. 5. I’ve been routed
up early all the winter, so now I’m going to rest and revel to my
heart’s content. 6. People have only the word «smell» to include
the whole range of delicate thrills, which murmur in the nose of
the animal night and day. 7. She says she’s going to stay quietly
in her room all day. 8. My aunt is a washerwoman, she does the
washing for all the prisoners in this castle. 9. «Don’t let us do any
lessons for a while, but play all the time», proposed Amy. 10. He
became grave and depressed, and tried desperately not to think
of all the possibilities. 11. I’ve no doubt you’ll go bravely, and face
all the trouble and discomfort and change and newness. 12. Up
and down, the whole length of the hall, strode the four friends,
whacking with their sticks at every head that showed itself. 13.
«I’ve got the fi nest business in the whole country», she said airily.
«All the gentry come to me, they know me so well». 14. It’s so nice
of Annie not to forget her promise. A whole fortnight of fun will be
splendid. 15. His temper fairly boiled over and he lost all control
of himself. 16. The horse hadn’t cost him anything; so whatever
he got was all clear profi t. 17. He had all the appearances of one
who for some nights had been kept away from home and all its
little conveniences. 18. In all the valley he could hear no sound,
nor was there any trace of inhabitants in the cottage. 19. They
have feasting and toasts and songs and all sorts of fun here in
the banqueting-hall. 20. You have more sense in your little fi nger
than some other people in the whole of their fat bodies.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles. Pay atten-6.
tion to the nouns modifi ed by all and whole.
1. «Are you going to deliver lectures all ... way home?» he asked
presently. 2. We each got about a minute to sing something, but I
think ... whole issue was decided in the split second when we were
asked to roll our trousers. 3. ... whole wood seemed running now,
hunting, chasing, closing in round something or – somebody? 4.
They had to lay him out on the fl oor, kicking and calling them ...
all sorts of names. 5. I was so thirsty I could drink ... whole well
dry. 6. We will make all ... necessary arrangements in the course
of the morning tomorrow. 7. ... whole pavement outside our house
was covered with snow. 8. That was the room that Nancy liked
best in all ... house. 9. The more Cain looked at ... whole thing,
the more ridiculous it seemed. 10. All ... day the snow fell, a bitter wind raged, and hours dragged slowly by. 11. We had ... whole
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day in Bombay. 12. People spilled out, ... whole crowd, all of them
going into Mrs. Francher’s house. 13. «I’ve been watching you all
... time», she gasped. 14. Except for an odd splash of some dark
fl uid on one of the white-papered walls, ... whole place looked
neat, cheerful and ordinary. 15. We have lodges in all ... biggish
places. 16. Without a «credit» I would fail in ... whole exam. 17.
Let’s forget ... whole crazy idea. 18. On entering the room he was
struck by the sight of all ... things scattered carelessly over the
fl oor. 19. I wasn’t complaining, business was good, but Clarissa
had generally taken against ... whole project. 20. Well, ... whole
thing is not very satisfactory.
Say it in English paying attention to the use of articles 7.
with nouns modifi ed by all and whole.
1. Все студенты заинтересованы в быстром решении
этой проблемы. 2. Я беру всю вину на себя. 3. После войны
весь город пришлось восстанавливать заново. 4. Ребенок
разлил все молоко из чашки. 5. Вся земля покрыта снегом.
6. Ломоносов посвятил всю жизнь развитию российской науки.
7. За весь период моего пребывания здесь не случилось ничего
особенного. 8. Не все ученики поняли это правило. 9. Публика
зачарованно следила за всеми движениями гимнаста. 10. Он
прочел все английские книги из школьной библиотеки.
11. Я помню все детали этого ужасного происшествия.
12. Секретарь старательно записала все распоряжения
своего шефа. 13. Весь зал бурно аплодировал докладчику.
14. Мне кажется, он выдумал всю историю с начала до
конца. 15. Еще не все деревья распустились. 16. Все стены
зала были украшены шарами и гирляндами. 17. Вся книга
была разорвана. 18. У нас есть все основания не соглашаться
на это предложение. 19. Весь пол был завален бумагами
из письменного стола. 20. Все мысли счастливого жениха
сосредоточились на предстоящем событии. 21. Я потратил целый
день на эту работу. 22. Все расстояние, пройденное в тот день,
не составляло и 10 миль. 23. Все желающие посетить выставку
должны зарегистрироваться заранее. 24. Все участники
конференции получили персональные приглашения. 25. Вся
вода охлажденная, можете открыть любую бутылку.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles. Pay atten-8.
tion to the nouns modifi ed by the pronoun other.
1. Behind ... man wearing ... yellow scarf more passengers
with ... other problems pressed forward. 2. ... plans for ... exhibi-
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tions, fi lm showings and ... other cultural events to be held at the
Congress were also drawn up. 3. Twelve feet away from them,
on ... other side of ... sliding door, ... subject of their conversation
was waiting patiently. 4. He passed on down ... aisle, explaining
to some passengers how ... seats could be reclined, and describing
to ... others ... fl ight’s progress and ... weather conditions. 5. «Any
objections to cards?» inquired one of the party. «Not in ... least, so
long as you don’t disturb ... other passengers». 6. «Very well, Doctor. While I’m gone, will you take a look at ... other sick passenger? He’s complaining of ... same pains». 7. «She’s seriously ill»,
he said. «And if I’m not much mistaken there are ... others who’ll
be as bad before long». 8. He scooped up the telephone again,
holding it with one hand as ... other pulled at his necktie. 9. Holding ... stand microphone in his hand, Treleaven turned his back
to ... other men in room. 10. There are ... other problems, which
no one has mentioned so far. 11. Three shelves aren’t enough
for so many books. I think we need ... other shelves to put them
gracefully. 12. What shall I do? Some cookery books say this and
... others say that. 13. When ... workers who had been building
our cottage left, it took us ... long time to fi nd ... other suitable
men. 14. There are ... other kinds of Arctic birds, which are rarely
seen in this country. 15. My orders are to let everybody in and
nobody out; and ... giant with ... dust pannier guards ... other
entrance night and day. 16. «Good bye, my darlings!» whispered
Mrs. March, as she kissed one little dear face after ... other. 17.
He shouted something from ... other side of ... street but I couldn’t
hear ... word. 18. I’ll go and stay with her sometimes, ... headmistress’s mother – and ... other mistresses will be invited to dine
with us. 19. She had been sacked just because she had a bit more
spirit than ... others. 20. ... boys looked confused and ... inspector
turned his eyes from one to ... other.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles. Pay atten-9.
tion to the nouns modifi ed by the pronoun other.
1. The French, like ... other people, have shaped ... tax system
to refl ect their culture: ... tax on ... yachts, horses, limousines,
and ... other signs of wealth remains as ... legacy of ... Revolution.
2. Many people hardly glance at ... sky from one year’s end to ...
other unless to see if it is going to rain. 3. Two of ... worst Australian spiders are the funnel-web and the trap-door. One is even
more lethal than ... other, but I cannot remember which. 4. One
of my partners is ... liar and ... thief. ... other – God knows what
he is – some sort of ... hysterical young pervert. 5. I’ve not only
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been here tonight, I’ve been here remembering ... other nights,
long ago, when we weren’t like this. 6. ... person who takes care
of ... others will develop into ... mature individual. 7. On this side
of ... hills was now ... real blank, on ... other lay ... crowded and
coloured panorama. 8. When you live ... life of ... intense activity
for six months in ... year, you should have ... comparative or ac-
tual somnolence for ... other six months. 9. ... sob forced its way
to ... air, and then another, and another, and ... other sobs thick
and fast. 10. ... garden seat stood on one side of ... door, and on ...
other side, ... roller. 11. ... short way ahead of us is ... long tunnel,
and on ... other side of that ... line passes through ... thick wood.
12. Infancy is ... stage when ... children are completely dependent
on ... others. 13. He saw that ... barge had run around on ... other
side of ... canal. 14. He cautiously opened fi rst one eye and then ...
other. 15. He was always able to see ... other side of ... question.
16. The clerk roared: «Stand away from the window, madam: you
are obstructing ... other passengers!» 17. There was ... dentist’s
sign among ... others which adorned ... entrance. 18. Some of his
former friends forgot him, ... others thought he had left ... country. 19. I remained on ... veranda and ... other guests went to
... garden. 20. Some young people were playing beech-volley, ...
other holiday-makers were lying on ... yellow sand.
Translate into English. Use 10. other (others) with the
proper article or another.
1. Братья не завидовали успехам друг друга: одному
хорошо давалась учеба, другому – занятия спортом. 2. Дети
бегали друг за другом по двору без всякой видимой цели.
3. Тяжелая слеза скатилась по ее щеке, затем еще одна,
и еще, растекаясь темными пятнами на светлой блузке. 4.
Застенчивость помешала ей заговорить с другими гостями,
она так и просидела весь вечер одна. 5. Он курил одну
сигарету за другой. 6. Я думаю, все остальные вопросы имеют
второстепенное значение по сравнению с этим. 7. Вот еще
экземпляр того же издания. 8. Сестры были совсем не похожи:
одна любила шумные компании, другая держалась от них
в стороне. 9. С другой стороны дороги тянулись поля спелой
пшеницы. 10. Извините, но этот столик занят. Можете сесть
за другой. 11. Они о чем-то разговаривали за ужином, но мне
не было слышно ни слова с другого конца стола. 12. За его
словами последовала еще одна пауза, более продолжительная,
чем предыдущая. 13. Давай закажем еще что-нибудь выпить,
прежде чем пойдем домой. 14. Я протянул мальчику горсть
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конфет. Он тут же съел одну, другие засунул в карман. 15.
Держа в одной руке банку с «Пепси», а в другой – пульт от
телевизора, он лениво просматривал один канал за другим.
16. Я загляну к вам на днях, чтобы узнать, как идут дела. 17.
«Кто-нибудь хочет чаю?» – поинтересовалась хозяйка. – «Я бы
выпила еще чашечку», сказала Анна. Другие гости отказались.
18. Какая досада! Мы опоздали на поезд, а другой придет
только утром. 19. Ирина намного моложе, чем другие девочки
в ее классе. 20. Бегло просмотрев одну статью в газете, он тут
же погрузился в чтение другой.
Comment on the use of the defi nite article before nouns 11.
modifi ed by cardinal numerals.
1. He had ecstasies innumerable that other children can never
know; but he was looking through the window at the one joy from
which he must be forever barred. 2. He has been perfectly faithful to his young fi rst cousin during the twenty years since he
married her romantically out in the Boer War. 3. They could not
understand this, and a cold fear fell upon all the three of them. 4.
The house was very pretty, and beautifully built. But it showed
all signs of the eleven children. 5. Typically, the four young men
who comprised the TV crew had taken over as if the entire event
had been arranged for their convenience. 6. She cast an appealing look at the two girls. 7. Then the two animals stood and regarded each other cautiously. «Hullo, Mole!» said the Water Rat.
«Hullo, Rat!» said the Mole. 8. For some time the two men lapsed
into silence, absently watching their cigarette smoke rise slowly
in the cabin. 9. The rest of the fi fty-six passengers, who included
three or four women, were reading or talking. 10. For a moment
after Mr. and Mrs. Darling left the house the night-lights by the
beds of the three children continued to burn clearly. But Wendy’s
light blinked and gave such a yawn that the other two yawned
also, and all the three went out. 11. There are here seven large
trees, each having in its hollow trunk a hole as large as a boy.
These are the seven entrances to the home under the ground.
12. «Mayday, mayday», he began in an even voice. It was the one
signal he could never forget. 13. He ripped off his headset and
shouted to the others, «Let’s go». The three men leaped out of the
room and raced along the corridor. 14. John introduced a new
way of hitting the bubble, with the head instead of the hand. This
is the one mark that John has left on the island. 15. For long the
two enemies looked at one another; Hook shuddering slightly,
and Peter with the strange smile upon his face.
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Fill in the blanks with proper articles paying special 12.
attention to nouns modifi ed by cardinal numerals:
1. ... gypsy’s suggestion seemed to smooth ... way to ... two
things he wanted so badly – ... ready money and ... solid breakfast. 2. «Which of ... two books would you like to read?» «Any
you can lend me». 3. Consider it settled, and don’t argue – it’s ...
one thing I can’t stand. 4. He was running round ... room busily,
distributing weapons in ... four little heaps on ... fl oor, saying
something excitedly under his breath, while ... four little heaps
gradually grew and grew. 5. He is ... hopelessly bad driver, and
quite regardless of ... law and order. Killed or ruined – it’s got to
be one of ... two things, sooner or later. 6. Between him and ...
four other brothers who were present … there was much difference, much similarity. 7. He went down ... crowded lobby, smiled
without ... warmth at ... two people he knew but didn’t wish to
talk to. 8. ... smallness of ... company made it necessary for ... two
principal actors to take several parts apiece. 9. «You will now
stand in front of the class till recess», said Mr. Davis. During
... fi fteen minutes that followed ... proud and sensitive little girl
suffered ... shame and pain she never forgot; for during ... twelve
years of her life she had been governed by love alone. ... fi fteen
minutes seemed ... hour, but they came to ... end at last. 10. Mrs.
March snatched ... telegram, read ... two lines it contained, and
dropped back into her chair. 11. This broke the strike, and at the
end of ... ten days ... two railroad unions involved had to call it
off. 12. As far as I’m concerned, you can whistle for you ... two
or three thousand pounds. You won’t get ... penny from me. Of
course, I could lend you ... two or three thousand without feeling
it. Only, I’m not going to. 13. Which of ... four men smoking by
... fi replace is Ben? 14. And who are ... two noble portly fi gures
accompanying her? Can they be John and Michael? They are! 15.
... two scouts whispered that it was time to move out again. And
... four of them crawled out of ... ditch without drawing any more
fi re. 16. Mary admired ... two little girls I’d brought and mixed
them with her own children. 17. Awakening, he nervously looked
around exploring ... four corners of the room.
Read the following story and insert the proper arti-13.
cles. Mind the use of articles with nouns modifi ed by
cardinal numerals.
Heroic Failures
Tired of ten large molehills that fl ourished on his lawn, Mr.
Oscar Ejimike decided to remove them. After vigorous campaign
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of bombing, gassing and waiting round in dark with raised shovel, he found that ten molehills survived intact. There were also
twenty-two new ones.
At this point our man decided to «surprise moles» with midnight poisoning raid. In May 1994 he drove his Jaguar to edge of
lawn and reached for poison. While doing it, Mr. Ejimike knocked
car into reverse and accelerated through wall of his cottage,
knocking over electric heater, setting fi re to his newly decorated
sitting room, and wrecking his car.
While this certainly surprised moles, it had no effect on thirty-two molehills. Next morning Mr. Ejimike bought twenty-two
bags of ready-mixed cement and announced that he was going to
concrete lawn over.
Comment on the use of the indefi nite or zero article 14.
before nouns modifi ed by ordinal numerals.
1. An operator was studying the lightning sky through night
binoculars. «There he is», he announced. Treleaven snatched up
a second pair of glasses, took a quick look, then put them down.
2. Then with a jolt they touched down. The shock bounced the
aircraft into the air again. A second bump followed, then another
and yet another. 3. He had to ask his way three times: on each
occasion he repeated the directions given him, got the man to repeat them, and repeated them a second time. 4. The girls were all
busied about her, one folding her shawl, another smoothing out
the strings of her bonnet, a third putting on her overshoes, and a
fourth fastening up her traveling bag. 5. «I so want a third child»,
she said «Boy or girl?» «Boy». 6. «Want any more?» asked the old
gentleman. «Yes, please. I think I’ll try the second volume», returned Jo, hoping to propitiate him by accepting a second dose of
Boswell’s Johnson as he had recommended that lively work. 7. Jo
laughed, as if, on second thoughts, the thing struck her as a good
joke. 8. Upon Valentin’s table lay the coloured picture of a bleeding head. A second glance showed him it was only a Nationalist
paper, called The Guillotine. 9. There was nothing to alarm him
at fi rst entry. 10. A spider watched him under his tooth glass; it
had been there fi ve days; he had expected his landlady to clear
it away, but it had remained a second day, a third day. 11. This
seemed to Wendy rather forward for a fi rst meeting, and she told
him that he was not captain in her house. 12. Like Mrs. Darling
and the rest of them, she was melted because he (Peter Pan) had
all fi rst teeth. 13. «But won’t they think us rather a handful?»
«Oh no, it will only mean having a few beds in the drawing-room;
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they can be hidden behind the screens on fi rst Thursdays». 14.
He tripped over some tree or stone in the grass; looked down at it
fi rst with irritation and then a second time with curiosity. 15. At
fi rst glance he could have been the old man.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles before nouns 15.
modifi ed by ordinal numerals.
1. The boy, encouraged by her motherly smile, took ... third
helping of the pie. 2. She said decidedly: «I’m sure now, I shouldn’t
be afraid of him, for he’s got kind eyes». ... second look showed her
that the eyes under the bushy eyebrows were kinder even than
she had supposed them. 3. Someone in the crowd said, «Is he
dead?» And someone else said, «No, he’s not». And ... third person
said, «He won’t die, he’s not going to». 4. He ran his eyes over
the card for ... twentieth time. 5. He had fallen in love at ... fi rst
sight with the canary-coloured cart and its little fi tments. 6. Your
father gave me that, ... second Christmas after we were married,
and it’s a charming little brooch. 7. «You know», Spencer spoke to
the doctor, «whatever happens I’m going to need ... second pair of
hands here in front». 8. I think Kay ought to have ... fi rst choice.
After all it’s her birthday. 9. Well, ... fi rst thing he has to do is to
give us such a shock that after that he can bluff us all the time.
10. That morning the doctor arrived with ... second consultant
to discuss the operation they wanted her to undergo. 11. You’re
... fi rst one to know about it, my boy. But I don’t know why you
shouldn’t be. 12. I saw a cyclist riding down the road from the opposite direction to that in which I had come. A quarter of an hour
passed and then ... second cyclist appeared. 13. It was necessary
that the cards should be fi lled during ... third period. 14. Cooper
made the exit of that stream fi fty feet wide, in ... fi rst place; in
... second place, he narrowed it to less than twenty to accommodate some Indians. 15. The bird fl apped through the open kitchen
window of Harry’s apartment on ... First Avenue near the lower
East River.
Fill in the blanks with the proper articles before nouns 16.
modifi ed by nouns in the common case.
1. How many times ... week do you take ... music lessons? 2. ...
funeral service is tomorrow at 11 a.m. from ... Chapel of ... Rest.
3. ... Customs men were aware that ... most returning travelers
did ... little smuggling. 4. ... second-class passengers stood about
shyly round ... part of ... deck reserved for dancing. 5. ... evening
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