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9. … man suffering from … shock should not be given anything to drink.
10. I need … picture-hook to hang … this picture. 11. You should use … hammer
to drive in those nails. 12. Have you ever seen … silent movie? 13. … friend of
mine lent me … book by Meredith. 14. … man I met on the train told me …
very unusual story. 15. My car broke down near … bus stop. There was … man
waiting for … bus, so I asked him for … advice.
Упражнение 6. Заполните пропуски артиклем the, где это необходимо.
1. … youngest boy has just started going to … school; … eldest boy is at …
college. 2. She lives on … top floor of an old house. When … wind blows, all …
windows rattle. 3. … darkness doesn’t worry … cats; … cats can see in … dark.
4. My little boys say that they want to be … spacemen. 5. He was sent to …
prison for … six months for shop-lifting. When … six months are over he’ll be
released; then it will be difficult to fond … work. Do you go to … prison to
visit him? 6. I went to … school to talk to … headmistress. 7. A lot of people
are giving up … meat. 8. … meat we had for lunch last Sunday was very tasty.
9. I don’t know much about … life of … Napoleon. 10. I’ve been climbing
in … Alps, but I’ve never managed to get up … Mont Blanc. 11. A lot of people
have tried to cross … Sahara without being properly prepared. 12. I’d love to
travel down … Nile as far as … Luxor. 13. There’s a splendid view of … Lake
Geneva from this hotel. 14. I’ve been to … Brazil and … Argentina, but I’ve
never been to … USA. 15. I could never afford to stay at hotels like … Brown’s
or … Hilton.
Упражнение 7. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the.
1. This morning I bought … newspaper and … magazine. … newspaper is
in my bag but I don’t know where I put … magazine. 2. I saw … accident this
morning. … car crashed into … tree. … driver of … car wasn’t hurt but … car
was badly damaged. 3. There are two cars parked outside; … blue one and …
grey one. … blue one belongs to my neighbours; I don’t know who … owner
of … grey one is. 4. My friends live in … old house in … small village. There is …
beautiful garden behind … house. I would like to have … garden like that.
Упражнение 8. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the.
1. a) This house is very nice. Has it got … garden?
b) It’s a beautiful day. Let’s sit in … garden.
c) I like living in this house but it’s a pity that … garden is so small.
2. a) Can you recommend … good restaurant?
b) We had dinner in … very good restaurant.
c) We had dinner in … most expensive restaurant in town.
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3. a) She has … French name but in fact she is English, not French.
b) What’s … name of that man we met yesterday?
c) We stayed at … very nice hotel. — I can’t remember … name now.
4. a) There isn’t … airport near where I live. … nearest airport is 70 miles away.
b) Our plane was delayed. We had to wait at … airport for three hours.
c) Excuse me, please. Can you tell me how to get to … airport?
5. a) “Are you going away next week?” — “No, … week after next.”
b) I’m going away for … week in September.
c) George has … part-time job. He works three mornings … week.
Упражнение 9. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. There was … knock on … door. I opened it and found … small dark man
in … blue overcoat and … woolen cap. 2. He got … job in … south and spent …
next two years doing … work he really enjoyed. 3. Jason’s father bought him …
bicycle he had wanted for his birthday. 4. … Statue of Liberty was a gift of
friendship from … France to … United States. 5. Rita is studying … English and …
math this semester. 6. Please give me … cup of … coffee with … cream and …
sugar. 7. … big books on … table are for … my history class. 8. When you go to …
shop, please buy … bottle of … milk and half … kilo of … cheese. 9. Last night
there was … bird singing outside … my house. 10. … Queen Elisabeth II is …
monarch of … Great Britain. 11. What do you usually have for … Breakfast?
12. Rita plays … violin, and her sister plays … guitar. 13. Mel’s grandmother
is in … hospital, so we went to visit her … last night. 14. While we were in …
Alaska, we saw … Eskimo village. 15. On our trip to … Spain we crossed …
Atlantic Ocean.
Упражнение 10. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. … Declaration of Independence was drawn up in 1776. 2. … chair you are
sitting on is broken. 3. … Florida State University is smaller than … University
of Florida. 4. … Civil War was fought in … United States between 1861 and
1865. 5. She wants to be … teacher. 6. What’s … time? 7. He likes … music.
8. “What’s your husband interested in?” “… cars and … money.” 9. “Who broke …
window?” “I don’t know. Somebody threw … stone at it.” 10. I can remember …
faces, but I can never remember … names. 11. My daughter wants to study …
engineering at university. 12. “What newspaper does he usually read?” “…
Times.” 13. Phil can’t go to … cinema tonight because he has to write … essay.
14. Scientists hope to send … expedition to … Mars in 2020. 15. … tea is too
strong, I don’t want it.
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Упражнение 11. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. This is … egg. 2. Where is … post office? 3. … Lucy’s uncle is … teacher.
4. Julie has got … orange. 5. This is … way to school. 6. It’s … long way
to … office. 7. There are … lot of flowers in … garden. 8. … Italians like …
spaghetti. 9. … white hat is … my mother’s. 10. … Peter and … Ben are …
brothers. 11. … Kremlin is … center of … Moscow. 12. There’s some sugar
in … bowl. 13. London is on … river Thames. 14. My granny lives in … North.
15. … English like … tea.
Упражнение 12. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. Your address book is on … table. 2. Purple is … nice colour. 3. America is …
big country. 4. Are … apples in … fridge? 5. What’s this in English? — It’s …
umbrella. 6. What colour is … telephone? 7. Where are … envelopes? 8. … small
black dog is sitting by … my house. 9. … her eyes are … brown. 10. … snakes are
dangerous. 11. Give me … pen, please. 12. … red pen isn’t mine. 13. This is …
jug of … jam. 14. This is … jug of … jam. 15. Is … Lisbon … capital of …
Portugal?
Упражнение 13. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
At … weekend, Alex and Amanda went to … theatre. They saw … great play
called “I Would Die For You”. … play was … romantic story about … lives of …
couple in love. After going to … theatre, Alex and Amanda went to … restaurant.
They both ate … very large meal. Amanda had … huge bowl of spaghetti and
Alex had … enormous plate of various kinds of meat. … spaghetti and meat were
followed by … chocolate cake. After leaving … restaurant, Alex and Amanda
got … taxi. On … way home they saw … nasty car accident. … yellow car had
run straight into … black van. … yellow car was badly damaged. … taxi driver
had to take Alex and Amanda home by another route.
Упражнение 14. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. … Australia is … interesting country. … Australians are very friendly,
happy people. Some of … strangest animals in … world live there. In … Great
Victoria Desert you can find … kangaroos and … koala bears. … most famous city
in … Australia is … Sydney. 2. … room itself was filling up, so was … staircase.
3. What is … biggest island in … Greece? 4. Though … earth was cold and
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wet, … sky was clear and … sun rose. 5. … compass was invented in … China.
6. Not … word was spoken, not … sound was made. 7. Edward remained …
week at … cottage. 8. After that they would meet two or three times … year.
9. Danny looked up at … house, suddenly he saw … face in … window of …
dining-room. 10. Roger looked at him without … word, took out … his wallet
and gave him … ten-shilling note. 11. He was … short man with … white face
and … white hands.
Упражнение 15. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. It’s … large house. We don’t want … large houses. 2. I have … long story
to tell you. Come and sit down on … sofa and let us have … comfortable chat.
3. She had … key of her own. 4. To him she would always be … loveliest woman
in … world. 5. Thank you, Stephen, I knew you would give me … right advice.
6. … man who entered … was short and broad. He had … grey hair and was
wearing … grey flannel trousers and … red woolen shirt. 7. I’ve heard he is off
to … Central Africa. 8. In “Ivanhoe” Walter Scott describes … England of …
Middle Ages. 9. In … heart of … Central Asia lies … Khorezm, … small area in …
sea of … sand. 10. I often go to … Pushkin Museum. 11. She is very fond of …
Pushkin’s short tragedies. 12. … Tretyakov Gallery was founded more than …
century ago. 13. It was eleven o’clock. Annette was still in … bed. 14. Stephen
who had been sitting on the edge of … bed, came nearer to her and smiled for …
first time. 15. Maycomb was … old town.
Упражнение 16. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. I’d like to have … hamburger for … breakfast. 2. Pushkin is …
outstanding Russian poet. 3. Can you play … piano? 4. Will you play … chess
with me? 5. At … night I had … terrible headache after I had drunk … lot of
coffee in … evening. 6. Thomas Banks is … last person I want to see. 7. My
favourite subject at school is … History. 8. He knows … history of the French
Revolution well. 9. Tom’s going to take … fishing-rod. 10. Could you phone
later? Jane’s having … shower. 11. The rent is 50 dollars … week. 12. We
often go to … theatre and to … cinema. 13. Yesterday Dad came home at 8
o’clock, we had … dinner and then watched … TV. We went to … bed at 11
p.m. 14. What … pity they haven’t come! 15. I can’t find … letter which I
received this morning.
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Упражнение 17. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. By … way, have you heard anything from Tim lately? — … last year he
entered … Oxford University. 2. … President is going to open … new hospital in …
capital … next month. 3. Are you going to … country on … Saturday? 4. Dad
came to … school to see my teacher yesterday. 5. “Do this exercise at … school and
that one at … home,” said our teacher in … loud voice. 6. Could you tell me …
time, please. — It’s … quarter past three. 7. We are busy today, but we have …
little time to spare tomorrow. 8. The sweater was cheap. It cost only … few
pounds. 9. To tell … truth, I didn’t expect to see him. 10. … earth goes round …
sun. 11. What … lovely song! 12. I went to … France last year, but I haven’t
been to … Netherlands yet. 13. I live in … Tverskaya Street. 14. … Thames flows
through … London. 15. … United Kingdom includes … Great Britain and …
Northern Ireland.
Упражнение 18. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. My train leaves from … Waterloo Station at 7 p.m. 2. St. Bernard dogs are
named after … monastery high up in … Alps. 3. … Queen Elizabeth II won’t speak
on … TV tomorrow. 4. … USA is … fourth largest country in … world after …
Russia, … Canada and … Republic of China. 5. … English Channel is between …
Great Britain and … France. 6. … Trafalgar Square is … geographical centre of …
London. 7. When a student, Tom spent two years in … Africa. 8. … Houses of
Parliament has over 1 000 rooms, and … 2 miles of corridors. 9. Would you like
to go to … Kremlin? 10. … Everest is … highest mountain in … world. 11. …
West End is the symbol of wealthy and luxurious life. 12. Where’s … John’s coat?
13. … Pacific is … largest ocean on … our planet. 14. Have you ever been to …
Bolshoi Theatre? 15. Does … Mark speak … Spanish?
Упражнение 19. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. Show me … Canary Islands on … this map, please. 2. How much does it
cost to stay at … Grand Hotel? 3. … Volga flows into … Caspian Sea. 4. … Ben
Nevis is … highest peak in … Scotland. 5. I’ve made up my mind to go to …
Black Sea … next summer. 6. Two of my classmates entered … Moscow State
University … last year. 7. … Lake Baikal is … deepest one in … world. 8. On …
Wednesday … Times published … article about … Marcus Webb. 9. … Urals are
old and not very high. 10. Every … morning during … breakfast bagpipes are
played outside the Queen’s dining-room in … Buckingham Palace. 11. Dolores
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said nothing all … way to … town. 12. Yes, he and my brother went to … school
together. 13. … school was not … good one. 14. Among other public buildings
there is … ancient house common to most towns. 15. She graduated from …
college … year ago.
Упражнение 20. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. … moon moves slowly round … earth. 2. She comes from … Netherlands.
3. John stayed at home last night and listened to … radio. 4. She was … only
woman in … office. 5. Greg’s father is … engineer. 6. My sister is looking for …
job. 7. When he was 18, he joined … army. 8. I couldn’t listen to … teacher
because of … noise. 9. It’s difficult to say how John will react to such … news as
this. 10. … Browns always have … dinner at 7 p.m. 11. That’s a pity but I can’t
play … guitar. 12. He was too little to know about … death. 13. What … terrible
weather! 14. Soon, my parents lost … patience and sent me to my granny. 15. As
usual, he woke up late and had … big breakfast.
Упражнение 21. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. Joan isn’t in … office. I think she’s gone … home. 2. I saw … fashionable
trousers in that boutique yesterday. 3. For this job you need … experience with …
computers. 4. What kind of … music are they talking about? 5. I usually read …
paper of some sort on … train. 6. Most doctors say that … chocolate is bad
for … your teeth. 7. There is … wood at … end of … road. 8. It was … very
amusing conversation. 9. Where’s … dog? I want to go for … walk. 10. Have you
done … washing-up yet? 11. John doesn’t have … good command of … English
language. 12. “Can you tell me where … post office is?” — “It’s round … corner.”
13. Unfortunately, I am … only child in … family. 14. Pam works four times …
week. 15. Let’s go on holiday to … Canary Islands.
Упражнение 22. Заполните пропуски артиклями a(an) или the, где
это необходимо.
1. Would you like … apple? 2. How often do you go to … dentist? 3. Could
you close … door, please. 4. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that. It was … mistake.
5. Excuse me, where is … bus station, please? 6. I’ve got … problem. Can you
help me? 7. I’m just going to … post office. I won’t be long. 8. There were no …
Chairs, so we had to sit on … floor. 9. Have you finished with … book I lent
you? 10. My sister has just got … job in … bank in Manchester. 11. We live in …
small flat near … city centre. 12. There’s … small supermarket at … end of …
street I live in.
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Упражнение 23. Найдите и исправьте ошибки в следующих пред-
ложениях.
1. The Everest was climbed in 1953. 2. Milan is in north of Italy. 3. Last
year we visited Canada and United States. 4. The Africa is much larger than
Europe. 5. South of England is warmer than the north. 6. We went to Spain
for holidays and swam in Mediterranean. 7. A friend of mine used to work in
Middle East. 8. Nile is the longest river in Africa. 9. United Kingdom consists of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 10. Next year we are going to Swiss Alps.
11. There is a milk in the glass. 12. There are mice in a house. 13. He’s got
a umbrella. 14. The Paris is a big city. 15. There’s a butter in the fridge.
Упражнение 24. Найдите и исправьте ошибки в следующих пред-
ложениях.
1. Mr. Snowdon is teacher. 2. Moscow stands on Moskva-river. 3. I usually
go to South in summer. 4. Have you ever been to USA? 5. I have to go right
now. I am in hurry. 6. An aim of the course is to help students to speak English
better. 7. In rush hour there’s always a lot of traffic. 8. David learned to play
violin when he was at university. 9. Did you read a book I lent you last month?
10. They went by the train to the west of England. 11. Do you have the milk jug?
12. Of all these cars, I think I prefer the Japanese one. 13. Neil Armstrong made a
first footprint on the moon. 14. This is an Ann’s pen. 15. There are stars in a sky.
Упражнение 25. Выберите правильную форму.
1. I’m afraid of (dogs / the dogs). 2. Can you pass (salt / the salt)?
3. (Apples / the apples) are good for you. 4. Look at (apples / the apples) on
that tree! They are very big. 5. (Women / The women) live longer than (men /
the men). 6. I don’t drink (tea / the tea). I don’t like it. 7. We had a very nice
meal. (Vegetables / Tthe vegetables) were especially good. 8. (Life / The life)
is strange sometimes. Some very strange things happen. 9. I like (skiing / the
skiing) but I’m not very good at it. 10. Who are (people / the people) in this
photograph? 11. What makes (people / the people) violent? What causes
(aggression / the aggression)? 12. (All books / all the books) on the top shelf
belong to me. 13. Don’t stay at this hotel. It’s very noisy and (beds / the beds) are
very uncomfortable. 14. A pacifist is somebody who is against (war / the war).
15. (First World War / The First World War) lasted from 1914 until 1918. 16. One
of our biggest social problems is (unemployment / the unemployment). 17. Ron
and Brenda got married but (marriage / the marriage) didn’t last very long.
18. (Most people / The most people) believe that (marriage / the marriage) and
(family life / the family life) are the basis of (society / the society).
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Test 1
1. What is her job? — She is … teacher.
a) a b) the c) – d) an
2. Britain is … island.
a) – b) an c) the d) a
3. Excuse me, can I ask … question?
a) an b) the c) – d) a
4. What do you usually have for … lunch?
a) a b) – c) the d) an
5. Is there … life on Mars?
a) a b) the c) – d) an
6. Can you tell me … time, please?
a) the b) a c) an d) –
7. … air is so fresh today.
a) an b) – c) the d) a
8. She has … long brown hair.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
9. Is she … English?
a) a b) the c) an d) –
10. Where’s … bag? It’s gone.
a) a b) the c) an d) –
11. Would you like …. coffee?
a) some b) a c) the d) –
12. She works six days … week.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
13. My sister tends not to use … fats, she is dieting, you know.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
14. … cooking fats they sell are all too smelly.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
15. He’s finished his novel and is now looking for … good publisher.
a) – b) a c) an d) the
Test 2
1. … publishing house he’d turned to last week didn’t accept his terms.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
2. Call Jane at once, I’m afraid, she’s in … trouble.
a) the b) a c) an d) –
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3. I don’t think you need to take … trouble of going there yourself.
a) – b) the c) an d) a
4. What … joy it is just to live quietly!
a) – b) a c) the d) an
5. … fun of it all was that I could simply speak English and enjoy it.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
6. Do you need … new brushes for painting?
a) the b) a c) – d) an
7. … dish you ordered will be ready in twenty minutes.
a) the b) – c) a d) an
8. I looked around: there was … untouched snow everywhere.
a) the b) a c) an d) –
9. While driving watch … signs closely not to miss your U-turn.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
10. Do you happen to see … add I put there yesterday?
a) an b) an c) – d) the
11. I think she needs … vitamins for better recovery.
a) the b) – c) a d) an
12. I couldn’t find … references you mentioned in your article.
a) the b) a c) – d) an
13. Her children go to … private school in London.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
14. I do all my shopping in … market, … cheapest place in the neighbourhood
I know of.
a) a, a b) the, a c) the, the d) a, the
Test 3
1. Let’s meet somewhere in … town centre.
a) the b) a c) – d) an
2. You could put your baby to sleep, … bed is already made.
a) a b) – c) an d) the
3. Every morning Mr. Smith goes past … church up the hill.
a) the b) a c) an d) –
4. You should go and see … , its one of the most buildings here.
a) a b) – c) the d) an
5. You’d better not go in … house right now, wait for her outside.
a) – b) the c) an d) a
6. In … prison, the days seem endless for him.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
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7. When my brother graduates from … university he intends to become
a lawyer.
a) – b) the c) an d) a
8. I never saw her again after she had left … town.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
9. You can’t speak to Mrs. Thompson, I’m afraid; yesterday she was taken
to … hospital.
a) – b) the c) a d) an
10. The kids should stay in … bed, they look tired.
a) a b) the c) – d) an
11. Today our boss left … office earlier than usual.
a) the b) – c) a d) an
12. Dick, will you go to … college when you grow up?
a) the b) a c) an d) –
13. I’ll come and speak to you at … home if you don’t mind.
a) the b) a c) – d) an
14. What is … longest river in America?
a) the b) a c) an d) –
15. Is he … driver or … fireman?
a) the, the b) a, the c) the, a d) a, a
Test 4
1. She used to go to the cemetery on … Tuesday after … Easter.
a) –, – b) the, the c) a, – d) the, –
2. It was … late autumn of … 2000.
a) the, the b) –, the c) the, – d) –, –
3. It’s better to get going before … sunset, I detest walking here in … dark.
a) –, the b) –, – c) the, the d) the, –
4. If you leave on … Monday, I could give you a lift, I’ll have … day off.
a) –, a b) a, – c) the, the d) a, a
5. At the end of … traditional evening meal they serve free coffee on …
Fridays.
a) a, – b) the, – c) –, – d) the, the
6. On … 5 of November, they celebrate … Guy Hawks Night.
a) –, – b) the, the c) the, – d) –, the
7. They met at … dawn by the gates and no one saw them during … day.
a) the, a b) –, – c) the, the d) –, the
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