Артикль (The Article)

1. Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли a, an:

1. I usually smoke … cigarettes or … pipe. My father smokes … cigars. 2. Give me … match, please. 3. Are there … matches in that box? 4. Is there … bookshop in this street? I want to buy … books. 5. … watchmaker repairs … watches and … clocks. 6. There is … sofa and … armchairs in this room. 7. Did you buy … boots or … shoes? 8. Andrew is … accountant. He is … chief of the bookkeeping department of … large organization. 9. Mr. Ivanov is … architect: his two brothers are … engineers. 10. There are … books and … magazines on the table. 11. What … strange man! 12. What … interesting books!

2. Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли:

1. … coal is one of … mоst important natural resources of our country. 2. … most common kind of … fuel used by man is … wood. 3. Put … wood on … fire. 4. … silver is not so heavy as … gold. 5. … iron is … metal. 6. … iron ore found in that mine is of high quality. 7. Please cut … grass in the garden. 8. Pour … milk into the cup, please. 9. … milk which you brought in the morning has turned sour. 10. We make … butter and … cheese from … milk. 11. … tea is very hot, I must put … milk in it. 12. Buy … tobacco, please. 13. Pass me … sugar, please. 14. … windows were in … light and … air. 15. We go to school on … foot. 16. In … morning I get up at seven. 17. … dog is … domestic animal. 18. By … way, let us go to the cinema. 19. … his dog is very clever. 20. This is … my house. 21. He is … cleverest boy in class. 22. Go to … room 7. 23. I go to school by … bus. 24. … President of … our state came to … our university.

3. Употребите артикль с существительными, значе­ние которых определяется ситуацией.

1. What's … matter? Have you lost ... keys again? 2. What's … date today? Where's ... calendar? 3. What's … time? I've left ... watch at home. 4. Describe ... situation to us, will you? 5. Put ...dictionary in its place. 6. Are you going to lay table? - Yes, but where is ... table-cloth? 7. I think we must put... fridge in the corner. 8. Where are ... tickets? ... performance begins in half an hour. 9. - Clean carpet. - But ... vacuum-cleaner is out of order 10. We accepted ... invitation with great pleasure. 11. Water ... flowers, ... water is in the jug. 12. Switch on ... light, ... light is very bad here. 13. Iron ... dress, will you? ... party begins very soon.

4. Объясните употребление артиклей с выделенны­ми словами.

А.1.The rosewas approved of by the Congress of the USA as the National Flower.2.The avocadois the most caloric fruit eaten by humans. 3. The catwas first domesticated by ancient Egyptians. 4. The papayaisvery useful, it can make you look younger. 5. The mountain goat, which is often referred to as "the old man of the mountains", is not really a goat. It is an antelope. 6.The belladonna("beautiful lady") plantis both useful and dangerous to humans. 7.The cockroachis believed tobe the oldest insect on the Earth. 8. The Australian coala bearfeeds mostly on the leaves of the eucalyptus tree.

B.1.Anthropologyshows the development of man onthe Earth. 2.The diamondis the hardest natural substance known to man.3. In the short life of man,no lost time can be afforded. 4. Manproposes, God disposes. 5. The great destination of womanis toawaken love. 6.The pessimistsees the difficulty in any opportunity, the optimistsees the opportunity in any difficulty. 7. The atomwas known to the ancient Greeks. 8.The bicycleis a very popular means of transport in China. 9. The articleis a small word which means a lot. 10. Alexander Bell was a genius to invent the telephone.11. The brothers Lumiitr invented the cinema.12. The radiowas invented long before television.13. The gardenhas always been a religious symbol starting from the Koranand the Bible.