The Russian Federation, the United States of America, the United Kingdom

г) перед собирательным именем семьи The Petrovs – Петровы

Артикль не нужен в сочетаниях со словами next и last типа: next week, next year, last month, last Tuesday

Задание 38. Вставьте, где необходимо, артикли a, an или the.

1. Go to ... table and sit down, please. 2. Can I ask you ... question? 3. How far is your ... hotel from here? 4. What is ... best dish in ... menu? 5. ... caviar is ... most expensive dish in ... menu. 6. What is ... name of ... waiter? 7. ... Petrovs have two ... children, ... boy and ... girl. ... boy is five and ... girl is three. 8. I bought... apple and ... orange. ...apple was cheap but ... orange was expensive. 9. What did you have for ... dinner? 10. Will you have ... cup of ... tea? 11. Usually ... breakfast is served at ... 8 o'clock in ... morning. 12. He is ... waiter by ... profession. 13. We shall go to ... restaurant together with ... our friends. 14. I like ... coffee without ... sugar. 15. What ... fine day it is today! 16. We came into ... shop. 17. What do you usually have for ... breakfast? 18. What do you usually have for ... econd course? 19. I had ... supper at the hotel restaurant. 20. She likes ... black coffee for ... breakfast. 21. I liked ... pork we had for... supper. 22. I had ... big dinner today. 23. She will cook ... soup for ... dinner. 24. I enjoyed ... lunch they served at the restaurant. 25. What can you recommend for ... first course? 26. For ... breakfast I had ... boiled egg and ... cup of ... strong tea.

Задание 39. Вставьте артикли a, an, the где они необходимы.

1. This is … pencil. … pencil is red.

2. She is … teacher. She is our … teacher of English.

3. … Baikal is … lake. It’s one of … deepest lakes in … world.

4. There are … many flowers in our garden. … flowers are beautiful.

5. … Black Sea is in … South of Russia.

6. This is …Nick. He works as … waiter. He is … good worker.

7. There is … café in our street. This … café is not big.

8. Yury Gagarin was … first cosmonaut in … world.

9. In summer … sky is blue and … sun shines brightly.

10. This is … Ann’s book.

11. … winter begins in … December.

12. What .. fine day it is today!

13. ... Mathematics and … Computer Science were ... my favourite subjects at ... school.

14. I don’t know … way to ... station.

15. Usually I get up at ... 7 o’clock in ... morning.

16. Will you have ... cup of … tea?

17. … Warsaw is … capital of Poland.

18. I went to ... Smirnovs, but they were not at ... home.

19. Be … good boy and go to … bed.

Задание 40. Вставьте артикли где они необходимы.

1. Do you live near your work? 2. What is largest city in world? 3. This street is longest in town. 4. Next year we’ll go to Black Sea coast. 5. Who was first man to fly into space? 6. What city is capital of United States? 7. What did you have for lunch? 8. Take pen and make exercise in written form. 9. Who is man at table? - He is teacher. 10. Peter is tallest in basketball team. 11. Dictionaries cannot be used at examination. 12. We came into nearest shop. 13. Spring is best time for planting. 14. Rostov-na-Donu is situated on right bank of Don river. 15. What do you usually have for breakfast?

Множественное число существительных

Обычно множественное число существительных образуется путем прибавления к основе окончания -s:

A boy - boys,

A book - books,

A pen - pens,

A girl -girls.

Исключения:

1)Множественное число существительных, основа которых оканчивается на -ch, -s, -ss, -sh, -х, а также имеющих окончание -о, образуется путем прибавления окончания -es:

a bench скамейка - benches

a bus автобус - buses

a glass стакан - glasses

a box коробка - boxes

a potato картошка - potatoes

2) Существительные, оканчивающиеся на -у (после согласной) во множественном числе имеют окончание -ies:

a baby младенец - babies

a fly муха - flies

a ladyледи- ladies

Существительные, оканчивающиеся на -у (после гласной) во множественном числе имеют окончание -s:

A boy - boys

A toy - toys