E. Группы людей одной национальности
| The British drink far too much tea. | Британцы пьют слишком много чая. |
F. Классы людей.
| The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. | Богатые становятся богаче, а бедные – беднее. |
G. Отдельный предмет, которые представляет целый класс.
| The lion is fast disappearing. |
H. Названия музыкальных инструментов и способность играть на них.
| I can't play the piano but I can play the guitar. | Я не умею играть на фортепьяно, но могу играть на гитаре. |
I. Некоторые географические названия.
Названия стран во множественном числе, или если в названии страны содержится существительное.
| The Netherlands. | Нидерланды. |
| The People's Republic of China. | Китайская Народная Республика. |
Названия рек, океанов и регионов.
| The Thames flows into the North Sea. | Река Темза впадает в Северное море. |
| The Arctic. | Северно-Ледовитый океан. |
J. Прилагательные в превосходной степени, порядковые числительные, слова the same, the only.
| This is the best. | Это лучший вариант. |
| You are the first. | Ты первый. |
| This is the only one. | Это единственный. |
K. Средства массовой информации.
| What's on (the) television? | Что по телевизору сегодня? |
| I went to the cinema. | Я ходил в кино. |
3. НЕОПРЕДЕЛЕННЫЙ АРТИКЛЬ A/AN
A. Профессии с уточняющими словами.
| Peter is a lorry driver. | Питер – водитель грузовика. |
B. С единичными дробями, групповыми существительными и большими числами.
| One and a half kilos. | Полтора килограмма. |
| A dozen eggs. | Дюжина яиц. |
| A hundredenvelopes. | Сотня конвертов. |
C. В значении per (в секунду, в час и т.п.).
| He was doing ninety miles an hour. | Он ехал со скоростью 90 миль в час. | |
| Julie earns £500 a week. | Джулия зарабатывает 500 фунтов в неделю. | |
УПРАЖНЕНИЯ
1. Заполните пропуски артиклями a/an, или the, либо поставьте прочерк там, где артикль нулевой.
a) We went by..–.. train to ..the.. west of England.
b) .......people who live in.......Netherlands are called.......Dutch.
c) .......judge sent me to.......prison for.......ten years.
d) .......Columbus was one of.......first people to cross.......Atlantic.
e) As.......captain of.......ship, I have.......complete authority.
f) David learned to play.......violin when he was at.......university.
g) .......Trafalgar Square is near.......Charing Cross Station.
h) Did you read.......book I lent you.......last week?
i) We'll put up.......shelves and then go to.......pub for.......drink.
j) Is that.......present Bill gave you for.......Christmas?
Выберите наиболее подходящее слово или фразу из подчеркнутых.
a) Is this a person/the person you told me about?
b) This is the only cinema/an only cinema in the area.
c) Philip has just bought the Thames barge/a Thames barge.
d) Here is a thousand pounds/the thousand pounds I owe you.
e) Are you going to church/the church on Sunday?
f) Do you have a milk jug/milk jug?
g) The Prime Minister/Prime Minister will give a speech this afternoon.
h) The computer/Computer has already changed our lives dramatically.
i) I haven't been to an open-air theatre/open-air theatre before.
j) I'm going to the British Museum/British Museum this afternoon.
Закончите каждое предложение наиболее подходящим словом или фразой.
a) The butler was …C… I suspected.
A) last person B) a last person C) the last person D) some last person
b) Where.......you borrowed last week?
A) is scissors B) are the scissors C) is some scissors D) are scissors
c) Why don't we go to the park......?
A) in the car B) with a car C) with car D) by the car
d) Too much rubbish is being dumped in........
A) sea B) the sea C) a sea D) some sea
e) Let's go on holiday to........
A) Greek Islands B) the Greece Islands C) islands of Greece
D) the Greek Islands
f) This is exactly.......I was looking for.
A) job B) a job C) some job D) the job
g) Of all these cars, I think I prefer........
A) a Japanese B) some Japanese C) the Japanese one
D) a Japanese one
h) Interest on this account is only.......per cent.
A) a four and a quarter B) four and a quarter C) four and quarter
D) four quarter
i) I try to go jogging at least four times........
A) the week B) of the week C) a week D) of a week
j) Sally spent six months out of........
A) work B) a work C) the work D) some work
Подберите каждому предложению a)-j) окончание 1)-10). Возможны несколько вариантов.
a) Some people say that the ...9...
b) Most people think that a/an.......
c) I don't agree that.......
d) I feel that a.......
e) I don't believe that a/an.......
f) I didn't realise that the.......
g) It's incredible to think that a/an.......
h) I didn't know that.......
i) I think it's quite unfair that the.......
j) Nobody nowadays thinks that.......
1) .......good job is an important part of life.
2) .......single injection can protect you from so many diseases.
3) .......hundred miles an hour is too fast even on a motorway.
4) .......the unemployed should receive more help from the state.
5) .......queen of England doesn't pay any income tax.
6) .......tiger may well become extinct very soon.
7) .......third of a person's income should be paid in tax.
8) .......women should just stay at home and look after the children.
9) .......English are difficult to get to know at first.
10) .......the Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror.
5. Заполните пропуски артиклями a/an, или the, либо поставьте прочерк там, где артикль нулевой.
a) Neil Armstrong made...the...first footprint on...the...moon.
b) There was.......accident yesterday at.......corner of.......street.
c) I need.......time to think about.......offer you made me.
d) .......recipe for.......success is.......hard work.
e) .......people who live in.......glass houses shouldn't throw......stones.
f) .......worst part of.......living in a caravan is.......lack of space.
g) .......book you ordered.......last week is now in.......stock.
h).......dancing is.......more interesting activity than.......reading.
i) .......people we met on.......holiday in.......north of England sent us.....postcard.
j) .......little knowledge is.......dangerous thing.
6. Вставьте артикли a(n) или the там, где в них есть необходимость.
After reading ... article entitled '... Cigarette Smoking and Your Health', I lit ... cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with ... concentration and ... pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. For... whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time my wife suffered terribly. I had all ... usual symptoms of someone giving up ... smoking: ... bad temper and ... enormous appetite. My friends kept on offering me ... cigarettes and ... cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced ... packet of ... sweets from my pocket.