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Артикль

Article

Артикль

неопределенный определенный

The book

(определенная)

A book

(любая)

Неопределенный

An o range

A c arrot

Неопределенный артикль:

• Предмет упоминается впервые

I ate an apple for lunch.

2. В конструкции there is с исчисляемыми существительными

There is a book on the table.

No article!

Континенты: Africa,

Штаты:

Texas

Города: New York

Abakan

Улицы:

Sovetskaya street

Особые случаи:

Имена людей всегда без артикля

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

НО!

Если речь идет о целой семье, используют определенный артикль

The Ivanovs, The Smiths

Определенный артикль всегда :

• Названия океанов : The Pacific Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean

• Названия морей : The Black Sea

The Baltic Sea

3. Названия рек: The Nile

The Volga

4. Названия проливов: The English Chanel

5. Названия пустынь: The Sahara

The North

The East

The West

The South

Всегда the :

• с порядковыми числительными

the first of September

• с прилагательными в превосходной степени

the strongest man in the city

the most beautiful girl in the class

St. Basil’s Cathedral

The Tretyakov Gallery

The Kremlin

The British Museum

NO ARTICLE!

To go to school – идти в школу (учиться)

To be in hospital – быть в больнице (лечиться)

To go to bed – идти спать

To be in prison – быть в тюрьме (сидеть)

To be in church – быть в церкви (молиться)

To go to university – идти в университет (учиться)

To go to college – идти в колледж (учиться)

Exersise1

… United States is … big country. It consists of … 50 states. … Hawaii is … 50 th state. … Rhode Island is … smallest. … capital of … USA is … Washington, DC. There are … mountains in … west and big lakes in … north. … longest North American river, … Mississippi, begins near these lakes and flows into … Gulf of Mexico.

Keys

The United States is a big country. It consists of 50 states. Hawaii is the 50 th state. Rhode Island is the smallest. The capital of the USA is Washington, DC. There are mountains in the west and big lakes in the north. The longest North American river, the Mississippi, begins near these lakes and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

Exercise 2 .

• This is … book. It is my … book.
• Is this your … pencil? – No, it isn’t my … pencil, it is my sister’s … pencil.

• I have … sister. My … sister is … engineer. My sister’s … husband is … doctor.

• I have no … handbag.
• She has got … headache.
• Have they got … car? – Yes, they have. Their … car is very expensive but reliable.
• Have you got … calculator? – No, I haven’t.
• Is this … watch? – No, it isn’t … watch, it’s … pen.
• This … pen is good, and that … pen is bad.
• I can see … pencil on your … table, but I can see no … paper.

Keys

• This is a book. It is my book.
• Is this your pencil? – No, it isn’t my pencil, it is my sister’s pencil.

• I have a sister. My sister is an engineer. My sister’s husband is a doctor.

• I have no handbag.
• She has got a headache.
• Have they got a car? – Yes, they have. Their car is very expensive but reliable.
• Have you got a calculator? – No, I haven’t.
• Is this a watch? – No, it isn’t a watch, it’s a pen.
• This pen is good, and that pen is bad.
• I can see a pencil on his table, but I can see no paper.

Exercise 3

1. This is … pen. … pen is red.

2. These are pencils. … pencils are black

3. This is … soup. … soup is tasty.

4. In the morning I eat … sandwich and drink … tea.

5. She gave me … coffee and … cake. … coffee was hot. … cake was tasty.

6. Do you like … ice-cream?

7. I see … book in your … hand. Is … book interesting?

8. Do you need … camera?

9. He never eats … meat, he always eats … vegetables, … cereals, … seeds, … fruit, and … nuts. He is … vegetarian.

10. This is … pineapple. … pineapple is delicious.

Keys

1. This is a pen. The pen is red.

2. These are pencils. The pencils are black

3. This is soup. The soup is tasty.

4. In the morning I eat a sandwich and drink tea.

5. She gave me coffee and cake. The coffee was hot. The cake was tasty.

6. Do you like ice-cream?

7. I see a book in your hand. Is the book interesting?

8. Do you need a camera?

9. He never eats meat, he always eats vegetables, cereals, seeds, fruit, and nuts. He is a vegetarian.

10. This is a pineapple. The pineapple is delicious.