Используйте a или an в тех предложениях, которые неверны.

Animal, bird, flower, fruit, musical instrument, planet, river, tool, game, vegetable.

1. a duck? It’s a bird. 6. a hammer? It ….

2. the Nile? It …. 7. a carrot? It ….

3. a rabbit? It …. 8. Mars? It ….

4. tennis? It …. 9. a trumpet? It ….

5. a rose? It …. 10. a pear? It ….

1. (I bought newspaper) I bought a newspaper.

2. (We went to party last night)

3. (My brother is artist)

4. (It’s beautiful day today)

5. (I ate sandwich and apple)

6. (Britain is industrial country)

7. (I had bath this morning)

8. (Barbara works in office)

9. (It’s very difficult question)

10. (We stayed at expensive hotel)

sugar cup sand tea hat salt credit card

umbrella money car soap toothpaste letter toothbrush

bar cup loaf bread milk tea

a bottle glass piece of chocolate paper water

bowl jar piece honey soup wood

Example: a bottle of milk

A. “My name’s Sandra. I’m tall and slim. I’ve got … blue eyes, …. small nose, … big mouth and … dark hair. I think I’ve got …. nice smile. I wear glasses.

B. “Sandra’s got …. very friendly face with …. big smile. She’s got ….

long dark hair and … blue eyes. She’s got …. long legs, and she’s very pretty. She’s wearing …. blue dress today. She’s got …. nice voice.

Дайте краткое описание вашего друга, используя слова упражнения 8.

Используйте a или an в тех предложениях, которые неверны.

1. Jim goes everywhere by bike. He hasn’t got car. … a car ….

2. Ann was listening to music when I arrived. … right ….

3. We went to very nice restaurant last weekend.

4. I clean my teeth with toothpaste.

5. I use toothbrush to clean my teeth.

6. Can you tell me if there’s bank near here?

7. My brother works for insurance company in London.

8. I don’t like violence.

9. Can you smell paint?

10. We need petrol. I hope we come to petrol station soon.

11. I wonder if you can help me. I have problem.

12. John has got interview for job tomorrow.

13. Liz doesn’t usually wear jewellery but yesterday she was wearing necklace.

14. I think volleyball is very good game.

accident, biscuit, blood, coat, decision, electricity, key, letter, moment, music, question, sugar.

1. It wasn’t your fault. It was ….

2. Listen! Can you hear …?

3. I couldn’t get into the house because I didn’t have ….

4. It’s very warm today. Why are you wearing …?

5. Do you take … in your coffee?

6. Are you hungry? Would you like … with your coffee?

7. Our lives would be very difficult without ….

8. I didn’t phone them. I wrote … instead.

9. The heart pumps … through the body.

10. Excuse me, but can I ask you …?

11. I’m not ready yet. Can you wait …, please?

12. We can’t delay much longer. We have to make … soon.

12. Переведите следующие словосочетания на английский язык, употребляя неопределенный артикль, где необходимо.

Плохой план, красный карандаш, старый мужчина, черный хлеб, маленькая карта, красивый галстук, белый сахар, легкий урок, прекрасный день, полезный совет, нужная информация, трудолюбивый ученик, крепкий кофе, большой город, трудный вопрос, быстрое решение, интересный фильм, прочные знания, важное задание.

13. Составьте предложения с выражением Would you like a/an …? или Would you like some …?

1. (cheese) Would you like some cheese?

2. (coffee) …?

3. (apple) ….?

4. (juice)

5. (chocolate)

6. (cake)

7. (chicken)

14. Употребите a/an или some, где необходимо.

1. I’ve seen … good films recently.

2. What’s wrong with you? Have you got … headache?

3. When I was … child, I used to be very shy.

4. Would you like to be … actor?

5. What … beautiful garden!

6. … birds, for example the penguin, cannot fly.

7. It’s a pity we haven’t got … camera. I’d like to take … photograph of that house.

8. I’m going shopping. I want to buy … new shoes.

9. You need … visa to visit … countries, but not all of them.

10. I need … money. I want to buy … food.

11. We met … interesting people at the party.

12. I’m going to open … window to get … fresh air.

13. We talked to her and she gave us … very good advice.

14. She didn’t eat much for lunch – only … apple and … bread.

15. I want to write … letter. I need … pen and … paper.

16. We live in … big house. There’s … nice garden with … beautiful trees.

15. Используйте a/an или the в следующих предложениях.

1. I wrote to her but … letter never arrived.

2. What is … name of this village?

3. Jane is … very nice person. You must meet her.

4. Montreal is … large city in Canada.

5. What is … largest city in Canada?

6. Can you turn on … radio, please? I want to listen to some music.

7. Tom is in … bathroom. He’s having … bath.

8. This is … nice room, but I don’t like … colour of … carpet.

9. We live in … old house near … station. It’s two miles from … centre.

10. This morning I bought … newspaper and … magazine. … newspaper is in my bag but I don’t know where I put … magazine.

11. I saw … accident this morning. … car crashed into … tree. … driver of … car wasn’t hurt but … car was badly damaged.

16. Употребите a/an или the в предложениях.

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 nice restaurant.

c. We had dinner in … most expensive restaurant in town.

3. a. She has … French name but in fact she’s English, not French.

b. What’s … name of that man we met yesterday?

c. We stayed at a 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 a part-time job. He works three mornings … week.

17. Употребите a/an или the, где нужно.

1. Would you like apple? … an 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. Alan is best player in our football team.

12. Yesterday I bought jacket and shirt. Jacket was cheap but shirt was expensive.

1. A: Where did you have … lunch?

B: We went to … restaurant.

2. A: Did you have … nice holiday?

B: Yes, it was … best holiday I’ve ever had.

3. A: Where’s … nearest shop?

B: There’s one at … end of this street.

4. A: Do you often listen to … radio?

B: No. In fact I haven’t got …radio.

5. A: Would you like to travel in … space?

B: Yes, I’d love to go to … moon.

6. A: Do you go to … cinema very often?

B: No, not very often. But I watch a lot of films on … television.

7. A: It was … nice day yesterday, wasn’t it?

B: Yes, it was beautiful. We went for a walk by … sea.

8. A: What did you have for … breakfast this morning?

B: Nothing. I never eat …. breakfast.

9. A: Can you tell me where …. Room 25 is, please?

B: It’s on … second floor.

10. A: We spent all our money because we stayed at … most expensive hotel in town.

B: Why didn’t you stay at … cheaper hotel?

1. I haven’t been to … cinema for ages.

2. I lay down on … ground and looked up at … sky.

3. Sheila spends most of her free time watching … television.

4. … television was on but nobody was watching it.

5. Have you had … dinner yet?

6. Mary and I arrived at … same time.

7. You’ll find … information you need at … top of … page 15.

8. Peru is … country in South America. … capital is Lima.

1. Sun is star. … The sun is a star. ….

2. Tim lives in small village in country.

3. Moon goes round earth every 27 days.

4. What is highest mountain in world?

5. I’m fed up with doing same thing every day.

6. It was very hot day. It was hottest day of year.

7. I don’t usually have lunch but I always eat good breakfast.

8. If you live in foreign country, you should try and learn language.

9. We missed our train because we were waiting on wrong platform. We were on Platform 3 instead of Platform 8.

bed, home, hospital, prison, school, university, work

1. Two people were injured in the accident and were taken … to hospital. …

2. In Britain, children from the age of five have to go ….

3. Mark didn’t go out last night. He stayed ….

4. I’ll have to hurry. I don’t want to be late ….

5. There is a lot of traffic in the morning when everybody is going ….

6. Cathy’s mother has just had an operation. She is still ….

7. When Julia leaves school, she wants to study economics ….

8. Bill never gets up before 9 o’clock. It’s 8.30 now, so he is still ….

9. If you commit a serious crime, you could be sent ….

1. (school)

a. Every term parents are invited to … the school … to meet the teacher.

b. Why aren’t your children at … school … today? Are they ill?

c. When he was younger, Ted hated ….

d. What time does … start in the morning in your country?

e. – How do your children get home from …? By bus?

– No, they walk. … isn’t very far.

f. What sort of job does Jenny want to do when she leaves …?

g. There were some people waiting outside … to meet their children.

2. (university)

a. In your country, do many people go to …?

b. If you want to get a degree, you normally have to study at ….

c. This is only a small town but … is the biggest in the country.

3. (hospital)

a. Nora works as a cleaner at ….

b. When Ann was ill, we all went to …. to visit her.

c. My brother has always been very healthy. He’s never been in ….

d. Peter was injured in an accident and was kept in … for a few days.

4. (church)

a. John’s mother is a regular churchgoer. She goes to … every Sunday.

b. John himself doesn’t go to ….

c. John went to … to take some photographs of the building.

5. (prison)

a. In many places people are in …. because of their political opinions.

b. The other day the fire brigade were called to …. to put out a fire.

c. The judge decided to fine the man $500 instead of sending him to ….

6. (home / work / bed)

a. I like to read in … before I go to sleep.

b. It’s nice to travel around but there’s no place like …!

c. Shall we meet after …. tomorrow evening?

d. If I’m feeling tired, I go to … early.

e. What time do you usually start …. in the morning?

f. The economic situation is very bad. Many people are out of ….

7. (sea)

a. There’s a nice view from the window. You can see ….

b. It was a long voyage. We were at …. for four weeks.

c. I love swimming in ….

(the) basketball (the) questions (the) history (the) hotels (the ) meat (the) lies

(the) information (the) patience (the) people (the) water (the) grass (the) spiders

1. My favourite sport is … basketball ….

2. …. Theinformation … we were given wasn’t correct.

3. Many people are afraid of ….

4. A vegetarian is somebody who doesn’t eat ….

5. The test wasn’t very difficult. I answered all …. without difficulty.

6. Do you know … who live next door?

7. … is the study of the past.

8. George always tells the truth. He never tells ….

9. We couldn’t find anywhere to stay in the town. All …. were full.

10. … in the pool didn’t look very clean, so we didn’t go for a swim.

11. Don’t sit on …. It’s wet after the rain.

12. You need …. to teach young children.

Выберите правильный вариант.

1. I’m afraid of dogs / the dogs.

2. Can you pass salt / the salt, please?

3. Apples / The apples are good for you.

4. Look at apples / the apples on that tree! They’re 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 / the 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?

25. Закончите предложения, используя the и одно из прилагательных.

26. Употребите the, если нужно.

27. Употребите the, где необходимо. Если предложение верно, напишите “right”.

28. Употребите the или ничего с названиями досто-примечательностей, гостиниц, аэропортов и т.д.

Обзорные упражнения

1) …. Europe is the second smallest continent in 2) …. world and is home to one seventh of 3) …. world’s population. 4) …. longest river there is 5) …. River Volga and 6) …. largest freshwater lake is 7) … Lake Lodoga, in 8) … north-western 9) …. Russia. 10) …. highest mountain peak is 11) …. Mount Elbrus in 12) … Caucasus Mountains. 13) …. Europe is bordered towards the north by 14) …. Arctic Ocean, the south by 15) …. Mediterranean Sea and 16) …. Black Sea, the west by 17) …. Atlantic Ocean and the east by 18) …. Asia. 19) …. Europeans are 20) ………. people who live in 21) … Europe. 22) …. association which has been formed to unite 23) …. countries of 24) … Europe is called 25) …. European Union.

A 1) … life is hard for 2) … elderly. Sometimes they need 3) … help to get about and do 4) … things that 5) … younger people take for granted.

B We went to 1) … London by 2) … train. 3) … train was late, so 4) … we had to wait at 5) … station for 6) … hour. I bought 7) … magazine to read and we sat in 8) … waiting room.

C I can’t remember 1) … name of 2) … hotel, but it was 3) … large building by 4) … sea. It had 5) … swimming pool and 6) … restaurant. 7) … staff were friendly and we had 8) … lovely holiday.

D She went to 1) … doctor’s because she had 2) … pain in her stomach. She was given 3).. tablet to take and 4) … next day 5) … pain had gone. She thinks 6) … modern medicine is wonderful now.

E I live on 1) … top floor of 2) … new block of flats in 3) … city centre. There is 4) … lift to all floors and 5) … security guard at 6) … entrance. I have 7) … view of 8) … fields beyond 9) … city. In winter, though, 10) … flat is very cold.

F It was 1) … sunny day, so 2) … children decided to go to 3) … beach. They packed 4) … bag full of 5) … food and drinks and they took 6) … ball to play with. At 7) … lunchtime, they had 8) … picnic and in 9) … evening, they arrived 10) … home, tired and happy.

G Mary is at 1) … university, studying 2) … art. In 3) … morning, she goes to lectures and in 4) … afternoon, she spends 5) … hour or two painting or drawing. She painted 6) … picture of 7) … horse yesterday. She is going to give it to her friend as 8) … present. Mary hopes to be 9) … famous artist one day, so she practises all 10) … time, even on 11) … Saturdays and 12) … Sundays.

3. Вставьте нужный артикль, где необходимо.

Yesterday was 1) … terrible day. I woke up 2) … hour later than usual, so I was late for 3) … work. 4) … manager was angry with me and said I was 5) … bad employee. On the way home that evening, I missed 6) … bus and had to take 7) … taxi. When I got home, I found 8) … invitation to 9) … party. I went to 10) … party, but it was 11) … disaster. I didn’t know any of 12) … people there and I felt bored. I went home again, but I had left 13) … keys to my house at 14) … party, so I had to climb in through 15) … open window. I went to 16) … bed in 17) … very bad mood.

4. Используйте a, an, the, где нужно.

A true story

In 1) … 1969, in 2) … Portland, 3) … Oregon, 4) … man went to rob 5) … bank. He didn’t want 6) … people in 7) … bank to know what was happening, so he walked up to one of 8) … cashiers, wrote on 9) … piece of 10) … paper “This is 11) … robbery and I’ve got 12) … gun”, and showed 13) … paper to 14) … cashier. Then he wrote “Take all 15) … money out of your drawer and put it in 16) … paper bag”. 17) … cashier read 18) … message, wrote at 19) … bottom of 20) … paper “I haven’t got 21) … paper bag“ and gave 22) … paper bag to 23) … robber. 24) … robber ran out of 25) … bank.

5. Выберите правильный вариант.

1. Katie speaks Spanish / the Spanish fluently.

2. All clothes / the clothes in that bag need to be washed.

3. Life / The life will be very different in a hundred year’s time.

4. Swimming/ The swimming is a good way to keep fit.

5. Jane has gone to library / the library to do some work.

6. He was only / the only person who remembered my birthday.

7. Potatoes / The potatoes grow underground.

8. I always have coffee with milk / the milk.

9. Her children bought her those flowers / the flowers.

10. I have been playing piano / the piano since I was eight years old.

11. Our plane leaves from Gatwick airport / the Gatwick airport at six o’clock.

12. Her husband is in hospital / the hospital, having an operation.

1. The last month was a very exciting month. ….

2. My husband and I went to the Paris ….

3. for our fifth anniversary. Hotel ….

4. we stayed at was located on the south ….

5. bank of Seine. We had a fantastic view ….

6. of the city from our balcony. We visited ….

7. the Notre Dame and took pictures ….

9. some delicious the French cuisine and ….

10. danced the night away at one of ….

11. the France’s famous nightclubs. ….