Exercises 

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1 Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли а, аn или местоимения some и any.

1. I usually smoke ... cigarettes or ... pipe. My father smokes ... cigars. 2. Are there ... matches in that box? 3. Is there ... bookshop in this street? I want to buy ... books.4. ... watchmaker repairs ... watches and ... clocks. 5. There ... sofa and ... chairs in this room. 6. Did you buy ... boots or... shoes? 7. Andrew is ... engineer. 8. Mr. Ivanov is ... architect; his two brothers are ... artists. 9. There are ... newspapers and ... magazines on the table. 10. Which would you like: ... apple or... orange? 11. Which would you like: ... apples or... oranges? 12. Is there ... letter for me? 13. Are there ... letters for me? 14. What... strange man! 15. What ... interesting books!

2 Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли a, an, the или местоимения some и any.

1. Has ... postman come yet? I am expecting ... letter from my friend. 2. My brother can drive ... car. 3. I got... interesting book from our library. ... librarian said that I could keep it only for ... week as ... teacher of History also wanted it. 4. How can you say such ... things? 5. There is ... meeting in ... conference hall this evening. 6. When ... Moon passes between ... Earth and ... Sun,... eclipse results. 7. There is ... red book and ... green book on ... table in ... study. Will you bring me ... green one, please? 8. Can you tell me how to get to ... cinema? Go straight down ... street until you come to ... river. Then turn to ... left and you will see ... large red building. That is ... museum. 9. He brought ... books from ... library. 10. I know ... schoolboys of that school. 11.1 want to write ... letter to my mother. Have you ... pen? 12. How brilliantly ... stars shine! 13. ... low stone wall separated ... house from ... road. 14. He asked ... teacher... question. 15. He received ... telegram from London yesterday. 16. Are there ... pictures in this magazine? 17. He is reading “Oliver Twist",... novel by Charles Dickens. 18.... door opened and ... man entered ... room. He was ... man of about 50 years of age. 19. ... lion is ... large powerful animal. 20. There are many schools for ... blind in our country.

3 Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли. Укажите, является ли определение при существительном индивидуализирующим, классифицирующим или описательным:

1. I cannot find ... book which you gave me this morning. 2. ... clock in ... hall is slow. 3. I have received ... telegram of great importance. 4, They were standing on ... top of... hill. 5. I have bought... overcoat with ... fur collar. 6. They have sold ... cargo of 5,000 tons of... wheat. 7. He lives in ... house opposite ... station. 8. ... novel which you lent me is very interesting. 9. This is ... book which you will like. 10. ... dog, which was running with ... large piece of... meat which he had stolen, came to ... stream, over which there was ... little bridge. 11. Yesterday I met... old friend, whom I recognized at once. 12.... garden which is at... back of that house has... tennis-court. 13. Here is... pen you need. 14. She is... teacher whom we all admire. 15. This morning ... postman brought me ... letter without... stamp. 16. You can buy bread in ... bakery round the corner. 17. ... man who has no ... patience cannot play ... chess well. 18. Is that... boy whom they are looking for? 19. My son has... very good English teacher, who knows... language perfectly. 20. Is that... man you spoke to yesterday? 21.... large branch broken by ... wind lay across our path. 22. ... street which leads to ... cinema is very wide. 23. ... person who is sitting next to me is ... famous painter.

4 Переведите на английский язык:

^{1. Прошлым летом мы жили в деревне, расположенной на берегу Темзы, в маленьком домике, окруженном садиком. 2. Дом, в котором мы жили летом, был окружен большим садом. 3. Вчера я разговаривал с человеком, который провел несколько лет в Англии. 4. Я не помню фактов, которые он упомянул в своем докладе. 5. В своем докладе он упомянул цифры, которые ясно иллюстрируют быстрое развитие нашей промышленности. 6. Человек, который хочет овладеть иностранным языком, должен работать очень усердно и систематически. 7. Я только что прочел рассказ, который мне очень понравился. 8. Рассказ, который я только что прочел, очень интересный. 9. Вчера я разговаривал с директором, который сказал мне, что поможет мне в этом деле. 10. Люди, которые занимаются физкультурой, обычно бывают очень здоровыми. 11. Дом, который строится на нашей улице, будет одним из самых высоких домов в Москве. 12. В прошлой: году, когда я был в Крыму, я хорошо отдохнул.}

5 Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли или местоимения some и any.

1. ... oil is one of... most important natural resources of our country. 2. Put... wood on ... fire. 3. ... silver is not so heavy as ... gold. 4. ... iron is ... metal. 5. Please cut ... grass in the garden. 6. Pour... milk into the cup, please. 7. ... milk which you bought in the morning has turned sour. 8. We make ... butter and ... cheese from ... milk. 9. ... coffee is very hot, I must put... milk in it. 10. Buy ... tobacco, please. 11. Pass me... sugar, please.12. ... house is surrounded by ... wall built of... stone. 13. In ... desert it is difficult to find ... water. 14. ... water which we drink in our towns is filtered at waterworks. 15. This district is very rich in ... gold. 16. Is your shirt made of... silk or... cotton? 17.1 don’t want... juice, give me ... water, please. 18. I always drink ... cold water. 19. Bring me ... hot water, please.20. Have you bought... butter?

6 Переведите на английский язык:

1. Я попросил его купить бумаги и чернил. 2. Дайте мне, пожалуйста, молока. 3. Вскипятите воды, пожалуйста. 4. Молоко необходимо детям. 5. Положите масло в суп. 6. Поставьте хлеб на стол. 7. Я не пью молока, я пью чай или сок. 8. Он привез мне табаку с Кавказа. Табак очень хороший, но слишком крепкий. 9. Я купил вчера очень хорошего чаю. Я пошлю кофе матери. Она любит хороший кофе. 10. Где сыр? - Он на столе. 11. Есть ли нефть в этом районе? 12. Куда вы положили торт, который я вчера купил? 13. Вода в этой реке очень чистая. 14. Чернила в моей чернильнице очень плохие. 15. Бензин, который используется в авиации, должен быть очень высокого качества.

7 Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли:

1. ... chief aim of... libraries is to develop ... love for... good book among ... people. 2. ... thermometer is ... instrument for measuring ... temperature. 3. ... temperature today is not so high as it was yesterday. 4.... observation and ... experience are two great teachers. 5. ... water is necessary for... life. 6. Mr. Brown made ... excellent speech at... meeting yesterday. 7. ... length, ... breadth and ... height of ... cube are equal. 8. He deserves ... punishment. 9. Can you find ... time for this work? 10. I have noticed ... great change in her lately. 11. I have ... great deal of... confidence in that man. 12. Every machine requires some sort of... power to operate it. 13. ... literature is his subject, especially ... literature of... Middle Ages. 14. ... poetry of Kipling is beautiful. 15. There was ... expression in his eyes that I could not understand. 16. ... great Russian critic Belinsky said that ... poetry should be ... expression of... life. 17. He finished his work without... difficulty. 18. ... task presented ... difficulty, which we could not overcome at first. 19. He was not discouraged by ... difficulty of ... task.

8 Вместо точек вставьте, где требуется, артикли или местоимения some и any.

А. 1. Mendeleev, ... great Russian scientist, was born in ... small village. 2. Chkalov was ... first man to fly over... North Pole. 3. ... great Russian poet Pushkin was born in ... Moscow in 1799. 4. St.Petersburg is situated on ... Neva. 5. ... Elbrus is ... highest peak of ... Caucasian Mountains. 6. ... Crimea is surrounded by ... Black Sea. 7. ... Caucasus separates ... Black Sea from ... Caspian Sea. 8. ... rice and ... cotton grow in ... Ukraine now. 9. ... people who live in ... England speak ... English. 10. ... Europe and ... America are separated by ... Atlantic Ocean. 11 New York is in ... North America. 12. They were born on ... same day and in ... same city. 13. I want to write ... letter to my mother. Have you ... pen? 14. ... last page of ... book is torn.15. They met at ... gate of ... park. 16. I am leaving for London ... next week. 17. He read ... letter for... second time. 18. My room is on ... third floor. 19. What... silly mistakes I have made! 20. ... large steel bridge joins ... two banks of ... river. 21. In our part of... country ... October is ... stormy month. 22. What... cold weather we are having! 23. All magazines must be returned to ... library before ... next Monday. 24. ... next bus leaves at 8.20. 25. What ... beautiful music they are playing! 26. What ... strange idea! 27. My son will go to ... school... next year. 28. There is ... large supermarket in ... village. 29. They reached ... Pacific Ocean by means of... Panama Canal. 30. Has John returned ... book she borrowed ... last month? I saw him on Monday and he said he would return it... next day. 31. I called on ... Browns yesterday, but did not find them at home as they had already left for ... Crimea. 32. He lives in ... country in ... summer. 33. I spent ... summer of 1980 in ... Minsk. 34. I like ... winter in Moscow. 35. He said that he would call on us ... following Monday. 36. ... West Indies are in ... Atlantic between ... North America and ... South America. 37. ... last morning ... sunrise was beautiful. 38. ... view from ... top of ... hill is excellent. 39. We saw ... ship sailing near ... coast. 40. Both ... copper and ... lead are found in this mine. 41. In ... department store you can buy ... food, ... shoes, ... clothing, and ... other goods.

B.THE DEVOTED FRIEND(After OSCAR WILDE)

^{... Hans had ... great many friends, but... most devoted friend of all was ... big Hugh... miller. Indeed, so devoted was ... rich miller to ... little Hans that he never went by his garden without leaning over ... wall and plucking ... large nosegay, or filling his pockets with ...plums and ... cherries if it was ... fruit season.}

^{“... real friends should have everything in common,"... miller used to say.... neighbours, indeed thought it strange that... rich miller never gave ... little Hans anything in return, though he had ... hundred sacks of... flour stored away in ... mill, and six cows, and ... large flock of... sheep. In ... spring, ... summer and ... autumn Hans was very happy, but when ... winter came, he suffered ... good deal from ... cold and ... hunger and often had to go to ... bed without... supper. “There is no good in my going to see ... little Hans now,” ... miller used to say to his wife, “for when ... people are in ... trouble they should not be bothered by ... visitors. I shall pay him ... visit in spring, and he will be able to give me ... large basket of flowers, and that will make him so happy.” ‘You are very thoughtful about... others,” answered his wife. “It is ... pleasure to hear you talk about ... friendship. I am sure ... clergyman himself could not say such beautiful things, though he does live in ... three-storied house and wears ... gold ring on his little finger.' “But could we not ask little Hans up here?” said ... miller’s youngest son. “What ... silly boy you are!” cried ... miller. “I really don’t know what is ... use of, sending you to ... school. You do not seem to learn anything. Why, if... little Hans came here, he might get envious, and ... envy is ... most terrible thing. Besides, if hecame here, he might ask me to let him have some flour on ... credit, and that I could not do, ... flour is one thing, and ... friendship is another. ... words are spelt differently and mean quite different things.” “How well you talk,” said ... miller’s wife, pouring herself out... large glass of... warm ale. “It is just like being in ... church."}

C. SHIPMENT OF A CARGO OF WHEAT ABROAD

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