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Articles in English
Articles in English
Exercise 1.
Use a/an articles if necessary.
1. __ book 9. __accident
2. __ airport 10. __ film
3. __ honest boy 11. __ news
4. __ old friend 12. __ plum
5. __ advice 13. __ information
6. __ hour 14. __ university
7. __ picture 15. __ work
8. __ bread 16. __ tomato
3. Вживання неозначеного артикля (The Use of the Indefinite Article)
Be in a hurry – поспішати
As a result – в результаті
Be at a loss – розгубитися
Exercise 2.
Use a/an articles if necessary.
1.This is ... pen. 2. In the morning I eat ... sandwich and drink ... tea. 3. She gave
me ... coffee and ... cake. 4. I see ... book in your ... hand. 5. Do you need ... camera?
6. He never eats ... meat. He is ... vegetarian. 7. This is ... pineapple. 8. She bought ...
meat, ... butter and ... potatoes yesterday. She also bought ... cake. 9. My mother is ...
doctor. She works at … large hospital. 10. My aunt is ... teacher. She works at
school. 11. My sister is ... pupil. 12. My cousin has ... big black cat. 13. I am ...
engineer. 14. My son is ... pupil. 15. He is ... good pupil. 16. This is ... house. 17.
Give me ... pencil, please.18. There is ... big tree in the garden. 19. There is ... bank
near here. 20. There is ... new supermarket in the center of our town. 21. There is ...
hotel over there. 22.I can see ... nice little bird.23. There is ... little white cloud in the
sky. 24. We have ... large room. 25. There is ... big sofa in the room and ... little lamp
on the wall. 26. I like to sit on the sofa and read ... good book.27. “Stop talking!” he
shouted in … angry voice. 28. Her last words were pronounced in … weak voice. 29.
What … lovely weather! 30. What … clever parrot! 31. “What … fool I was to throw
away such … lot of money!” he cried in ... desperate voice. 32. It will be her
birthday in … week. 33. You can easily walk there in … few minutes. 34. George
Bernard Show, … well-known English playwright, was born in Ireland in 1856. 35.
While travelling in Germany Harry Trench, … young English doctor, got acquainted
with Mr. Sartorius, … respectable looking gentleman, and his daughter Blanche. 36.
She is wearing such … nice dress. 37. They are moving to London in … month. 38. It
was rather … good idea. 39. Wait … second! 40. I’ve bought … kilo of sugar and …
liter of milk. 41. She gave me quite … reasonable piece of advice. 42. … thousand of
students were present at the meeting. 43. What … nice view was outside our window!
44. Have … look at that strange couple. 45. You look so tired. You should go for …
walk. 46. We haven’t seen each other for … long time. 47. He plays the piano like …
Mozart. 48. There was a message for you from … Nick Goldberg. Do you know
him?
Exercise 3.
Use articles if necessary.
1. What’s … weather like today? - … weather is fine. 2. … teacher asked me many
questions at … lesson. … questions were difficult. 3. My brother is doing his
homework. … homework was easy. 4. It is very dark in … room. Turn on … light,
please. 5. This is …dress you wanted to buy. 6. She is … teacher you intended to talk
to. 7. This is … poem you have to learn for the next lesson. 8. … diamond is … most
precious stone. 9. … dolphin is considered to be … cleverest animal on … Earth. 10.
… light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison. 11. Bill Robins was … very rich man.
He was … richest man in … village. 12. Pete is … tallest boy in … class. Nick is …
shortest boy, but he is very strong. I think Nick is … strongest boy in … class. 13.
Which was … most difficult exercise in … test paper? 14. February is … shortest
month of the year. 15. … weather is fine today. … sky is blue, … sun is shining
brightly in … blue sky. 16. … Earth is … planet. 17. … President of the United
States is elected every four years. 18. … moon goes round … earth every 27 days. 19.
… capital of Peru is Lima. 20. … earth goes round … sun. 21. … giraffe is … tallest
of all animals. 22. … whale is a mammal but it lives in … sea. 23. … ostrich is …
largest living bird. 24. … piano is my favourite instrument. 25. John was … only
person I talked to at the party. 26. Write your name at … top of … page. 27. …
beginning of … film was not very good. 28. My house is at … end of … street. 29. …
table is in … middle of … room. 30. Do you drive on … left or on … right in your
country? 31. These books are not different. They are … same. 32. I never listen to …
radio. 33. We don’t go to … theatre very much these days. In fact, in … town where
we live there isn’t … theatre. 34. Would you rather live in … town or in … country.
35. Don’t sit on … ground! 36…. man over there is collecting money for … blind.
37. Why doesn’t … government do more to help … unemployed? 38. Robin Hood
robbed … rich and gave the money to … poor. 39. … next day, when they were in …
field, he shouted at … top of his voice. 40. … French are famous for their food. 41.
France is to … north of Italy. 42. I am … oldest and my sister is … youngest; she
plays … violin really well and wants to be … professional musician. 43. My mother
likes to play … piano. She often plays … piano in … evening. 44. I like to read books
in … original. 45. … more poems you learn, … better memory you have.
Exercise 4.
Use articles if necessary.
There is more water than land on our planet . (1)... largest and deepest ocean
in (2)... world is (3)… Pacific, then comes(4) ... Atlantic.(5) ... Indian ocean is
only (6)... little smaller. (7)... smallest ocean is (8)... Arctic.
(9)... longest river in (10)... world is (11)... Mississippi, (12)... largest sea is (13)...
Mediterranean, (14) ... deepest lake is (15)... Lake Baikal.
Large masses of land are called (16)... continents. They are (17)... Europe
and (18) …Asia, (19)... North and (20)... South America, (21)... Australia and (22)...
Antarctica.
There are mountain chains in many parts of (23)... world. Some of them such
as (24)... Urals are old, others like (25)... Caucasus are much younger. (26)... highest
mountain chain, which is called(27) ... Himalayas, is situated in (28)... Asia.
Exercise 5.
These are geography questions. Choose your answer from the box. Sometimes
you need to use «The».
Alps, Amazon, Atlantic, Bahamas, Cairo, Kenya, Red Sea,
Asia, Andes, Pacific, Malta, Tokyo, Rhine, Switzerland, United States
1.___ is the capital of Egypt.
2. ___is between Africa and America.
3. ___is a country in the middle of Europe.
4. ___ is a river in South America.
5. ___ is the largest continent in the world.
6. ___is the largest ocean.
7. ___ is a river in Europe.
8. ___ is between Canada and Mexico.
9. ___ is in East Africa.
10. ___are mountains in South America.
11. ___is the capital of Japan.
12. ___is an island in the Mediterranean.
13.___ are mountains in central Europe.
14 ___is between Saudi Arabia and Africa.
15. ___are a group of islands near Florida.
Exercise 6.
Put in the where necessary.
1. Kevin lives in … Coronation Street.
2. Have you ever been to … National Theatre?
3. “Where are you staying?” “At … Intercontinental Hotel.”
4. … Milan is a large city in … north of … Italy.
5. … Brussels is the capital of … Belgium.
6. …Manila is the capital of …Philippines.
7. …National Gallery is in …Trafalgar Square in …London.
8. Most of the best shops are in… Merrion Street.
9. …Rocky Mountains are in …North America.
10. In …London,…. Houses of Parliament are beside …River Thames .
11. Have you ever been to …British Museum?
12. …Texas is famous for oil and cowboys.
13. Last night we saw a play at …Royal Theatre.
14. You must visit … Museum of Modern Art. It's very interesting .
15. Alan studied chemistry at … London University .
16. When I finish my studies, I'm going to … United States for a year .
17. …Panama Canal joins …Atlantic Ocean and …Pacific Ocean.
18. There are two cinemas in our town - …Regal and …Plaza.
19. If you sail from …Britain to …Denmark, you cross …North Sea.
20. Mary comes from a small village in …west of …Ireland.
21. …Europe is not a large continent but it has a large population .
22. Have you ever been to …USA?
5. Невживання артиклів
Exercise 7.
Put articles if necessary.
1.I have two … sisters. My … sisters are …students. 2. My … brother is not at …
home, he is at …school. 3. I have thirty-two …teeth. 4. There is … tea in my …
glass. There is no … tea in my … friend’s glass. His … glass is empty. 5. Where are
your … books, … boy? 6. The lecture is in … Room 332. 7. On … Saturday she
usually goes to … cinema. 8. In … August he has his … birthday. … May is … fifth
month of … year. 9. Today is … ninth of … April. 10. …New Year and … Christmas
are my … favourite holidays.11. I like … sport, especially … football and …tennis.
12. What do you do after … breakfast? – After…breakfast I go to … school. 13.
After … dinner sleep a while, after … supper walk a mile. 14. Who cooks … dinner
in your family? 15. I study… English.16. When my grandfather was …young man,
he studied … phisics. 17. Do you speak … Spanish? 18. My uncle is …great
specialist in … biology. 19. …Japanese is more difficult than … French. 20.
Yesterday at … lesson of … geography … teacher told us … very interesting things
about … famous travelers. 21. My cousin is very good at … English language. 22.
My favourite colour is …purple. 23. …blue suits her. 24. … mother was in …
kitchen, … father was raking leaves in … garden. 25. … Professor Frank entered ...
Room 124. 26. … London is … capital of … Great Britain. 27. … Stratford is …
small country town in … farming district near … centre of … England. 28. … Africa
is … very large continent lying to … south of …Europe and to … southwest of …
Asia. 29. Ann lives in … Oxford Street. 30. … National Gallery is in … Trafalgar
Square in … London. 31. …Lake Victoria is one of … African Great Lakes. 32. …
New York Times (NYT) is … American daily newspaper, founded and continuously
published in … New York City since 1851. 33. …Cosmopolitan is …international
magazine for women. 34. … youngest person to climb … Mount Everest was 13-
year-old Jordan Romero in … May 2010. 35. … Venus is … second planet from …
Sun. 36. …London University is among …. oldest and largest universities in … UK.
37. … Boryspil International Airport is … international airport located 6 km west of
… Boryspil, 29 km east of … Kyiv. 38. The origins of … Lloyds Bank date from
1765. 39. Our life is impossible without … water. 40. …Fruit, in the botanical sense,
is developed from the flower. 41…. Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a
pleasant thing to do. 42. … Despair is the opposite of …hope.
Keys to exercises
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Exercise 4., p. 18
Exercise 5., p. 18
1. Cairo 4. The Amazon
2. The Atlantic 5. Asia
3. Switzerland 6. The Pacific
7. The Rhine 12. Malta
8. The United States 13. The Alps
9. Kenya 14. The Red Sea
10. The Andes 15. The Bahamas
11. Tokyo
Exercise 6., p. 19
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Exercise 7., p. 25
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