In the World of Grammar

Упражнение 1
Заполните пропуски неопределенным артиклем a или an:
1.
open window.
2.
beautiful woman.
3.
interesting book.
4.
basket full of fruit.
5.
exciting trip.
6.
unusual film.
7.
short man.
8.
dangerous place.
9.
expensive car.
10.
elephant.

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Упражнение 2
Поставьте а/an, где необходимо:
1. I have
house in Miami beach.
2. I am not
teacher, I am
interpreter.
3. My sister works as
waitress.
4. There is
apricot on the table.
5. You made
very bad mistake in your last test.
6. There are
bananas in the fridge.
7. I have got no
pen to write
note.
8. My aunt has just come from England and brought me
present.
9. — Who is that man? — He is our new
manager.
10. There is
arm-chair in the corner of the room.

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Упражнение 3
Закончите ответы на вопросы данные ниже, выбирая походящее по смыслу слово и форму неопределенного артикля "a" или "an".
artist, movie star, writer, composer, playwright, cartoon character, philosopher, explorer, scientist
1. Who was Shakespeare? — He was a playwright.
2. Who was Mozart? — He was .
3. Who was Einstein? — He was .
4. Who is Leonardo de Caprio? — He is .
5. Who is Mickey Mouse? — He is .
6. Who was Marco Polo? — He was .
7. Who was Leonardo da Vinci? — He was .
8. Who was Confucius? — He was .
9. Who was Tolstoy? — He was .

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Упражнение 4
Заполните пропуски определенным или неопределенным артиклями.
Once upon a time, there was
cat and
dog who lived in
small house. One day
cat said to
dog, "This place is too small for us — we need
bigger house."
dog agreed. "We could even have
garden where I could bury my bones." "Well I'm not sure
garden is a good idea," said
cat. "Who would cut the grass?" "We could employ
cat to do it," said
dog. "Why not
dog?" said
cat. And so they never left
small house because they couldn't agree.

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Упражнение 5
Поставьте the, где необходимо.
1. Which city is
capital of
your country?
2. What is
largest city of this country?
3. Help! Fire! Somebody, call
fire brigade.
4. "Where is
your dictionary?" " It's on
top shelf."
5. We live in
country, about five miles from
nearest village.
6. I don't know everybody in
this photograph. Who is
man on the left?
7. It was a very nice hotel but I don't remember
name.

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Упражнение 6
Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.
The room was completely empty so some of us sat down on the floor, while others leaned against . It was hot so I tried to open ; they were stuck. It started getting dark so I turned on ; it didn't work. Then we realized that was locked.

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Упражнение 7
Выберите правильный вариант употребления артикля the.
1.
potatoes are not expensive.
2. This is a good meal.
potatoes are very nice.
3. Everybody needs
friends.
4. Jan doesn't go to
parties very often.
5.
children learn
things very quickly.
6. I enjoy eating in
restaurants.
7. I enjoy taking
photographs. It's my hobby.
8. I must show you
photographs I took when I was on holiday.

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Упражнение 8
Определите тип определения: классифицирующее (a/an) или конкретизирующее (the). Поставьте соответствующий артикль.
1.
chair on which you are sitting is not comfortable.
2. There is
man waiting to see Mr Smith.
3.
man whom Mr Smith telephoned this morning is here now.
4. I should like to find
good book to read tonight.
5.
book which I am reading now is a very good one.
6.
book which gave me the greatest pleasure was "War and Peace".
7. Have you
cigarette to smoke?
8. John threw away
cigarette that he was smoking.
9. Peter put
letter he had just received into his pocket.
10. I must write
letter to my aunt.

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Упражнение 9
Заполните пропуски прилагательными в превосходной степени, выбрав из прилагательных, данных ниже: big, old, close, long, hard, high, heavy
1. Elephants are the biggest land animals.
2. Diamond is substance known to man.
3. Kilimanjaro is mountain in Africa.
4. The Volga is river in Europe.
5. man in the world weighs 32 stone.
6. Mercury is planet to the sun.
7. woman in Britain was 114 recently.

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Упражнение 10
Заполните пропуски артиклями a или the.
1. She's
mother of my best friend.
2.
height of Mt Blanc is 4807 metres.
3. She's
woman of great ability.
4. We knew who the murderer was at
end of the first act.
5. He's
cousin on my father's side.
6. We were surprised at
size of the bill.
7. Many children have
fear of rejection.
8. When they reached
top of the mountain, they sat down.
9. There was
dead mouse in the corner.
10. At
bottom of the page it said 'Please turn over'.

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Упражнение 11
Определите, обозначает ли выделенное в предложении существительное целый класс лиц или предметов или всякого, любого представителя данного класса лиц или предметов. Поставьте соответствующий артикль: a или the.
1. The best pet for a child is a dog.
2. You can never trust
politician.
3. The tallest animal on earth is
giraffe.
4.
lion is called "the king of the jungle".
5.
stream is a small river.
6.
dog is called the man's best friend.
7.
car isn't the best way to travel in a city.
8.
kitchen is a room which is used for cooking.

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Упражнение 12
Прочитайте данные ниже диалоги и решите, какие артикль в каждом случае употребил бы говорящий: a, an или the.
1. I have
idea. Let's go on
picnic on Saturday. — Okay.
2. Did you have fun at
picnic yesterday? — Sure did. And you?
3. You'd better have
good reason for being late! — I do.
4. Did you think
reason Jack gave for being late was believable? — Not really.
5. Where's my blue shirt? — It's in
washing machine. You'll have to wear
different shirt.

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Упражнение 13
Поставьте a/an, the , где необходимо.
1. I turned off the light, opened
door and went out.
2. Excuse me, can I ask
question, please?
3. Alan is
best player in our football team.
4. How far is it from here to
airport?
5. Enjoy your holiday and don't forget to send me
postcard!
6. Have you got
ticket for
concert tomorrow night?
7. Yesterday I bought
jacket and
shirt.
jacket was cheap but
shirt was expensive.
8. What is
name of
director of
film we saw last night?
9. "Where are
children?" "They're in
garden."
10. My sister's
teacher in school near Leicester. She has three children, two girls and
boy.
girls are in her class at school, but
boy isn't old enough for school yet.
11. Jane and Bill are
very nice couple. She has
clothes shop, and he works in
office in the centre of town.
12. "Where are my shoes?" "On
floor in
kitchen."
13. When you come to bed, can you put
cat out and turn off
light?
14. I went to
restaurant last night.
15. What's
name of
restaurant we went to last night?

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