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when under the circumstances there is only oneof something: the President, the Queen, the King,the manager, the director, the captain, the Army,the Navy:□Paris is th e c a p ita l of France.□ The ca p ta in was standing on the deck.□ The p re s id e n t is elected every 4 years.( NB! In these expressions no article is used:\□He was elected President.□ She became Queen.□ They made her M a n a g e r____________ jThe Definite Article with Certain Groups of WordsThe definite article is used:1.
before a number of nouns which indicate geographical alternatives - the types of landscape orenvironment where people work, live, spend their holidays: the city/town, the country, the mountains, thesea, the seaside, the land, the forest, etc.□ We are spending the weekend in the country/in the m ountains/at the seaside.2. with forms of entertainm ent: the theatre, the cinema/movie, the opera, the ballet, the disco, theweekend, etc□ We’ve seen things. We’ve been to the opera, the theatre, the ballet.□Did you go to the disco on Saturday?BUT: □There is a new disco in town.3. with shoos and other businesses that are regular in towns/cities, though we do not necessarily meansomething in particular.
In this case the activity is as important as the place: the bank, the police, the firebrigade, the post office, the d o cto r(’s), the d entist(’s), the shopping, the baker’s, the b utch er’s, thegrocer’s, the supermarket, the pub, the chem ist(’s), the hairdresser’s/the barber, etc.□I do the shopping on Mondays. I usually go to the supermarket.□I must go to the bank to change some money. (BUT: □ She works in a bank.)□ John is not very well.
He went to the doctor(’s).4. we can refer to the systems of mass communication and the media by using a noun with the definitearticle: the television/TV, the radio, the news, the press, the paper(s), the post/mail, etc.□ This is what we read in the paper.□I heard the news on the radio.BUT: □ This is an expensive radio.□ We watch television.□ Have you got a new TV set?(Here we do not speak about them as a form of the media.)200USE6OFARTICLESWI TH(A) Fill in a/an or the.1. I’d like to go t o ......beach.
2. There i s ....... goodfilm on a t ..... cinema, or we could go t o .......theatre,or we could stay at home and w a tc h ......television.3. Who is ...nicest girl in your group? 4. When youwant to buy sausages, you go to ...... butcher’s.5. Is th e re ... bookshop on High Street? 6 . 1boughtit i n ......shop in High Street.
7. I’m going t o ........shop. 8 ........government is very unpopular. 9. Call......Police! 10.......... longest bridge in Europe is inPortugal. 11. There is ...... cat in ...... garden.12. There is ...... knife in ...... second drawer.13. I’m going t o ..... baker’s to b u y .......loaf of bread.1 4.1saw ..... interesting film a t .......cinema last week.1 5 .1love listening t o ......piano.
1 6 .1think you watch...... television too often. 17. My grandmother isdreaming of b uying......new piano for me.COMMONNOUNS<4>.......... evening with him. He said that there wouldbe music and other th in g s .(5)........... friend did notcome and did not send any explanation. When theym e t(6)...........
following d a y,(7>.......... doctor askedwhether he had received (8).......... note. He thoughthe had sent it t o (9)........... wrong address.“Yes, thank you,” replied (10)........... other. “ I took itto (11)............ chem ist, he made up (12)............medicine and I feel much better already.”7(В, C) Complete the sentences below, usingthe or a where necessary.Three monks were travelling through Turkey hopingto m eet(1).........
wisest man in (2)...........whole country.(3).......... monks explained that they wanted to meethim because they each h a d (4).......... question to askh im .(5)...........Sultan sent for Hodja Nasreddin whocame t o (6).......... palace at once.(7)........... first monkstepped up and asked his question. He was rather(8)...........clever monk. “Where is (9)............ centre of(10)......... Earth?” “At this moment (11>............centre of(12).......... Earth is exactly below(13)...........
right foot ofmy donkey,” answered Nasreddin.” How can you/(B) Choose the right article.possibly know?” asked (14)........... monk. “ If youmeasure(15).......... Earth carefully, you’ll find that I’m1. My uncle used to be the/а dentist before he retired.right,” replied Hodja.2. Athor Brown is the/а dentist I told you about.Then(16).......... second monk asked his question.3. London is the/а biggest city in Britain. 4.
Agatha“ How many stars are there in (17)...........sky?” It wasChristie was the/а well known writer of detective stories.5. Agatha Christie is the/а writer who created Hercule quite(18)..........tricky question. “As many as there arehairs on my donkey,” replied Hodja. “As you’ll see ifPoirot. 6. My eldest son joined the/а п Army and nowyou count them.” <19)..........third monk came forward.my youngest wants to join the/а Navy.
7. Do you know“How many hairs are there in my beard?” he asked.who killed th e /- President Lincoln? 8. In many countries“This is (20)......... easy question”, said Hodja.” As manythe head of state is called th e /- President. 9. I’ve gotas there are hairs in (21)...........donkey’s tail. If youthe/а п appointment this afternoon. I’ve got to go todon’t believe me, we can pull o u t(22).......... hairs fromа/th e doctor’s. 10.
Look at this wonderful smallyour beard and(23)......... hairs from (24>...........donkey’scomputer. The/а top lifts up to form the/а screen.tail one by one and count them.” Nasreddin is suchThe/а whole thing weighs only 5 kilos. 11.1 went to a /(25)........... clever man. I needn’t have asked mythe hairdresser’s last week but my hair looks terrible.1 2 .1 do all my shopping at а/the supermarket.
13. We question to find that out. So everybody could see thatHodja w a s(26).......... wisest man of all.have seen what а/the Earth looks like from а/the Moon.14. Because of “the greenhouse effect” а/th e climateof the world is changing.U(A, B) Put in a/an or the.T h a n k Y ou, I Feel M u ch B e tte r(1).......... doctor whose medical skill was much betterthan his handwriting, sent <2)........... invitation to(3)...........
patient, who was best friend, to spend201THEI uARTICLE12(B) Translate the sentences into English.1. Мне нужно снять комнату. 2. Проветри комнату.3. Нож не режет. 4. У тебя нет ножа? 5. Возьминож и отрежь хлеба. 6. Мы не знали, что здесьесть озеро. 7. Озеро глубокое. 8. Замок сломался.9. Кому мне отдать починить (have/lock/repaired)замок? 10. Ты знаешь, где чинят замки? 11. Незабудь купить замок. 12.
У нас сегодня апельсинына третье. 13. Апельсины в буфете. 14. Возьмисебе апельсин. 15. Апельсин не кислый?(В) Translate the sentences into English.1. Дверь закрыта. 2. У тебя есть телефон?3. Телефон не работает. 4. В холле темно. 5. Тылюбишь собак? 6. Не дразни (to tease) собаку.7. Никогда не пытайся погладить (to stroke) собаку,если ты её не знаешь. 8. Ручка не пишет.
9. У васесть ручки в продаже? 10. Где можно купитьпальто? 11. Где тебе сшили пальто (have/coat/made)? 12. Где ключ? 13. Сколько квартир в доме?(В, С) Translate into English, paying specialattention to the words in italics.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.Кто у двери? - Это почтальон.Мы ходили вчера в театр. Пьеса былазамечательная.Я предпочитаю проводить каникулы в горах,у моря или в деревне.Чем занимается Джон? - Он почтальон.В центре города строится новый рынок.Где мама? - Она на кухне.Португальцы очень отличаются от испанцев.Немцы и японцы много работают.Будьте внимательнее: вы сделали ошибку.Я не знал, что недалеко от нашего дома естьрынок.Рынок был уже закрыт, и мы пошли в магазин.В этом году я первый раз был в лагере.Лагерь был расположен в лесу.Почта - важное государственное учреждение.Его уведомили об этом письмом.Мой друг написал мне об этом в письме.1.1 Revision(А, В) Complete the sentences with articles where necessary.1.
There i s ...... bridge over the river. 2. Do you h a v e .......... pens a n d .......... pencils? 3. Would you like........ cup of tea? 4. He m e t .......... nice girl a t .......... disco. 5. Yesterday I m e t .......... old friend whom Irecognized at once. 6 ........... person who is sitting next to you i s ..........
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