Упражнения на употребление артиклей

1. A dog is an animal.
2. A potato is a vegetable.
3. A pencil is like a pen.
4. A ruler is a thin rectangular wooden or plastic strip.
5. A test-tube is a hollow glass tube.
6. A writer writes a book.
7. The man who is sitting there is my friend.
8. The girl in that room is my sister.
9. The boy does his work well.

 

II. Поставьте существительные в единственное число, сделав все необходимые преобразования в предложении.

1. Horses are animals.
2. Boots are kinds of shoes.
3. Watches are small clocks.
4. Novels are books.
5. Children are not always good. 
6. Stockings are long socks.
7. Schools are large buildings.

 

III. Поставьте а/an, где необходимо.

	а/an	а/an
1	I  haven’t got computer.	Do you keep record of the results?
2	I am not chemist, I am biologist.	I work in theoretical research team.
3	You made very bad mistake.	I’ve got very good idea.
4	It is convincing result.	It is standard method.

IV. Поставьте the , где необходимо.

1. Which city is ___ capital of ___your country?
2. What is ___largest city in ___world?
3. Our apartment is on ___third floor.
4. Help! Fire! Somebody, call ___fire brigade.
5. Who was ___first man to walk on ___moon?
6. "Where is ___your dictionary?" " It's on ___top shelf on ___right."
7. We live in ___country, about five miles from ___nearest village.
8. ___Prime Minister is ___most important person in ___British government.
9. I don't know everybody in ___this photograph. Who is ___man on ___left?
10. It was a very nice hotel but I don't remember ___name.
11. I didn't like her ___first time I met her. 

 

V. Поставьте a/an, the , где необходимо.

1. I turned  off ___ 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 ____ centre of town.
12. “Where are my shoes?”     “On ____ floor in ____ kitchen.”
13. “How much are the driving lessons?”     “Fifteen pounds ____ hour.”
14. When you come to bed, can you put ____ cat out and turn off ____ light?
15. I went to ____  restaurant last night.
16. What’s _____ name of ____ restaurant we went to last night?

 

VI. Выберите правильный вариант употребления артикля the.

Potatoes / The potatoes are not expensive.

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

 

Если перед такими существительными, как method, theory, effect, device и т.п. стоит имя собственное в притяжательном падеже, то артикль не употребляется:

Seitz's hypothesis, Whipple's model.

Если имя собственное стоит в общем падеже, то употребляется определенный артикль:

the Holl effect, the Boltzman factor, the Gerrish drive, the Coulomb field etc.
 

VII. Поставьте the, где необходимо.

1. 1. The DNA was examined by ____ Klein-Smith method.
2. 2. ____ Wilson's model has been applied.
3. 3. ____ Hodgkin-Huxley equations modified by Dodge have been solved.
4. 4. The system is studied by ___ Smith's method.
5. 5. Measurements performed on Bi-Te alloys are compared with Seeback coefficients (S) using ___ Kelvin's second relation P=ST. 

 

VIII. Поставьте a/an, где необходимо.

1. It is ___ pleasure to do ___ business with such ___ efficient organization.

2. I have ___ headache. I have ___ pain in my shoulder.

3. You must be strong in ___ mind and body.

4.If they had ___ mind to, they could easily get it published.

5. Oh, I know there’s no danger, but I’m ____ little frightened all the same. ___

6. Little of the equipment was standardized.

7. It is possible to make ___ very good living from being a businessman.

8. The quality of ___ urban living has been damaged by excessive noise levels. 9.

He was one of ___ few men of science who never terrified me, probably because he never behaved like ___ doctor.