Методические материалы по теме "a, an, the"

1. Поставьте артикли a или an.

1. … elephant   2. … English dictionary   3. … butterfly   4. … German car    5. … Italian bag 6. … American college   7. … Russian city   8. … French designer   9. … Indian river   10. … egg   11. … notebook   12. … elegant lady   13. … ice-cream   14. … Japanese phone

2. Поставьте артикли a/an или the там, где необходимо.

1.     I’d like … chicken sandwich and … glass of … mineral water. (Я бы хотел сэндвич с курицей и стакан минеральной воды.)

2.     Would you like … banana or … strawberries? (Ты хочешь банан или клубнику?)

3.     She always has … apple, … toast and … cup of … coffee for … breakfast. (Она всегда съедает яблоко, тост и пьет чашку кофе на завтрак.)

4.     The fly is on … ceiling in … kitchen. (Муха – на потолке на кухне.)

5.     My mother is … accountant and my father is … lawyer. They work in … same company in … centre of … our town. (Моя мама – бухгалтер, а папа – юрист. Они работают в одной компании в центре нашего города.)

6.     How much are … her Italian lessons? – Ten dollars … hour. (Сколько стоят ее занятия по итальянскому языку? – Десять долларов в час.)

7.     Where are … dogs? – They are in … garden. (Где собаки? – Они в саду.)

8.     … cats like eating … fish.  … cows like eating … grass.  … birds like eating … insects. (Кошки любят есть рыбу. Коровы любят есть траву. Птицы любят есть насекомых.)

9.     My favourite subjects are … chemistry and … biology. (Мои любимые предметы – химия и биология.)

10. There is … parrot in … cage. And there are … pieces of … fruit in it. (В клетке попугай. И в ней есть кусочки фруктов.)

11. My granny lives in … small village in … country. (Моя бабушка живет в маленькой деревушке в сельской местности.)

12. Your baby shouldn’t sit in … sun on … hot day. (Вашему малышу не следует сидеть на солнце в жаркий день.)

13. Please open … book.  … exercise is on … page 68. (Пожалуйста, откройте книгу. Упражнение находится на странице 68.)

14. Ann has been looking for … job for … long time. (Аня ищет работу долгое время.)

15. What’s … matter? - I missed … 6 o’clock train. (Что случилось? – Я не успел на 6-часовой поезд.)

16. Do you like … vegetables? (Ты любишь овощи?)

17. … mother has got … terrible headache today. (У мамы сегодня ужасная головная боль.)

18. There were … tears in … her eyes. (В ее глазах были слезы.)

19. She is … very nice woman but her sons are … bad boys. (Она очень хорошая женщина, но ее сыновья – плохие парни.)

20. Look at … woman. She is … neighbor I told you about. (Посмотри на женщину. Это соседка, о которой я тебе говорил.)

3. Поставьте артикли a/an или the, где необходимо.

1.     Yesterday I bought … pair of … shoes. Unfortunately … shoes are too tight. (Вчера я купила пару туфель. К сожалению, туфли слишком узкие.)

2.     We had … dinner in … restaurant … last night. – What is … name of … restaurant? (Вчера ночью мы ужинали в ресторане. – Как называется ресторан?)

3.     Tony has two children: … boy and … girl. They are … twins.  … girl is in … France now. (У Тони двое детей: мальчик и девочка. Они близнецы. Девочка находится сейчас во Франции.)

4.     Would you like another piece of … cake? – No, … cake is too fat for me. (Хотите еще один кусок торта? – Нет, для меня торт слишком жирный.)

5.     His office is on … Floor 5. And I live on … tenth floor. (Его офис находится на этаже 5. А я живу на десятом этаже.)

6.     Little Mike leaves for … school very early because … school is quite far from … his home. (Маленький Майк уходит в школу очень рано, потому что школа довольно далеко от его дома.)

7.     Lara saw … letter under … door. She read … letter and started crying. (Лара увидела под дверью письмо. Она прочитала письмо и начала плакать.)

8.     Did you enjoy … food at … party … last Friday? (Тебе понравилась еда на вечере в прошлую пятницу?)

9.     Roger is … scientist, he works for … government. (Роджер – ученый, он работает на правительство.)

10. We go to … gym twice … week. (Мы ходим в спортзал дважды в неделю.)

4. Поставьте артикли там, где необходимо.

1.     I come to … work by … bus. Today … bus was a bit late. (Я езжу на работу на автобусе. Сегодня автобус немного опоздал.)

2.     … Jack is … youngest but … cleverest boy at … school. (Джэк – самый младший, но самый умный мальчик в школе.)

3.     It rained, so I stayed at … home in … evening. But today … sun is shining brightly in … sky. (Шел дождь, поэтому я остался дома вечером. Но сегодня ярко светит солнце в небе.)

4.     On … Monday … kids were tired and they went to … bed very early. (В понедельник дети устали и пошли спать очень рано.)

5.     My wife is … best woman in … world and I’m … happiest husband! (Моя жена – лучшая женщина на свете, а я самый счастливый муж!)

6.     They are having … test on … third of December. (У них будет тест третьего декабря.)

7.     What … beautiful painting! … artist is such … talented person. (Какая красивая картина! Художник – такой талантливый человек.)

8.     Robin Hood robbed … rich and helped … poor. (Робин Гуд грабил богатых и помогал бедным.)

9.     David is … old friend of mine. He plays … guitar perfectly. His sister has been playing … tennis since … age of ten. (Давид - мой старый друг. Он отлично играет на гитаре. Его сестра играет в теннис с 10 лет.)

10. … Jacksons live in that lovely cottage with … fantastic garden. (Семья Джэксонов живет в том милом коттедже с фантастическим садом.)

11. Sam used … drugs and was sent to … prison in … August. What … shame! (Сэм применял наркотики и был отправлен в тюрьму в августе. Какой позор!)

12. … Harrisons are not religious and they never go to … church. (Семья Гаррисонов не религиозна, и они никогда не ходят в церковь.)

13. He has been in … hospital for … month. (Он лежит в больнице в течение месяца.)

14. … English are very fond of … gardening. (Англичане очень увлекаются садоводством.)

15. I’ve tried to learn … Japanese many times. (Я пробовал изучать японский язык много раз.)

16. She is … famous actress and she often appears on … TV. (Она – известная актриса и часто появляется на телевидении.)

17. It’s such … original idea! Besides you’ve got … good sense of humour. (Это такая оригинальная идея! Кроме того, у тебя хорошее чувство юмора.)

18. On … rainy day … castle looks like … prison. (В дождливый день замок выглядит как тюрьма.)

5. Поставьте артикли с именами собственными, если это необходимо.

1.     … Cairo is … capital of … Egypt. (Каир – столица Египта.)

2.     It was so picturesque in … Crimea … lastsummer. (В Крыму было так живописно прошлым летом.)

3.     ... London stands on … Thames. (Лондон стоит на Темзе.)

4.     I had … my holiday in … northern Italy … last year but I’m going to cross … Atlantic ocean and visit … USA … next year. (Я провел отпуск в северной Италии в прошлом году, но в следующем году я собираюсь пересечь Атлантический океан и посетить США.)

5.     … Moon moves round … Earth. (Луна движется вокруг Земли.)

6.     … Great Patriotic war started in 1941. (Великая Отечественная война началась в 1941 году.)

7.     … Volga is … longest river in … Russia. (Волга – самая длинная река в России.)

8.     … Ukraine and … Turkey are separated by … Blacksea. (Украину и Турцию разделяет Черное море.)

9.     My friend usually goes to … Alps in … spring by … plane. (Мой друг обычно ездит в Альпы весной на самолете.)

10. … Urals are lower than … Caucasus. (Уральские горы ниже Кавказа.)

11. … Great Britain is situated on … two large islands. (Великобритания расположена на двух больших островах.)

12. … Christmas and … Easter are my favourite holidays. (Рождество и Пасха – мои любимые праздники.)

13. It takes about … hour to get from … Domodedovo airport to … Lenin street. (Требуется около часа, чтобы добраться от аэропорта Домодедово до улицы Ленина.)

14. What’s … weather like today in … Australia? (Какая сегодня погода в Австралии?)

15. … Colorado river flows through … Grand Canyon. (Река Колорадо протекает через Большой Каньон.)

16. My English friend took me to see … National gallery, … Houses of … Parliament and … Tower bridge. (Мой английский друг взял меня посмотреть Национальную галерею, Здания Парламента и Тауэрский мост.)

17. … Statue of … Liberty was … present from … French people. (Статуя свободы была подарком от французского народа.)

18. … Galaxy where we live is called … Milky Way. (Галактика, в которой мы живем, называется Млечным путем.)

Упражнение 1. Вставьте подходящий артикль, где таковой необходим.

(1)…Ted Shell is (2) ...  worker. He works at (3)... factory. It’s not in (4) ... centre of the city. Every morning he has (5)... breakfast and (6) ... cup of tea. Then he goes to (7)... work by (8)...  bus. He works till five o’clock in (9)... afternoon. He has (10)... son. His name is Fred. Fred goes to (11)... school. He likes (12) ... literature. Fred is (13)... good pupil. He also likes (14) ... sports.

  Упражнение 2. Вставьте подходящий артикль, где таковой необходим.

 1. ... butter is made of ... milk. 2. I am studying ... English. I am studying ... grammar. 3. We have … dog and … cat. 4. I seldom drink ... water.  5. I had ... tea and ... sandwich for breakfast. 6. ... history is my favourite subject. 7. There was ... kindness in her eyes. 8. I bought ... bottle of ... milk. 9. He has a lot of ... work today. 10. This vase is made of ... glass. 

Упражнение 3. Вставьте подходящий артикль, где таковой необходим.

(1)... Frenchman was once travelling in (2)... England. He did not know (3)... English quite well. He could speak only (4)... little. One day he was eating in (5)... small pub and he wanted to order (6)... eggs. But he didn’t know (7)... English word for (8) ... eggs. Suddenly through (9)... window he saw that (10)... rooster (петух) was walking in (11)... yard. He asked (12)... waiter what was the English for (13) ... “roster”. (14)... waiter told him. (15)... Frenchman then asked what was the English for (16) ... “rooster’s wife”. (17)... waiter told him that it was (18)... hen. Next (19)... Frenchman asked what was the English for “hen’s children”. (20)... waiter told him that they were (21)... chickens. (22)... Frenchman asked what (23)... chickens were before they were born. (24)... waiter told him they were (25)... eggs. “You’ve explained everything very well,” (26)... Frenchman said. “Please bring me two (27)... eggs and (28) … cup of (29) ... coffee.”

  Упражнение 4. Вставьте подходящий артикль, где таковой необходим.

 We are in (1)... Scotland. Its capital is (2)... Edinburgh. It is one of (3)... most beautiful cities in (4)... Great Britain. There are (5)... many places of interest here. (6)... monument to (7)... Walter Scott is in (8)... centre of (9)... city. (10) ... National Gallery of Scotland is also situated in (11)... centre. There is (12)... fine collection of (13)... pictures in (14)... gallery. (15)... Glasgow is (16) ... greatest city in (17)... Scotland. Scotland is (18) ... land of (19)... lakes. They are called “Lochs” there. Let us go now to (20)... Loch Lomond. What (21)... beautiful lake it is!

Упражнение 5. Определите правильный вариант.

 a shower or the shower?

a) _________ is broken at the moment. b) There isn't __________ in this bathroom.

 a garden or the garden?

а)Our house hasn't got ___________ b) Maria is outside in  ____________

a poster or the poster?

а)Look at ____________ b) I've got ___________ 4

 a woman or the woman?

a)     I can see _________ b) Who is ___________?

  Упражнение 6. Вставьте подходящий артикль, где таковой необходим

___ best pet for ___ child is ___  dog. If you don’t like ___ public transport, you should get ___ car. ___ car isn’t ___  best way to travel in ___ city. There was____dead mouse in _____ corner. At ___ bottom of ___ page it said ‘Please turn over’. I don’t take ___  sugar, thank you

Упражнение 1. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

1.This is … clock. 2. This is … Kiev. 3. … Kiev is … big city. 4. Mary is … girl. 5. She is … my sister. 6. This is … room. 7. Is … newspaper in … bag? 8. She is in … room. 9. Is … teacher in … classroom? 10. Is … your room large? 11. Is … pen in … bag? 12. Are you … students? 13. My friend has … children. 14. … sportsmen are always in good form. 15. … children we saw in … street are schoolboys. 16. She lives in … 1st street.

Упражнение 2. Прочтите следующие выражения и переведите на русский язык:

A man’s bag, a girl’s doll, the women’s right, the actress’s voice, James’ room, fox’s tricks, boy’s games, students’ songs, Engels’ works, Marx’ letters

Упражнение 3. Переведите на английский:

1.Я знаю брата вашего преподавателя. 2. Это часы моей сестры. 3. Книги отца в его комнате. 4. Я часто прохожу мимо дома нашего тренера. 5. Я часто вижу друзей своего тренера. 6. Откройте окно. 7. Подойдите к окну.  8. Принесите мел, пожалуйста. 9. Прочтите это. 10. Напишите письмо, пожалуйста. 11. Переведите этот текст, пожалуйста. 12. Принесите мне мяч.

Упражнение 4. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. 

1.This is ... book. It is my ... book. 2. Is this your ... pencil? — No, it isn't my ... pencil, it is ray sister's ... pencil. 3. I have ... sister. My ... sister is ... engineer. My sister's ... husband is ... doctor. 4. I have no ... handbag. 5. Is this ... watch? — No, it isn't ... watch, it's ... pen. 6. This ... pen is good, and that ... pen is bad. 7. I can see ... pencil on your ... table, but I can see no ... paper. 8. Give me ... chair, please. 9. They have ... dog and two ... cats. 10. I have ... spoon in my ... plate, but I have no ... soup in it.

Упражнение 5. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. 

1. This is ... tree. ... tree is green. 2. I can see three ... boys. ... boys are playing. 3. I have ... bicycle. ... bicycle is black. My ... friend has no ... bicycle. 4. Our ... room is large. 5. We wrote ... dictation yesterday. ... dictation was long. 6. She has two ... daughters and one ... son. Her ... son is ... pupil. 7. My ... brother's ... friend has no ... dog. 8. This ... pencil is broken. Give me that ... pencil, please. 9. She has ... ball. ... ball is ... big. 10. I got ... letter from my ... friend yesterday. ... letter was interesting. 

Упражнение 6. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. 
1. This is ... pen. ... pen is red. 2. These are pencils. ... pencils are black. 3. This is ... soup. ... soup is tasty. 4. In the morning I eat ... sandwich and drink ... tea. 5. She gave me ... coffee and ... cake. ... coffee was hot. ... cake was tasty. 6. Do you like ... ice-cream? 7. I see ... book in your ... hand. Is ... book interesting? 8. She bought... meat, ... butter and ... potatoes yesterday. She also bought ... cake. ... cake was very ... tasty. We ate ... cake with ... tea. 9. This is my ... table. On ... table I have ... book, two ... pencils, ... pen and ... paper. 10. This is ... bag. ... bag is brown. It is my sis­ter's ... bag. And this is my ... bag. It is ... yellow. 

Упражнение 7. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. 

1. I have two ... sisters. My ... sisters are ... students. 2. We are at ... home. 3. My ... brother is not at ... home, he is at ... school. 4. My ... mother is at ... work. She is ... doctor. 5. I am not ... doctor. 6. I have no'... sister. 7. He is not ... pilot. 8. I have thirty-two ... teeth. 9. He has ... child. 10. She has two ... children. Her children are at ... school. 11. Is your father at ... home? — No, he is at ... work. 12. Where is your ... broth­er? — He is at ... home. 

 Упражнение 8. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. 

1. We have ... large ... family. 2. My granny often tells us ... long ... interesting .. stories. 3. My ... father is ... engineer. He works at ... factory. ... factory is large. 4. My ... mother is ... doctor. She works at ... large ... hospital. She is at ... work now. 5. My ... aunt is ... teacher. She works at ... school. ... school is good. My ... aunt is not at ... school now. She is at ... home. She is drinking ... tea and eating ... jam. ... jam is sweet. I am at ... home, too. I am drinking ... tea and eating ... sandwich. ... sandwich is tasty. 6. My sister is at ... school. She is ... pupil. 7. My cousin has ... big ... black ... cat. My cousin's ... cat has two ... kittens. ... milk, too. cat likes ... milk. ... kittens like 

 Упражнение 9. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. 

1. I am ... engineer. 2. My ... son is ... pupil. 3. He is ... good ... pupil. 4. This is ... house. 5. This is my ... pencil. 6. You have some ... pen­cils, but I have no ... pencil. Give me ... pencil, please. 7. I like your ... beautiful ... flower. Give me ... flower, please. 8. My ... mother is at ... home. She is reading ... interesting ... book. 9. My ... father is not at ... home. He is at ... work. He is ... doctor. He is ... good ... doctor. He works at ... hospital. ... hospital is large. 

 Упражнение 10. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. 

1. What's ... weather like today? — ... weather is fine. 2. ... sun is yellow. 3. ... sky is grey today. 4. ... earth is ... planet. 5. We had ... English lesson yesterday. ... teacher asked me many ... questions. ... questions were difficult. 
4. Where is your ... brother? — He is at ... home. He is in his ... room. He is sitting at ... table. He is doing his ... homework. ... homework is difficult. 5. Our ... cat is sitting on ... sofa. 6. It is very dark in ... room. Turn on ... light, please. 7. Nick went into ... bathroom, turned on ... water and washed his ... hands. 

 Упражнение 11. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. 

At... beginning of ... 19th century ... little boy was born in ... family of John Dickens, ... clerk at ... office in ... Portsmouth, and was named Charles. He had ... sister who was older than himself, arid there were several other children in ... family. When Charles was seven, he was sent to ... school. He was not... strong child. He did not like to play ... crick­et or .. football and spent all his free time reading. In 1821 ... family went to ... London and little Charles left behind him ... happiest years of his childhood. His father was in ... money difficulties, and ... family became poorer and poorer. ... boy had to give up his studios. Mr. Dickens was put into ... debtors' prison. Little Charles learned to know all ., horrors and cruelty of ... large capitalist city. He had to go to work at... blacking factory. He worked there from ... morning till ... night. When his fa­ther came out of prison, Charles was sent to ... school for some time. Soon he got work as ... clerk. Then he learned ... stenography and became ... reporter; in Parliament. In 1836 at... age of 24 Charles Dick-1 en? published his first book. It was ... collection of ... stories. ... title of ... book was "Sketches by Boz." There were followed by "Pickwick Papers" and "Ol­iver Twist" and many other famous novels. Charles Dickens is one of ... greatest writers of ... 19th. century. His novels are now translated into most languages of ... world.