Part I. Elementary knowledge of articles 2 страница

... earth's movement is silent and steady and smooth. You cannot feel yourself moving. You cannot see or hear... moving.

Exercise 19. Insert articles summarizing the cases already discussed.

1. "It is... natural thing for... young woman to come downstairs in... morning to have her breakfast," said Duncan. 2. Has... last post come? There was nobody inside.... kitchen was dirty, all... doors and... windows were tight shut. 3. She was... girl of perhaps 22, with... large brown eyes,... button nose and... mouth that looked as though she constantly said: "Ooo." 4. Margot said nothing but sat back in... corner of... seat. 5. Gretchen went to... door and locked it, and returned with... key. 6. He heard... distant voice saying "Bill." 7. Then I searched for... piece of... paper... and pencil, and I wrote... message for... maid. 8. Ansell gave... angry sigh, and at that moment there was... tap on... door. 9.... army is... most interesting profession. 10. He sighed again and again, like one who has escaped from... danger. 11. I don't believe... word of it. 12. He didn't even count... money that Lammiter held out to him. 13. When... cinema was over they went for... walk across... dark, damp fields. 14. At... age of seventy-four, he was excited as... boy about his expedition. 15. General Henderson was... tall man, slim and erect, with... lined bronzed face and... white hair. 16. He is... walking grammar book. 17.... sun was not up yet, but... stars were dim, and cold pale sky was... same colour as... cold pale sea.

Exercise 20. Insert articles which are required by the context.

I. Then they heard... door-bell ring. "Who can that be?" said
Mrs. Wainwright irritably, and Hilary said, "Annie's out, isn't she?
I'll go," and he got up and went to... front door.... man who
stood there was... stranger. He wore... shabby raincoat belted
tightly round... waist and... knitted scarf wound tightly round his
neck. He was about... same age as Hilary, and like Hilary, tall and
thin, but fair and with... bright blue very tired eyes. When Hilary
opened... door, he made... quick movement forward, almost as u
he were going to stick his foot hurriedly to... opening. (Laski)

I. Mr. Heggener was... slender, gentle-looking man, perhaps fifty-five years old, with... full head of... white hair, and... small neat white beard. He was wearing... beautiful dark green wool jacket and... gleaming white shirt and... dark silk tie. Although... table at which they were seated was in front of... fireplace in which... piled logs flamed brightly, he had... light-weight blanket over his shoulders.... little nervously, Michael had dressed for... occasion, too, and wore... collar and... tie and... blue blazer.

II. Just as Ellsworth was about to turn and leave,... woman came down... main staircase into... entrance hall followed by... big golden retriever. She was... handsome woman, somewhere in... thirties, with... mass of... ash blond hair done up in... neat bun. She had... blue eyes set in... long pointed face and was wearing... light grey fur coat that Michael guessed was lynx.

Exercise21.
Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with proper
nouns.

1. In... heart of... England, about 112 miles north-west of London, is Birmingham,... city with over... million inhabitants. 2.... county town of Yorkshire is York. York is... beautiful old city on... River Ouse. 3. I had come back from... Paris on... morning of... fifteenth. 4. She herself was returning from... south of... France. 5. He loved... past,... old music and dances and customs of... old England. 6. Over... door there hung... long photograph of... city with... waterways, which Agnes, who had never been to... Venice, took to be... Venice, but which... people who had been to... Stockholm knew to be... Stockholm. 7. His scheme was to reach... sea and then get... fisherman take them across... Channel. 8. You have lately returned from... East, I understand? 9. "I got back from... North Africa about nine months ago," he began, and then stopped. 10. Do you remember... panorama of... Sahara Desert? 11. In... Great Britain at... present day there are three great political parties -... Conservative,... Labour and... Liberal. 12.... Alps and... high mountains in... Switzerland,... Italy,... France and... Austria. 13.... London passed before me.... Piccadilly,... Shaftesbury Avenue,... New Oxford Street. 14. I rented... flat overlooking... Hyde Park. 15. They came on to... Waterloo Bridge. 16.... Alroy Kear and I, as arranged, met on Friday at... Victoria Station. 17.... National Gallery is in... Trafalgar Square. 18. She seemed to recall hearing that his mother had been... foreigner from one of... countries surrounding... Mediterranean. 19. She decided to go to... Barbados,... island further to... south which had more and better housekeeping cottages than anywhere else in... West Indies. It sounded... good place to lose herself for... week or two. 20. Ned looked up and down... China Street.

Exercise 22. Translate into English.

1. Галерея Тейт - ведущий музей современного искусства в Лондоне. 2. Вы когда-нибудь были в Тауэре? 3. Фрэнк - студент Ливерпульского университета. 4. Африка гораздо больше Европы. 5. Мы собираемся зимой в Карпаты кататься на лыжах, б. На севере Англии теплее, чем на юге. 7. Мы были на каникулах на Кавказе, купались в Черном море, загорали. 8. Испания, Франция, Югославия и Италия расположены на Средиземном море. 9. В состав Соединенного Королевства входят Великобритания и Северная Ирландия. 10. Нил - самая длинная река в Африке. 11. Он долго работал корреспондентом на Ближнем Востоке. 12. Он побывал во всех странах Западной Европы. 13. Франция и Англия разделены проливом Ла-Манш. 14. Три столицы расположены на Дунае: Вена, Будапешт и Белград. 15. Панамский канал соединяет Атлантический и Тихий океаны.

Exercise 23. Use the proper article with geographical names.

I.... Liverpool is... commercial and industrial city. It has... lot of offices, big shops, public buildings and modern factories.

- port of... Liverpool is very old and historic. There are seven miles of docks. Lots of dock buildings look black and ugly. Ships come from... North and... South America,... South East Asia,... South Africa and... West Africa and... Europe. Liverpool is not...beautiful city. But it is... interesting city. It is famous for lots of things.

I.... Edinburgh is... capital of... Scotland, and one of... most beautiful cities in Britain. It has... castle,... university and... palace,... Holyrood House, where... Royal Family stay when they come to... Edinburgh. Every summer thousands of people visit... Edinburgh for... famous Festival. There is... music,... dancing,... plays,... art exhibitions, and... grand Tattoo of soldiers in... castle grounds.

II.... River that Flows Backward.

Have you ever heard of... river that flows backward? You'll find it as you will many other strange things - in... America.

Years ago... Chicago river flowed north and emptied itself into... Lake Michigan. But when... Chicago began to expand and more drinking water was needed for... inhabitants, engineers got to work and deliberately altered... whole structure of... river, so that... fresh water would then flow from... lake into... river!

... result is that nowadays, instead of flowing north,... Chicago river flows south towards... Gulf of... Mexico.

Exercise 24. Explain the use of the article with the names of meals.

1. Earlier, dinner had been served outdoors. 2. Sometimes the three English people had coffee together after dinner in the evening. 3. Poirot and I were expecting our old friend Inspector Japp from Scotland Yard to tea. 4. Tom and his father reached the Peacock Gun in London at about seven o'clock in the evening. They had a fine supper. After supper Tom began to fall asleep. 5. That was a lovely meal, Patrick! 6. They had a quick dinner in the old-fashioned hotel dining-room. 7. They gave a dinner nearly every week. So nice of them! 8. There had been fourteen at dinner. The dinner had been very good. 9. Johnny blushed. He pretended to be very busy pouring fresh tea as his friend smiled at him. 10. Supper was waiting for Tom when he came back half an hour later.

Exercise 25. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of articles with the names of meals.

1. A servant announced... dinner. 2. She wouldn't go in to... supper with anyone but Winton. 3. "We only learned ourselves before... dinner," said Lady Muriel. 4. After... breakfast he rose from... table and lighted... cigarette. 5. At... lunch... rain was still pouring down. 6. It was... cold lunch. 7. At... lunch Marictte told him with... pride that this evening... cinema would be open. 8. I wonder why it is that I always wake up so cold in... morning now. It's because I don't have... good hot dinner in... evenings. 9. "I shall be back about... tea-time, I expect," she said. There's no one coming for... dinner." 10. He had to stand aside for the maid to carry in... luncheon. 11. That evening at... dinner, she was just as usual.12 I must go and look at... dinner, 13. When I got back breakfast was already on... table and Ted had just started 14. At end of meal we were served with... coffee. 15. I looked into... kitchen. Mary Ann was putting... supper on... tray to take it into... dining-room. 16. They got... table by... window and Edward ordered excellent lunch. 17.... breakfast was not yet over before the men came to put up the marquee. 18.... lunch was over by half past one.

Exercise 26. Insert articles where necessary, paying particular attention to the nouns denoting meals.

1. Then they had... breakfast. After... breakfast Tom walked with Eden. 2. He watched his plate at... dinner and at... breakfast. 3. Perhaps six weeks after... beginning of... term Tom and Arthur were sitting at their work just before... supper. 4. At... supper there was much talk about... match. 5.... occasional lunch with... "right" person was permissible. 6. She had... lovely dinner. 7.... lunch was laid on... dining-room table when I came down. 8. Friday morning at... breakfast I found... five-dollar bill folded up in my napkin. 9. There was... man at... dinner whom I suppose you've never heard of, but who's quite... celebrity in his way. 10. Then they had... nice little breakfast in... kitchen before returning to... dining-room. 11. "Did you cast... eye on... stuff I sent over?"-"I didn't even have time to order... breakfast," he said. 12. He wrapped himself in one of... big rough white terrycloth bathrobes... hotel supplied and went into... living-room of... suite and rang for... breakfast. 13.... owners were using... "tea room" as... dining-room, and they had... orchestra, composed of... long men, who played for... dinner. 14. I had... lunch one day in... ancient fortress on... side of... mountain. You go up there on... funicular.... chef was doing his desperate best to serve... fine lunch to... "nice people". 15. They were in... restaurant on... old port in which Craig had seen Picasso at... dinner.

Exercise 27. Explain the use of (he articles before the nouns denoting parts of the day and seasons.

1. The afternoon sky had been suddenly obliterated by enormous clouds of sand, instantly turning day into night. 2. He had broken the news to his family after dinner on a Saturday night. 3. The Walmer Castle arrived in Cape Town at early dawn, moving carefully through the narrow channel... 4. At dawn when Jamie awakened, the mule was dead. 5. Anthony had on a dressing-gown, and there was a book in his hand. An evening off was what he was looking forward to, she thought. 6. I suppose you're asking me to spend the evening with you. 7. The man standing in a corner of the churchyard was trying to keep warm in the cold of the early March morning by slapping himself on the back. 8. The afternoon was fine. 9. The busy railway station was an island in the night, bustling with life. 10. The point is, I've got to get out of here before morning. 11. It was a calm sunny evening. 12. Already the winter evening, the delicate evening, that had stretched before him, was forgotten. 13. The sun was gilding the clouds-not the low grey unbroken clouds of a European winter, but scattered white cottonwool clouds. 14. He always opened his conversation with the news that there would be trouble in the Balcans in the spring. 15. A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.

Exercise 28. Insert articles where necessary.

I. 1. When Basil returned at... sunset he was greeted by... storm. 2. This made it all... more natural to suggest... quiet evening soon. 3. It was... early evening by local time, but hours past bedtime to which John's body was accustomed. 4.... September evening was warm and beautiful and very still. 5. It was... fine November morning. 6.... soft light of... evening faded into... darkness. 7. It was... muggy day in... July when Nita arrived. 8. It was... morning of... day on which I was told to pop down to my aunt Agatha's place. 9. Outside... window it was... lovely spring morning. 10.... twilight begins about 7.30 this week. 11.... sun was going down and... day was cooling off. 12. He was shivering all over though it was... warm night. 13. Jerome was called into his housemaster's room in... break between... second and... third classes on Thursday morning. 14.... day came when... house was finally closed and... old life was at... end. 15. It started on... Saturday evening. It was... first Saturday of September. 16. "Don't worry, I'll be... home before... evening." 17. His watch said it was nearly four o'clock in... morning.

II. 1. Even... weather was behaving itself, after... wet and wild winter; March had come in sedately, producing... mild and pleasant days, and was surrendering to... milder and warmer April. 2. If you lived where I do you wouldn't be pale-faced all... winter. 3.... sea is high again today, with... thrilling flush of... wind. In... midst of winter you can feel... inventions of... spring. 4.... spring drifted imperceptibly into... early summer, and I was still painting... house. 5.... people realized that... winter must come sooner or later, and were determined to make... most of... sun while it lasted. 6. I shall go abroad tomorrow, but I expect to be in... London all... autumn. Do ring me up. 7. In... spring of 1917 when Doctor Richard Diver first arrived in Zurich, he was twenty-six years old,... fine age for... man. 8.... winter settled down over... mountains.

Exercise 29. Translate into English.

1. Был вечер. 2. Был теплый летний вечер. 3. Вечер был теплый. 4. Мы встретились вечером. 5. Было утро. 6. Было раннее утро. 7. Утро было туманное. 8. Вы делаете гимнастику по утрам? 9. Был ясный день. 10. День обещал быть хорошим. 11. Была ночь, все спали. 12. Некоторые люди любят работать по ночам, но я не могу. 13. Была морозная январская ночь. 14. Ночью шел снег. 15. Мальчик боялся провести ночь в лесу. 16. Мой брат приходит из школы в полдень. 17. Была весна. 18. Была ранняя весна. 19. Весна была необычайно теплая. 20. Мы очень любим бродить по лесу ранней весной. 21. Весна-мое любимое время года. 22. В Сибири зима очень морозная. 23. Что вы обычно делаете по вечерам зимой? 24. Зима прошлого года была очень снежной. 25. Была осень. 26. Была поздняя осень. 27. Пушкин, великий русский поэт, очень любил осень и не любил лето. 28. Многие люди любят осень, так как чувствуют себя полными сил после летнего отдыха. 29. Пароход пришел в порт на рассвете. 30. Можно предсказать погоду по закату. 31. Посмотри на закат. Какое прекрасное зрелище! 32. Наступил день. 33. Сгущались сумерки. 34. Спустилась ночь.

Exercise 30. Insert articles in the following fables by Aesop.

The Dog and the Rooster.

... rooster and... dog became friends. When... evening came... rooster flew up into... tree and... dog hollowed out... place to sleep in... earth below.

... next morning, as soon as... rooster had crowed,... fox ran up and begged him to jump down from his perch, for he claimed he wanted to make... personal acquaintance of so beautiful... singer. "First you must wake up... caretaker," said... cunning rooster, pointing to... sleeping dog, "so that he can open... door and let me down."

... fox did as he was told, but... moment... dog woke up he fell upon... fox and tore him to... pieces.

Give... fool enough rope and he will hang himself. It's... clever hunter who never gets caught in his own trap.

The Fox and the Stork.

,... fox invited... stork to... supper and when he came he offered...bird some thin gruel in... shallow bawl.... fox licked... food up with gusts but... stork, with his long bill, was unable to eat... thing.

... short time later... stork invited... fox and served him... tastiest delicacies in... tall bottle with... narrow neck.... stork contentedly packed away at... food and offered his friend... fox some as well.... fox saw through... trick but there was nothing to do but

go hungry.

"As you were generous to me," said... stork, "so I lay... table for you. You know very well that all debts ought to be repaid."

Exercise 31. Explain the use of articles with nouns in apposition.

1. Ellen Morison, a slim and alert young girl with brown hair, intelligent dark eyes and a sensible if excited voice, described the man. 2. Where did you ever hear of Jael, the wife of Heber? 3. Miss Bunn, the head teacher, wants to see you. 4. He has a friend, who is editor-in-chief of one of the Philadelphia newspapers, and he writes an occasional editorial for that paper. 5. This was a fellow named Barlow, a carpenter out of work as near as we can figure out... 6. A friend of mine-Larry Crowley, a press-agent-saw Jorgensen coming out of a hockshop. 7. Meanwhile, he stayed at home and, while still a "teenager" of 19, married Anne Hathaway, a farmer's daughter some years older than himself. 8. There was nothing in the Hamleton history to account for Sue, the youngest member of the clan. 9. They reached the hospital, of which Dr. McManus was chief of staff. 10. Walter Klein, the host, was standing in the hallway greeting his guests.

Exercise 32. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the noun in apposition.

1. At the end he gave... smile,... youthful and innocent smile. 2. I lay quite silent, watching his face,... strong and noble face, proud and yet at that moment, tender. 3. He had opened another door,... small door in... side wall. 4.... cook,... bulky man who looked as though he enjoyed his own cooking, scarcely glanced around. 5. This is my friend Anthony Brewster,... Englishman. 6. I was informed that you had been seen in... Church Street in conversation with... young gentleman,... very pretty young gentleman. 7. Miss Handforth was Mr. Demoyte's housekeeper,... old enemy of Nan. 8.... school,... gray, Gothic building, now showed as... fortress of learning. 9. I met her in her father's house. I had been taken there by her brother Charles,... most intimate friend of my London days. 10. Ted Rocklex,... father of... girls, had four daughters, and no son. 11. Newton,... famous philosopher, was sometimes engaged in working out difficult problems, which occupied his mind so much that he became quite forgetful of everything else. 12. His idol was professor Edward Edwards,... head of... department of... chemistry. 13. William Shakespeare went off to London in 1587,... year when several companies of actors visited Stratford. 14. Her sister lived here - she married... artist,... Dutchman. 15. Jenny Bunn,... slender girl of twenty with very dark colouring, watched him turn and cross the square hall. 16. Then I struck... match,... tiny glow of heat in the mist and dark. 17.... young friend of mine,... very good lad, asked her to marry him, and she consented.

Exercise 33. Insert articles where necessary. Pay particular attention to the use of articles with nouns used in the function of apposition.

1. Once on... warm Sunday afternoon, when he was alone on... porch of... great old house, he overheard his aunt,... young woman who, he thought, was... most beautiful creature he had ever seen, speaking to his grandmother. 2.... kitchen was supplied with every convenience, and there was even... bath-room,... luxury... Gerhardts had never enjoyed before. 3. Mr. Montford,... perfectly groomed dandy, approached Mrs. Machmont. 4. Here is Mrs. Chevely,... woman I've been telling you about. 5. He found... governor at home. He was... large handsome man,... sailor with... grey toothbrush moustache; and he wore... spotless uniform. 6. George entered... office of... property broker,... little bald man with... thin neck and... prominent Adam's apple. 7.... receptionist,... elderly nurse with... bright and friendly face, greeted them. 8. It was Dr. McManus who, without... comment, brought Johnny... copy of... New York Times... few days later and showed him... item. "Mr. Lars Swensen,... director of... Industrial Relations Foundation, has resigned from his post with that organization..." 9. He could picture her in her office,... small cramped room on... rue Marbeuf, usually crowded with... dozen young men and women... 10. They came to... Hotel Pino d'Oro,... small hotel standing on... edge of... sea. 11. In comparison with him, Veresford was rather... ordinary man, tall, dark, not... handsome fellow of two and thirty, quiet and reserved. 12. I went in after them, and discovered that Drake,... clerk who sold them to me, had been to California, too, and was practically... friend. 13. One day Nathan Trimble,... friend of Logan's, looked in at... library. He was... newspaperman and was killing... hour while waiting for... train connection. 14. I knew that she had once been... model at the Atelier,... unenviable job, and was now... dancer.

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