Don’s mother went to the prison to visit her son.
В газетных заголовках артикли, как общее правило, опускаются:
Moon Can Be Relay Station ( Daily Worker ).
В ряде случаев артикли в газетных заголовках, однако, сохраняются, например, если артикль входит в состав фразеологической единицы:
U. S. Clock Firm in Australia Calls It a Day (Daily Worker).
В разговорном стиле речи артикль может опускаться в неполных предложениях:
“Married?” “Widower, sir. Two children” (J. Galsworthy).
Your mother’s an uncommonly clever woman, you know. Cleverest woman I’ve ever known (Bereford).
Артикли (или их отсутствие) в некоторых устойчивых фразеологических сочетаниях
1. Глагольные
to have a (good) time to take the trouble
to have a smoke (a bite и т.п.) to play the piano (the violin и т.п.)
to have a look и т.п. to tell the time
to have a headache (a cold и т.п.) to tell the truth
to take the floor
to have dinner (supper, lunch, tea) Но : to have a good dinner
to take part (in) to go for a walk
to take place to go to the cinema (theatre)
to take care (of) to go to (to return to, to come from) town
to drop (cast) anchor to be in bed
to lose sight (of) to be in town
to declare war to be in prison (hospital и т.п.)
to give (to get) permission to be in debt
to play football (chess, cards и т.п.) to be in time
to make use (of) to be in a hurry
to go to school to be in a position
to go to bed to be at a loss
to go to market (to court) to be on board (on deck)
to go to sea to be on sale
to go to camp to be in (high) demand
2. Обстоятельственного значения
at night (at sunset и т.п.) side by side
at midnight (at noon) shoulder to shoulder
by day hand in hand
by train (tram, bus, boat) arm in arm
by air (sea, land) day by day
by post day after day
by heart at home
by chance at work
by mistake at peace (at war)
by name at camp
at table at (after, during) dinner (supper,
at school breakfast)
in fact
in conclusion
at a distance of Но : in the distance
at a depth of from window to window
at a size of from head to foot
at a width of from word to word
at a time when from day to day
Exercise 1 . Вставьте артикли, где это необходимо.
1. She is ___ good musician. She plays ___ violin beautifully.
2. Mary's not at ___ office. I think she's at ___ home.
3. Do you want to see Sarah? She's in ___ garden.
4. I like Jane, there's a lot of ___ warmth about her.
5. Where's ___ dog? I want to take it for ___ walk.
6. Do you like __ wine? No, I don't drink ___ alcohol.
7. I like___ tea with ___ milk in it.
8. I always listen to ___ radio when I get up.
9. Can your daughter play ___ piano?
10. Fred is ___ only child in ___ family.
Exercise 2 . Вставьте артикли a , an, где это необходимо.
Example: The book is rather interesting. – It's rather an interesting book. The boy is quite smart. – He's quite a smart boy.
1. Our house is quite big. It's _____.
2. The car is rather expensive. It's _____.
3. Pam is rather naughty. She's _____.
4. The problem is rather difficult. It's _____.
5. His job is quite challenging. It's _____.
6. The town is rather pleasant. It's _____.
Exercise 3. Вставьте артикли the , a , an там, где это необходимо. Выполните устный перевод.
1. My ... aunt and my ... uncle are ... doctors. They work at ... hospital. They get up at seven o'clock in ... morning. They go to ... bed at eleven o'clock. 2. I work in ... morning and in ... afternoon. I don't work in ... evening. I sleep at ... night. 3. When do you leave ... home for ... college? – I leave ... home at ... quarter past eight in ... morning. 4. What does your mother do after ... breakfast? — She goes to ... work. 5. Is there ... sofa in your ... living-room? – Yes, there is ... cosy little ... sofa in ... living-room. – Where is ... sofa? – It is in ... corner of ... room to ... left of ... door. I like to sit on this ... sofa in front of ... TV-set in ... evening. 6. There is ... nice coffee-table near ... window. There are ... newspapers on ... coffee-table. 7. There is ... tea in ... glass. 8. When do you watch ... TV? – I watch TV in ... evening. We have ... large colour TV-set in our ... room. There is ... beautiful vase on ... TV-set. There are ... flowers in ... vase. 9. I have ... large writing-desk in ... study. There is ... paper on ... writing-desk. My ... books and ... exercise-books are on ... writing-desk, too.
Exercise 4 . Вставьте артикли the , a , an там, где это необходимо.
1. Pete has ... small family. He has ... father and ... mother. He has no ... brother, but he has ... sister. His sister is ... pupil. She is ... good girl. She has ... many Russian books, but she has no ... English books. 2. There is ... writing-desk in ... room. ... writing-desk is good. There is ... lamp on ... writing desk. 3. My uncle has ... large family. They are six in ... family. 4. My father is ... engineer. He works at ... big factory. 5. We have ... good library. Our books are in ... big bookcase. 6. Is your sister ... married? 7. What do you do after ... breakfast? – I go to ... academy. 8. When do you come ... home? – I come ... home at... half past two. 9. Do you like to watch TV in ... evening?
Exercise 5. Вставьте артикли the , a , an там, где это необходимо. Выполните устный перевод.
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.
Exercise 6 . Вставьте артикль the там, где это необходимо.
1. … English Channel is between ... Great Britain and ... France.
2. Trafalgar Square is the geographical centre of ... London.
3. We went to ... America last year, but we haven’t been to ... Philippines yet.
4. Where is ... John’s raincoat?
5. ... Pacific is the largest ocean on our planet.
6. Does ... Mark speak ... Spanish?
7. ... Neva flows through ... St. Petersburg.
8. Show me ... Canary Islands on this map, please.
9. Our family lives in ... Kedrovaya Street.
10. ... Urals are old and not very high.
11. ... Volga flows into ... Caspian Sea.
12. I’ve made up my mind to go to ... Black Sea next summer.
13. ... Lake Baikal is the deepest one in the world.
14. Ann’s family lives in ... Semakova Street.
15. ... Ivanovs visited … Bolshoi Theatre yesterday.
Exercise 7 . Вставьте артикли the, a, an там, где это необходимо. Выполните устный перевод.
1. What ___ lovely day!
2. The man over there is collecting money for ___ injured.
3. How many stars are there in ___ sky?
4. I enjoy lying in ___ sun.
5. What ___ beautiful weather!
6. Mike is such ___ bore!
7. Would you like to travel round ___ world?
8. What ___ nice people the Browns are!
9. ___ moon looks beautiful tonight.
Exercise 8. Вставьте артикли the , a , an там, где это необходимо.
– What ___ (1) beautiful day today! I'd like to go to ___ (2) beach.
– Yes, but ___ (3) beach is always being crowded! I'd like to stay at ___ (4) home and sit in ___ (5) garden. We can have ___ (6) lunch in ___ (7) garden. – But I'd like to go out. I'm going back to ___ (8) work tomorrow and this is ___ (9) last day of my holiday. – Well, we could go out tonight. There's ___ (10) good film on at ___ (11) cinema, or we could go to ___ (12) theatre. – O.K. but ___ (13) theatre's too expensive. It's about $15 ___ (14) seat. – That's true. We may go to ___ (15) cinema then. Or we could stay here and watch ___ (16) television. – Oh, no. That's boring. I want to go to ___ (17) cinema. – And this afternoon? – You can stay here but I think I'll go to ___ (18) town. – Can you do ___ (19) shopping when you are in town? – Oh, all right.
Exercise 9. Вставьте артикли, где это необходимо.
1. I usually see Jane in ___ bus.
2. I can cycle 15 miles ___ hour.
3. What time do you usually have ___ lunch?
4. I don't see him very often, only once or twice ___ month.
5. I like to get up in ___ time to have ___ big breakfast before work.
6. He smokes about twenty cigarettes ___ day.
7. It’s a very good train service. The trains always run on ___ time.
8. Every now and then we meet at ___ lunchtime.
UNIT 4