THE ARTICLE. Exercise 1. Explain the use of the article

Exercise 1. Explain the use of the article.

1. This is a pencil. It's a red pencil. The red pencil is on the table. 2. I'm a teacher. I'm at home now. This is my room. The room is large and clean. 3. Open your books at page thirteen and read text 10. 4. This is a black tie and that is a white tie. 5. Yesterday I met my friend with a young girl. The girl is a first-year student of the University. She lives on the second floor in the house not far from us. 6. Summer is the most beautiful season of the year. There are many flowers in the fields and gardens every­where. The flowers are very beautiful in your garden. 7. Victory Square is in the centre of Minsk. I live in Kirov Street. The Black Sea is in the South of our country. I live in Belarus but my uncle lives in Moldova.

Exercise 2. Choose the correct form, with or without the.

1. I’m afraid of (dogs/the dogs). 2. Can you pass (salt/the salt), please? 3. (Apples/the apples) are good for you. 4. Look at (apples/the apples) on that tree! They are very big. 5. (Women/the women) live longer than (men/the men). 6. I don’t drink (tea/the tea). I don’t like it. 7. We had a very nice meal. (Vegetables/the vegetables) were especially good. 8. (Life/ the life) is strange sometimes. Some very strange things happen. 9. I like (skiing/the skiing) but I’m not very good at it. 10. Who are (people/the people) in this photograph? 11. (All books/all the books) on the top shelf belong to me. 12. (First World War/the First World War) lasted from 1914 until 1918.

Exercise 3. Insert the articles.

1.... Volga is... longest river in... European part of... Rus­sia. 2. I'd like to go on... excursion to... Crimea. 3. There is... stadium not far from our... house.... stadium is... largest in our town. 4. My brother is a pupil of...8th form and he wants to be­come... engineer. 5.... chemistry is his favourite subject at... school. 6.... children like... ice-cream. 7. Can you tell me... way to... theatre? 8. Here is... book you need. 9.... walls of our classroom are yellow.

Exercise 4. Put in a/an or the in these sentences where necessary.

1. Would you like … apple? 2. How often do you go to … dentist? 3. Could you close … door, please? 4. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that. It was … mistake. 5. Excuse me, where is … bus station, please? 6. I’ve got … problem. Can you help me? 7. I’m just going to … post office. I won’t be long. 8. There were no chairs, so we had to sit on … floor. 9. Have you finished with … book I lent you? 10. My sister has just got … job in … bank in … Manchester. 11. We live in … small flat near … city centre. 12. There’s … small supermarket at … end of … street I live in.

E xercise 5. Translate into English.

1. В городе есть памятник Нельсону. Памятник находится в Центре города. 2. Посреди комнаты стоит стол. Этот стол новый. 3. Я послал ему письмо. Письмо очень длинное. 4. В кинотеатре идет новый фильм. (Этот) фильм - детектив. 5. Мне задали много вопросов. Вопросы были легкие. 6. Я обычно пью чай с сахаром. 7. Чай очень горячий, добавьте в него молока. 8. Мир – это жизнь, война – это страдания и смерть. 9. Мои друзья уехали на юг сегодня вечером. 10. Жаль, что я не могу поужинать с вами.