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Exercise 1. Answer the questions.
Mоdel: Is it a pen? – Yes, it is a pen.
| 1. Is it flat five? 2. Is it a ball? 3. Would you like an apple? 4. Is this the oldest car? 5. Is the article short? 6. Is your favourite subject English? 7. Does the sun shine brightly? 8. Is London on the Thames? | Yes, it is flat five. Yes, it is a ball. Yes, I would like an apple. Yes, this is the oldest car. Yes, the article is short. Yes, my favourite subject is English. Yes, it does. The sun shines brightly. Yes, it is. London is on the Thames. |
Exercise 2. Put in articles where necessary.
| 1. These... flowers are beautiful. 2.... textbook is in... bag. 3. I live in... Kirov Street. 4. We have... five exams in winter. 5. My parents are... engineers. 6. Where is... book? 7. Meet... engineers from... Moscow. 8. Here are... your books. 9.... Mr Black will come at five. 10.... Thames is... river. 11. He told me... way to... the theatre. | 1.- 2. The, the 3. - 4. – 5. - 6. the 7. the, - 8. -9. – 10. The, a. 11. the, the |
Self-training Exercises
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.
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Exercise 2. 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 3. 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 – страдания и смерть. 9. Мои друзья уехали на юг сегодня вечером. 10. Жаль, что я не могу поужинать с вами.
