Упр. 8. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо

1. This is... good... book. Take... book from... table. Put this... book into... bookcase. 2.... weath­er is fine today.... sky is blue.... sun is shining brightly in... blue... sky. 3. This is... boy.... boy is at... school. He is... pupil. This... boy is my... brother's... friend. He has... cat, but he has no... dog. He likes his... cat. He gives... cat... milk every day. 4. Yesterday I received... letter from my... friend.... letter was interesting. 5. We live in... big house. I like... house very much. 6. Are you... worker? — No, I am... student.

Кроме того существует огромное количество так называемых "застывших словосочетаний," в ко­торых артикль употребляется или отсутствует традиционно. Эти словосочетания приходится заучивать наизусть.

Запомните следующие конструкции.

There is a... Where is the...?

Запомните также следующие предложения:

The (book) is on the (table). Ho: The (book) is on a little (table)¹

Упр. 9. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Where is... cat? —.. cat is on... sofa. 2. Where is... book? —.. book is on... shelf. 3. Where are... flowers? —... flowers are in...beautiful vase. 4. Where is.. vase? —... vase is on... little table near... window. 5. Open... win­dow, please.... weather is fine today. I can see... sun in... sky. I can see... nice little bird.... bird is sitting in... big tree.... tree is green. 6. There is... little white cloud in... sky. 7. We have... large room. There is... big sofa in... room and... little lamp on... wall over... sofa. I like to sit on... sofa and read... good book.

¹ Существительное, стоящее в скобках, может быть любым. Прилагательное также может быть любым. Вместо предлога "on" может быть любой другой предлог иди заменяющее его слово­сочетание, напр, "in front of".

Запомните следующее застывшее словосочета­ние:

in S front

Упр. 10. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Where is... soup? —... soup is in... big saucepan on... gas-cooker. 2. Where are... cut­lets? —... cutlets are in... refrigerator on... lit­tle plate. 3. There is no... bread on... table. Where is... bread? 4. There is... little brown coffee-table in our... room in... front of... sofa. 5. Where is... table in your... room? 6. There is... thick carpet on... floor in my mother's... room. 7. Is your brother at... home? — No, he is at... work. He works at... big factory. He is... engineer. 8. My sister has many... books.... books are in... big bookcase. 9.... weather is fine today. Let's go and play in... yard. There are many... children in... yard. They are playing with... ball.

Запомните следующие конструкции, требующие неопределенного артикля:

I have a... This is a... I am а... Не has а... That is а... Не is а... I see а... It is а... She is а...

There is а...