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Если предложение начинается с вопросительного слова Where, то перед подлежащим следует определенный артикль.
Where is the … ?
Если предложение начинается с оборота There is, то перед подлежащим следует неопределенный артикль.
There is a … .
Упражнение 9
Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.
1. There is … big tree in … garden. 2.There is … wonderful small computer in … front of … books there. 3. I see … bottle of … pineapple … juice on … kitchen table. 4. There is … bank near here. – Where is … bank? 5. Where is … soup? – … soup is in … big saucepan on … gas cooker. 6. Her … son has … great … sense of … humor. 7. There is … new supermarket in … centre of our … town. 8. Where are … cutlets? – … cutlets are in … refrigerator on … little plate. 9. There was … disco at … club last Sunday but he didn’t go. 10. There is … hotel over there. … hotel isn’t cheap. 11. There is no … bread on … table. Where is … bread? 12. Is there … bus stop near … building? 13. Where is … cat? – … cat is on … sofa.
Упражнение 10
Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.
1. There is … little brown coffee table in our … room in … front of … sofa. 2. We have … big dog. … dog is very clever. 3. Where is … book? – … book is on … shelf. 4. Where is … table in your … room? 5. My friend has … very good computer. 6. Where are … flowers? – … flowers are in … beautiful vase. 7. There is … thick carpet on … floor in my mother’s … room. 8. This … boy is big. He is … student. 9. Where is … vase? – … vase is on … little table near … window. 10. Is your brother at … home? – No, he is at … work. He works in … big factory. He is … engineer. 11. There is … large piano in … hall. 12. 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. 13. My sister has many … books. … books are in … big bookcase. She has really … good … taste in … books.
Упражнение 11
Вставьтеартикль, гденеобходимо.
1. This is … tree and that is not … tree. It’s … bush. 2. There is … little white cloud in … sky. 3. … weather is fine today. Let’s go and play in … yard. There are many … children in … yard. They are playing with … ball. 4. I am … boy. I am … pupil. I study at … school. 5. What … beautiful … day! 6. My sister is at … work. She is … secretary. She works for … new company. 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. 8. This is … very difficult question. I don’t know … answer to it. 9. This is … computer. … computer isn’t old. This … computer is new. This is … good new computer. 10. Do you see … little girl with … big ball in her … hands? She is … pupil of our … school. 11. These are … computers. … computers are new. These aren’t … old computers. These are … new computers. These … computers are good. 12. There was … beautiful flower in this … vase yesterday. Where is … flower now? 13. Last year we were in Geneva. It is … exciting city to visit, but … very expensive place to live.