E.g. Put the book on the table.

Упр. 7. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. What's... weather like today? —... weather is fine. 2.... sun is yellow. 3.... sky is grey today. 4.... earth is... planet. 5. We had... English lesson yesterday.... teacher asked me many... questions.... questions were difficult.

4. Where is your... brother? — He is at... home. He is in his... room. He is sitting at... table. He is doing his... homework.... homework is difficult. 5. Our... cat is sitting on... sofa. 6. It is very dark in... room. Turn on... light, please. 7. Nick went into... bathroom, turned on... water and washed his... hands.

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 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...

Упр. 11. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1, We have... big dog.... dog is very clever. 2. My friend has... very good computer. 3. This... boy is big. He is... student. 4. There is... very big piano in... hall. 5. This is... tree and that is not... tree. It's... bush. 6. I am... boy. I am... pupil. I learn at... school. 7. My sister is at... work. She is... secretary. She works at... large office. 8. This is... very difficult question. I don't know... answer to it. 9. Do you see... little girl with... big ball in her... hands? She is... pupil of our... school. 10. There was... beautiful flower in this... vase yesterday. Where is... flower now?

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочета­ния:

In the middle

In the corner

To the right

To the left

Упр. 12. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

There is... thick red... carpet in my... room.... carpet is on... floor in... front of... sofa. 2. Where is... table in your brother's... room? — His... table is near... window. 3. I can see... fine... vase on... shelf. Is it your... vase? 4. We have no... piano in our... living-room. 5. My... uncle is... married. He has... beautiful wife. They have... son, but they have no... daughter. 6. I can see... nice... coffee-table in... middle of... room to... right of... door. It is... black and... red. I like... coffee-table. 7. Our... TV-set is on... little... table in... corner of... room. 8. There is... beauti­ful picture in my father's... study,... picture is on... wall to... left of... window.

Упр. 13. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

My aunt's flat is in... new house. There is... living-room,... bedroom,... study,... bathroom and... kitchen in... flat.... bedroom is... large room with... two windows.... room is light as... windows are large. There are... white curtains on... windows. There are... two beds with... large pillows on them. There are... small tables near... beds. There are... lamps on them. To... left of... door there is... dressing-table with... looking-glass on it. There is... low chair at... dressing-table. There are... several pictures on... pale green walls. There is... thick carpet on... floor.... car­pet is dark green.... room is very cosy.

Если после конструкции there is (there are) сто­ит неисчисляемое существительное или суще­ствительное во множественном числе, вместо опущенного неопределенного артикля часто (не обязательно) употребляется слово "some."

Упр. 14. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

There is... sofa in... corner of... room. 2. There are... cushions on... sofa, 3. There are... books on... shelf. Give me... book, please. 4. Look into... refrigerator. What can you see on... shelves? — There is... butter in... butter-dish. There is... sausage, but there is no... cheese. There are... eggs and... apples. There is... orange,... lemon, and... jam in... little vase. 5. There is... juice in this... cup. May I drink... juice? 6. There are... girls in... yard, but I can see no... boys. Where are... boys? — Oh, all... boys are playing football at... stadium.

Упр. 15. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

I have... colour TV-set.... TV-set is on... little table in... corner of... room. 2. There is... book,... pen, and... paper on my... writing-desk. 3. My... brother is... teacher. He works at... school. He has... very good books. His... books are in... big bookcase. 4. There is... tea in my... glass. There is no... tea in my... friend's... glass. His... glass is empty. 5. Where is... coffee-table in your... room? —... coffee-table is in... front of... sofa. There is... cup on... coffee-table and... newspa­pers. There is... coffee in... cup.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочета­ния:

In the morning

In the afternoon

In the evening

At night

А также:

To go to bed

To go to work

To go to school

Упр. 16. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. My... friend has to get up early in... morn­ing because he goes to... school. That's why he usually goes to... bed early in... evening. 2.... weather was very bad in... morning yesterday.... sky was grey and it was raining. But in... middle of... day... weather began to change.... rain stopped and... sun appeared from behind... clouds. In... afternoon it was very warm. I did not want to stay at... home and went into... yard. There were... boys and... girls in... yard. We played in... yard till late in... evening. When I came... home, I drank... tea, ate... sandwich and went to... bed at once. I slept very well at... night.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочета­ния:

To go home

To come home