The Use of the Articles with the Names of the places and organizations

	Определенный артикль the	Нет артикля
исторические события	the French Revolution,
названия политических и общественных организаций	the Senate, the Houses of parliament, the United Nations, the police, the Government	NATO, Parliament, Congress
общественные и исторические здания, церкви	The Bank of England, The Winter Palace, The Tower of London	Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham Palace
документы	the Constitution
политические партии	the Labor Party, the Tory
газеты и журналы	the Times, the Washington Post	Pravda, Der Spiegel
сеть магазинов, компании		General Motors, Sony, Shell
корабли, поезда, космические корабли	the Titanic, the Orient Express	Apollo, Challenger
театры, кинотеатры	The Globe, the Bolshoy, the Odeon, the Arbat	Her Majesty’s
музеи	The British Meseum, the Hermitage, the Tate Gallery
парки		Hyde Park, St. James’s Park
школы, колледжи, университеты	The University of London	Carnegy College, London University, Manchester Grammar School
гостиницы, рестораны	The Hilton, the Cage Royal	Leoni’s, Brown’s
станции, аэропорты		Heathrow, Sheremetyevo
названия стран, штатов, улиц		Yorkshire, Texas, Oxford, High Street

Some Peculiarities of the Article Usage

	No article	The	a	Set expressions
Months, days	May is a spring month.	We’ll always remember the May of 1945.	A cold May is a usual thing in St.Petersburg.
Seasons	I like winter. It was early spring.	It happened in the spring of 1930.	It was a beautiful spring.
Day, night, morning, evening, afternoon	Day is meant for work, night for sleep.	The night was warm and beautiful.	I spent a sleepless night.	By day/ by night; At night/ at dawn/ daybreak/ sunrise/ sunset/ noon/ night; From morning till night; In the morning/ evening/afternoon;
Languages	She knows English well.	The English of America differs from the English of Great Britain.		What is the English for …?
Meals (lunch/dinner/ tea)	Did you have dinner?	The dinner we had today was very tasty.	After a heavy breakfast we started for …	To have breakfast/dinner/ supper

 

	No article	According to the rule
School/ college/ university	To be at school/college/university To go to school/college/university To leave school/college	To go to the school To leave the school (the building is meant)
Church	In church/ at church	The church was built in … There is a church in the city.
Prison/ jail	To be in prison To be sent to prison To be put in prison	Ken went to the prison to visit his brother.
Bed	To go to bed/ to be in bed/ to stay in bed/	Her portrait was on the wall beside the bed. There is a bed…
Work	To go to work/ to be at work/ to start work	I like the work I’m doing.
Home	To go home/ to come home/ to be at home/ to stay at home/ to feel at home	An orphans home/ a nursing home/ a maternity home
Town	To town/ in town	I was to go to the town I was born in.
Hospital	To go to hospital/ to be in hospital	When Ann was ill we went to the hospital to visit her.

DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF THE ADJECTIVES

1Short adjectives (1syllable) 2 Short adjective with the 2 type of reading

	comparative	superlative			comparative	superlative
	+er	+est			+er	+est
cheap	cheaper	cheapest		big	+g +er = bigger	+g +est = biggest
young	younger	youngest		fat	+t +er = fatter	+t +est = fattest
short	shorter	shortest		slim	+m +er = slimmer	+m +est = slimmest
wide	wider	widest		hot	+t +er = hotter	+t +est = hottest
small	smaller	smallest		thin	+n +er = thinner	+n +est = thinnest

 

3. Adjectives ending in er, ow, etc 4. Adjectives ending in y (2 syllables)

 

	comparative	superlative			comparative	superlative
	+er	+est			+ier	+est
clever	cleverer	cleverest		easy	easier	easiest
narrow	narrower	narrowest		heavy	heavier	heaviest
shallow	shallower	shallowest		early	earlier	earliest

Exceptions

good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
far	Further, farther	Furthest, farthest
much/many	more	most
little	less	least
old	Older, elder	Oldest, eldest

 

5 Adjectives ending on ous, ing, ful, ed (2 syllables ) and long adjectives (3/4 syllables)

 

	comparative	superlative
	More + adjective	Most + adjective
boring	more boring	most boring
famous	more famous	most famous
modern	more modern	most modern
polite	more polite	most polite
tired	more tired	most tired
expensive	more expensive	most expensive
comfortable	more comfortable	most comfortable

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