Відсутність артикля

• article + незлічуваний іменник або іменник у множині (загальні ствердження):

_Sugar is bad for your teeth. _Roses are _beautiful flowers.

• article + назви ігор, видів спорту, навчальних предметів, прийомів їжі:

Martin plays _volleyball quite well. He studies_ history. Have you had_ lunch?

• article Þ at_home, in(to)_bed, at_university, in_hospital, at(to)_work, by_bus, on_foot

• article + назви міст, країн, вулиць, станцій, аеропортів, гір, днів тижня, місяців, пір року

• article + абстрактний іменник, якщо тільки він не означає певну (або всю) кількість того, про що йде мова: I like _ music. (всю; взагалі) Can you turn the music off? (конкретну; лише ту, яку чутно)

1 Put a or the:

1) There was … man talking to … woman outside my house. …man looked English but I think …woman was foreign. 2) When we were on holiday, we stayed at a hotel. In the evenings, sometimes we had dinner at …hotel and sometimes in … restaurant. 3) I saw … film last night. …film was about … soldier and … beautiful girl. … soldier was in love with …girl but …girl was in love with … teacher. So …soldier shot …teacher and married …girl.

2 Find one mistake in each sentence:

1 He's postman, so he has breakfast at 4 a.m. 2 The love is more important than money. 3 I come to the school by bus. 4 I'm reading one good book at the moment. 5 'Where's Jack?' 'In a kitchen.' 6 I live in centre of town, near the hospital. 7 My parents bought the lovely house in the country. 8 I don't eat the bread because I don't like it.

3 Put a / an, the, or nothing (-). Explain your choice:

1) I have two children, __ boy and __ girl. __ boy is 14 and __ girl is 10. 2) Mike is __ soldier in __ Army, and Chloe is at __ university. 3) My wife goes to work by __ train. She's __ accountant. I don't have __ job. I stay at __home and look after __ children. 4) What __ lovely day! Why don't we go for __ picnic in __ park? 5) 'What did you have for __ lunch?' 'Just __ sandwich.'

4 Put the correct article where necessary:

... Saturday,... 15th of... November was the sort of day when nothing seemed to go right. I had decided to go to... London to buy... book about … mediaeval churches. To start with, I missed... 9.15 direct train to Central London, which meant I had to go a different, longer route via... Clapham Junction. Then, when I finally reached... London, I found that... specialist shop for... books on... architec­ture that I had planned to visit was closed. ‘Oh well,’ I thought, ‘as... winter is approaching, I'll buy myself... new anorak at one of... big department stores in... Oxford Street.’ I bought... anorak and got ... 3 o'clock train home. After changing trains at... Clapham Junction, I was alarmed to find that... carrier bag with my new anorak was missing. I tried to get another train back to … Clapham Junction only to learn that... bomb scare had closed every single line to... station. So I took... taxi back to … Clapham and, as I approached... station, I saw … lot of police standing round... object on … platform. I recognized it immediately as... bag I had lost, but my relief turned to... horror when I realized that it was my bag that had caused... bomb scare!

5 A, an, the or - (nothing)?

1 __diplomat is__person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to__ trip. 2 Writing about__art is like dancing about__architecture. 3 __dog is__only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. 4 Remember that as__teenager you are at__last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that__phone is for you. 5 When I was born, I was so surprised that I couldn't talk for__year and__half. 6 Treat__work of art like__prince: let it speak to you first. 7 Nothing's illegal if__ hundred businessmen decide to do it, and that's true anywhere in__world. 8__happiest time of anyone's life

is just after__first divorce. 9 A banker is__man who lends you__umbrella when__weather is fair, and takes it away from you when it rains. 10 California is__great place - if you happen to be__orange.

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