На цій сторінці Вам пропонуються різноманітні вправи на вживання артиклів a (an), the. В процесі виконання вправ консультуйтеся із правилами вживання артиклів в англійській мові або тут.
1. Use articles a, an, the or __ (nothing).
1. __ beef is a kind of __ meat.
2. __ beef we had for dinner last night was excellent.
3. Jane is wearing __ straw hat today.
4. Jane likes to wear __ hats.
5. __ hat is an article of clothing.
6. __ brown hat on that hook over there belongs to Mark.
7. Everyone has __ problems in __ life.
8. My grandfather had __ long life.
9. That book is about __ life of Helen Keller.
10. __ jewelry Diana is wearing today is beautiful.
11. __ people wear __ jewelry to make themselves more attractive.
12. Tim wants to be __ engineer when he grows up.
13. This bridge was designed by __ engineer.
14. One of the first things you need to do when you move to __ new city is to
find __ place to live.
15. They are renting __ furnished apartment in __ city centre.
2. Complete the sentences with the given nouns, using the when
necessary.
1. flowers
a. __ flowers in that vase are beautiful.
b. __ flowers are beautiful.
2. water
a. __ consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
b. Don’t go swimming today. __ is too cold.
3. information
a. __ in that book is inaccurate.
b. An encyclopedia is a source of __ .
4. health
a. __ is more important than money.
b. Doctors are concerned with __ of their patients.
5. problems
a. Everyone has __ .
b. Mary told me about __ she had with her car
yesterday.
6. men
a. __ generally have stronger muscles than __ .
women
b. At the party last night __ sat on one side of the room
and __ sat on the other.
7. happiness
a. I can’t express __ I felt when I heard the good news.
b. Everyone seeks __ .
8. vegetables
a. __ are good for you.
b. __ we had for dinner last night were overcooked.
9. weather
a. Do you like __ in this city?
b. __ is a safe topic for conversation.
10. gold
a. __ is a precious metal.
b. __ in Mary’s ring is 24 karats.
3. Fill in the blanks with articles before geographical names if
necessary.
1. I hear he’s off to __ Central Africa.
2. __ Yorkshire is famous for some delicious foods, including Yorkshire pudding and roast beef.
3. In __ Netherlands and__ Belgium St. Nickolas’ Day, December 6, is the children’s festival on the eve of
which the saint is supposed to come riding from __ Spain with presents for all good children.
4. Michael looked quizzically at his parent. Did he quite understand __ England of today?
5. New York, the largest city in __ USA, is situated at the mouth of __ Hudson River, sometimes called __ North River.
6. Production centres of __ Saudi Arabia are along __ Persian Gulf.
7. The main part of __ USA presents four physical divisions: two elevated and two lowland regions. The elevated are __ Appalachian Mountains in the east and __ Rocky Mountains or __ Cordilleran system in the west.
8. Do you know what it’s like when there’s sixty degrees of frost in __ Arctic and it still doesn’t freeze?
9. He had agencies in many of the islands of __ Pacific.
10. __ White Nile River originates in __ Lake Victoria.
4. Fill in the gaps with the proper article.
1. He didn’t even know __ Browns had __ daughter.
2. Is he __ Jones who is __ writer?
3. He never doubted that Fleur was __ Forsyte.
4. She felt like __ Alice in __ Wonderland.
5. He wanted to know how much __ Rolls-Royce cost.
6. Lanny has sold them __ fine Goya.
7. __ man doesn’t know __ Rubens from __ Rembrandt.
8. Everybody isn’t __ Marilyn Monroe.
9. John was inside __ very different John from __ lad he had known before.
10. __ story is written by __ great Russian writer Chekhov.
11. It was __ embarrassed Jane that started to speak at once.
12. __ Stevenson’s book "Dr. Jekyll and __ Mr. Hyde” is about __ man who
lived __ double life. I fact, he lived two different lives. In __ daytime it was __ life of
__ honest doctor, while in __ night he was __ killer.
13. At that moment they were interrupted by __ gentle Mrs. Strow.
14. "My husband is __ Othello”, she said.
15. She is no longer __ Jane you once knew.
16. __ Gloria at 25 was still __ Gloria of 20.
17. When we approached __ gate, __ little Polly ran to meet us.
18. There’s __ young American girl staying at __ hotel. She is __ Miss R.
19. But I am going to have __ supper with __ Robertsons.
20. On their way to __ Savoy Hotel he refused to tell __ poor Tom what would
happen there.
