Task 1: Read his letter, insert necessary articles, retell it.
116 Orchid Garden, Apt 34
London LN 46 ST
October 12, 2016
Dear...,
Let me introduce myself. My name is John Brown. I am ... twenty-year-old guy. They say, I am rather ... handsome chap. I have ... blond hair and ... brown eyes. There is ... picture in ... letter. Have a look at ... picture. I am in ... middle of ... row. I have quite ... big family. I have ... father, ... mother, ... sisters and ... brother. ... girls next to me are my sisters. They are still ... school-girls. As you see they are ... twins. You can’t imagine what ... clever girls they are! They are ... best pupils in ... form. ... man on the left is my brother. ... brother is ... hard-worker. He is … lawyer. Have ... look at ... married couple on the right. These are my mother, ... attractive woman of forty, and my father, ... good-looking man of forty-one. All in all I have ... world of ... relatives (море родственников).
We live in ... suburbs of London. We live in ... old but ... comfortable house. There is ... small garden in front of ... house. We like to have ... lunch in ... garden in summer when ...weather is fine. We have ... pets at ... home. They are ... cat, … dog and ... parrot. ... parrot can talk. ... dog doesn’t bite ... cat but ... cat often scratches ... dog.
I am ... student now and I want to be ... engineer and ... good one. I have ... good friends in England but I want to have ... friend in Russia, too. So let’s exchange ... letters. Be my pen-friend. Please, write soon.
Best wishes,
John
Task 2: imagine that John is your pen-friend. Write him a letter (write about your family and yourself in short). Pay attention to the use of articles.
Exercise 15. (Revision.) Translate into English.
1. Мне нужно снять комнату.
2. Проветри комнату.
3. Здесь есть озеро? Озеро глубокое?
4. У вас есть апельсины?
5. Апельсины - в холодильнике.
6. Возьми себе апельсин.
7. Апельсин сладкий?
8. Посмотри на дуб, ему, наверное, 100 лет.
9. Давайте посадим дуб.
10. В холле темно.
11. Я плохо себя чувствую. – Сходи к врачу.
12. Полиция уже здесь, не так ли?
13. Новости хорошие?
14. Дай деньги мне. Ты всегда их теряешь.
15. Это очень хороший совет.
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16. Совет хороший.
17. Погода прекрасная.
18. Какая плохая погода!
19. Какой чудесный день!
20. Здесь темно, включи, пожалуйста, свет.
21. Мне нужны деньги, я хочу купить новое платье и туфли.
22. У меня есть рыбки и кошка. Кошка все время пытается поймать рыбку.
23. В 8 часов я обычно завтракаю. На завтрак у меня овсянка, бутерброд с чаем.
24. Я знаю девушку, говорящую с Томом.
25. Кто в соседней комнате?
26. Твой брат студент?
27. Он хороший друг.
Exercise 16. Use the proper article with nouns denoting unique things.
1. Rome is ... capital of Italy.
2. ... Prime Minister of Great Britain is elected every 5 years.
3. ... earth goes round ... sun.
4. ... capital of Peru is Lima.
5. It was ... beautiful day. ... sun shone brightly in ... sky.
6. Don’t sit down on ... ground. It’s wet.
7. ... moon goes round ... earth every 27 days.
8. There are millions of ... stars in ... space.
9. How many planets does ... Solar system contain?
10. … horizon was primrose, and ... earth against it was purple.
11. The huge disk of ... moon was rising in ... east.
12. Agatha Christie is well-known all over ... world.
13. Quite ... new world opened before him.
14. ... clouds broke away and we could see ... full moon.
15. The night was so dark that ... sailors could distinguish neither ... sky nor ... sea.
16. ... high noon sun was very strong.
17. ... president of ... club wants to see you.
18. Who is ... monitor of ... group?
19. I went into ... shop and asked to speak to ... manager.
20. Roger was sent for by ... editor-in-chief.
21. I shall cross ... entire universe.
22. Presently ... sun rose over ... horizon.
23. Don't think about ... future.
24. ... film star had ... particular smile for ... press.
25. I heard ... news on ... radio.
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26. He’ll buy... villa in ... North of ... island.
Exercise 17.
Task 1. Read the description of the picture, insert necessary articles.
Have ... look at ... picture. It is ... landscape (пейзаж). It is night. ... sky isn’t covered with ... clouds. ... moon and ... stars are bright. Have ... look at ... ground which is pale (бледный) under ... silver light of ... full moon. ... trees are dark green, ... path leading to ... small house is dark brown. There is no light in ... windows of ... house. ... earth is asleep. Silence covers ... whole world, ... entire universe.
Task 2. Describe a picture (a landscape), express your emotions towards it with 10 sentences using nouns denoting unique objects. Pay attention to the use of the articles.
THE DEFINITE ARTICLE (GENERIC FUNCTION)
The Definite Article is used with countable nouns in the Singular form only to indicate that the noun becomes a composite image (собирательный образ) of the class (the generic function).
e.g. The rose is a beautiful flower.
The lion is a dangerous animal.
‘the noun “man” in the generic use takes Zero Article: e.g. Man is a strange creature.
NB 1! Zero Article is used with uncountable and countable nouns in the Plural form in the generic function.
e.g. Roses are beautiful flowers.
Lions are dangerous animals.
Ice is frozen water.
Ø We use “the” with nouns denoting social classes or school or movement in literature or art (both singular and plural forms): the bourgeoisie, the aristocracy, the gentry, the workers, the public, the peasants, the intelligentsia, the romanticists, the impressionists, etc.
EXERCISES
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