Question

Помогите пожалуйста с артиклями! 1. The Browns spent … holiday in … mountains. 2. Put … milk into … fridge. 3. … plane landed safely. 4. … houses were built of … stone. 5. I like … cheese. 6. There is … lake near … village. 7. I want to give him … picture as … birthday present. 8. … children like … ice cream. 9. It’s … interesting TV programme. 10. … doctor told … patient to have some tests.​​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. The Browns spent a holiday in the mountains. (провели один отпуск в определенных горах)

2. Put the milk into the fridge. (речь о конкретном молоке, которое надо убрать в имеющийся рядом холодильник)

3. The plane landed safely. (по предложению ясно, что речь о конкретном самолёте)

4. The houses were built of (-) stone. (речь о конкретных домах, а когда называем строительный материал, артикль не нужен)

5. I like (-) cheese. (мне не нравится сыр вообще, не конкретный сыр)

6. There is a lake near the village. (после конструкции there is с исчисляемыми существительными в ед. числе используется артикль 'а'; с существующим в роли обстоятельства используется артикль 'the')

7. I want to give him a picture as a birthday present. (одну какую-нибудь картину, в качестве подарка - описываем принадлежность к классу предметов)

8. (-) Children like (-) ice cream. (обобщающее утверждение)

9. It’s an interesting TV programme. (артикль перед существительным с описательным определением)

10. The doctor told the patient to have some tests. (описывается конкретная ситуация с определенным врачом и пациентом)

Answer 2

1. The Browns spent the holiday in the mountains. - In this sentence, "the" is used before "holiday" and "mountains" because they are specific. The Browns went to a specific set of mountains for their holiday.

2. Put the milk into the fridge. - In this sentence, "the" is used before "milk" and "fridge" because they are specific. The milk refers to a particular milk that needs to be put in a specific fridge.

3. The plane landed safely. - In this sentence, "the" is used before "plane" because it refers to a specific plane that landed safely.

4. The houses were built of stone. - In this sentence, "the" is used before "houses" and "stone" because they are specific. The houses being referred to were built using a specific type of stone.

5. I like cheese. - In this sentence, no article is used before "cheese" because it is a general statement about liking cheese in general.

6. There is a lake near the village. - In this sentence, "a" is used before "lake" because it is referring to a lake that is not specific or previously mentioned. "The" is used before "village" because it refers to a specific village that is being mentioned.

7. I want to give him a picture as a birthday present. - In this sentence, "a" is used before "picture" because it refers to a picture that is not specific or previously mentioned. "A" is also used before "birthday present" because it refers to a general concept of giving a gift for a birthday.

8. The children like ice cream. - In this sentence, "the" is used before "children" because it refers to specific children who like ice cream. "The" is not used before "ice cream" because it is a general statement about children liking ice cream in general.

9. It's an interesting TV programme. - In this sentence, "an" is used before "interesting TV programme" because it refers to a specific TV programme that is interesting.

10. The doctor told the patient to have some tests. - In this sentence, "the" is used before "doctor" and "patient" because they refer to specific doctor and patient being mentioned. "Some" is used before "tests" because it refers to a general or unspecified number of tests that the patient needs to have.