Упражнение 6 на английские артикли

1. … most of … stories that … people tell about … Irish aren’t true.

2. … married couples with … children often rent … cottages by … seaside for … summer holidays. … men hire boats and go for … trips along … coast; … children spend … day on … beach and … poor mothers spend … most of … time doing … cooking and cleaning.

3. It’s usually safe to walk on … sand, but here, when … tide is coming in, … sand becomes dangerously soft. … people have been swallowed up by it.

4. When … Titanic was crossing … Atlantic she struck an iceberg which tore a huge hole in her bow. … captain ordered … crew to help … passengers into … boats.

5. Everywhere … man has cut down … forests in order to cultivate … ground, or to use … wood as … fuel or as … building material.

6. But … interference with … nature often brings … disaster. … tree-felling sometimes turns … fertile land into a dustbowl.

7. … people think that … lead is … heaviest metal, but … gold is heavier.

8. Our air hostess said, ‘ … rack is only for … light articles … heavy things such as … bottles must be put on … floor.’

9. … windows are supposed to let in … light; but … windows of this house are so small that we have to have … electric light on all … time.

10. There’ll always be a conflict between … old and … young. … young people want … change but … old people want … things to stay … same.

11. … power tends to corrupt and … absolute power corrupts absolutely.

12. You can fool some of … people all … time, and all … people some of … time; but you cannot fool all … people all … time.

1. MOST of THE STORIES that PEOPLE tell about THE IRISH aren’t true.

2. MARRIED COUPLES with CHILDREN often rent COTTAGES by THE SEASIDE for THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. THE MEN hire boats and go for TRIPS along THE COAST; THE CHILDREN spend THE DAY on THE BEACH and THE POOR MOTHERS spend MOST of THE TIME doing THE COOKING AND CLEANING.

3. It’s usually safe to walk on SAND, but here, when THE TIDE is coming in, THE SAND becomes dangerously soft. PEOPLE have been swallowed up by it.

4. When THE TITANIC was crossing THE ATLANTIC she struck an iceberg which tore a huge hole in her bow. THE CAPTAIN ordered THE CREW to help THE PASSENGERS into THE BOATS.

5. Everywhere MAN has cut down FORESTS in order to cultivate THE GROUND, or to use THE WOOD as FUEL or as BUILDING MATERIAL.

6. But INTERFERENCE with NATURE often brings DISASTER. TREE-FELLING sometimes turns FERTILE LAND into a dustbowl.

7. PEOPLE think that LEAD is THE HEAVIEST METAL, but GOLD is heavier.

8. Our air hostess said, ‘THE RACK is only for LIGHT ARTICLES. HEAVY THINGS such as BOTTLES must be put on THE FLOOR.’

9. WINDOWS are supposed to let in (THE) LIGHT; but THE WINDOWS of this house are so small that we have to have THE ELECTRIC LIGHT on all THE TIME.

10. There’ll always be a conflict between (THE) OLD and (THE) YOUNG. YOUNG PEOPLE want CHANGE but OLD PEOPLE want THINGS to stay THE SAME.

11. POWER tends to corrupt and ABSOLUTE POWER corrupts absolutely.

12. You can fool some of THE PEOPLE all THE TIME, and all THE PEOPLE some of THE TIME; but you cannot fool all THE PEOPLE all THE TIME.