The United States of America

Usually we do not say the + names of streets, squares etc..:

Kevin lives in Coronation Street.

We do not say the + name of place + airport / station / university / castle :

Munich Airport

Paddington Station

But we usually say t he + names of hotels / restaurants / pubs / cinemas / theatres / museums:

The Hilton Hotel

The national Theatre

The Tate Gallery

We say the+ names of oceans / seas / rivers / canals:

the Atlantic Ocean

The Nile

We say the + names with ... of ...:

the Republic of Ireland

the Tower of London

the north / south / east / west / middle of

I’ve been to the north of Italy but not to the south.

We say the + plural names of countries / islands / mountains:

the Netherlands

the Canary Islands

 

 

Упражнения на повторение:

1. Вставьте a/an или the.

1 I wrote to her but ..the.. letter never arrived.

2 Britain is ..an... island.

3 What is ........ name of this village?

4 Jane is ........ very nice person. You must meet her.

5 Montreal is ........ large city in Canada.

6 What is ........ largest city in Canada?

7 'What time is it?' 1 don't know. I haven't got ........ watch.'

8 When I went to Rome, I stayed with ........ Italian friend of mine.

9 You look very tired. You need ........ holiday.

10 Don't sit on ........ floor. It's very dirty.

11 'Let's go to ........ restaurant this evening.'

'That's ........ good idea. Which restaurant shall we go to?'

12 Can you turn on ........ radio, please? I want to listen to some music.

13 Tom is in ........ bathroom. He's having ........ bath.

14 This is a nice room, but I don't like ........ colour of........ carpet.

15 We live in ........ old house near ........ station. It's two miles from ........ centre.

 

 

2. Это географические вопросы. Выберите ответ из рамки. В некоторых случаях необходимо использовать 'The'.

 

Alps Amazon Atlantic Bahamas Cairo Kenya Red Sea Asia Andes Pacific Malta Rhine Switzerland Tokyo United States

 

1 ..Cairo....................... is the capital of Egypt.

2 ...The Atlantic........... is between Africa and America.

3 .................................. is a country in the middle of Europe.

4 .................................. is a river in South America.

5 .................................. is the largest continent in the world.

6 .................................. is the largest ocean.

7 .................................. is a river in Europe.

8 .................................. is between Canada and Mexico.

9 .................................. is in East Africa.

10 ................................ are mountains in South America.

11 ................................ is the capital of Japan.

12 ................................ is an island in the Mediterranean.

13 ................................ are mountains in central Europe.

14 ................................ is between Saudi Arabia and Africa.

15 ................................ are a group of islands near Florida.

 

 3. Переведите на русский язык:

Come and look at this picture.

This isn’t a very good party.

These grapes are not very sweet.

This is my friend Paula.

(on the phone) This is Ann.

What is that on the wall?

He is ill. That’s why he’s away.

 Stop that noise!

 Thanks - that was a great dinner.

 (on the phone) Who is that?

Do you remember those people we met in Scotland?

 

4. Поставьте предложения во множественное число:

 This is a king.                       That is an egg.

 This is a boy.                        That is a window.

 This is a shilling.                  That is a prince.

 This is a cup.                        That is a waiter.

 This is a flower.                   That is a star.

 This is a man.                       That is a n eye.

 This is a train.                       That is a child.

 This is an aeroplane.             That is a picture.

Вставьте “this”, ”that”, ”these”, “those”.

Why are you living .... country?

Get me ... box from the table.

What was .... noise?

Come ... way, please.

Who are .... people over there?

Who said ...?

Isn’t .... girl nice?

I can’t write with ... pens.

How could she marry ... idiot! 

 

 

6. Переведите на русский язык:

There are no grapes in the market.

There will be rain tonight.

There is snow on the mountains.

There are two men at the door.

Once upon a time there were three pigs.

There are many cars in the street.

 

7. Вставьте соответствующую форму ‘there is’ (‘there isn’t)

.... no water on the moon.

.... no TVs in the 15^th century.

Once upon a time .... a beautiful princess.

Tomorrow ..... snow.

.... some soup, if you are hungry.

.... any potatoes?

.... an accident/ can I phone?

I am afraid ... time to see Grandmother.

.... many tigers in the jungle.

8. Вставьте “ there is” или “it is”:

 

... . a cat in your bedroom. 

..... not easy to understand him.

..... cold tonight.

..... ice on the roads.

..... nice to see you.

..... somebody on the phone for you.

.... a problem with TV.

.... too late to go out.

.... a funny film on the video.

What’s that noise? - ... the wind. 

 

 Пословицы:

Было бы желание, а путь найдется.- Where there is a will, there is a way.

 Нет дыма без огня. – There is no smoke without a fire.

 Нет смысла плакать над разлитым молоком (Слезами горю не поможешь) – There is no use crying over spilt milk.

Тема 4

Present Simple Tense (Настоящее неопределенное время)

We use the present simple tense for things we do regularly, always, sometimes, every day, etc. ( выражает факты, универсальные факты, регулярно повторяющиеся действия, последовательность событий).

Positive (положительная форма)

I live in London.

We live in London.

You live in London.

They live in London.

He lives in London.

She Lives in London.

It lives in London too.

The question, short answer and negative are made with the present tense of the verbs ‘do’, “does” (вопрос, краткий ответ и отрицательное предложение образуются с помощью вспомогательного глагола “do”, “does”). 

Negative (отрицательная форма)

I do not live in Moscow.

We do not live in Moscow.

You do not live in Moscow.

They do not live in Moscow.

He does not live in Moscow.

She does not live in Moscow

It does not live in Moscow

Question (вопрос)

Where do I live?

Where do you live?

Where do we live?

Where do they live?

Where does he live? Where does she live? Where does it live?