Номер 3, страница 140, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Демченко, Бушуева

3. a. Look at the underlined examples 1–12 in the sentences. Match them with the rules for the use of articles a, an, the a–k. Some rules have more than one example. Go to page 174 / 193 to read more.

1. Australia contains six states.
2. It is 2. the smallest and least populated of the inhabited continents.
3. Australia is 3. an island continent and also 4. the only continent occupied by a single nation.
4. Originally 5. the United Kingdom didn’t see the benefits of Australia’s exploration.
5. It lies south of 6. the equator, “below” many other countries on 7. the globe.
6. When 8. the Dutch explored 9. the area they named it Nova Hollandicus or New Holland.
7. The Dutch are known to have explored the coastal regions in 10. the 1640s.
8. Isolation also allowed for the development of strange birds.
9. Transportation of 12. convicts to the eastern colonies was abolished in 1852.

Grammar

a) No article is used with uncountable nouns.

b) A and an are used with singular countable nouns mentioned for the first time often modified by a descriptive adjective.

c) The is used when it’s clear who or what we are referring to.

d) No article is used with countable nouns in the plural.

e) The is used with nouns modified by superlative adjectives.

f) No article is used with names, including names of countries.

g) The is used with names of countries which include the words republic, kingdom, states, commonwealth, federation.

h) The is used with nouns modified by the words same, very, only.

i) The is used with nationalities.

j) The is used with things that are unique.

k) The is used with decades.

b. Complete the sentences below with articles a, an, the where necessary.

The country is officially called (1. ...) Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra is (2. ...) capital of (3. ...) country. It is roughly halfway between (4. ...) two largest cities Melbourne and Sydney.

Australia is (5. ...) driest continent on Earth. (6. ...) geography of the country is extremely diverse, ranging from (7. ...) snow-capped mountains of the Australian Alps and Tasmania to (8. ...) large deserts, tropical and temperate forests.

Although Australia is (9. ...) small continent, it is (10. ...) sixth largest country in the world: only (11. ...) Russia, Canada, (12. ...) United States, China, and Brazil have larger areas. Australia leads the world in (13. ...) wool production and coal exports.

Among Australia’s marsupials are (14. ...) grazing animals, tree climbers, amphibians, Earth burrowers, and the counterparts of (15. ...) cats and dogs, and (16. ...) rats and mice.

3. а. Посмотрите на подчеркнутые примеры 1–12 в предложениях. Сопоставьте их с правилами употребления артиклей a, an, the a–k. Некоторые правила имеют более одного примера. Перейдите на страницу 174/193, чтобы прочитать больше.

3. б. Дополните предложения ниже артиклями a, an, the, где это необходимо.

Ответ:

3. a.

3. b.

1. the 2. the 3. the 4. the 5. the 6. The 7. - 8. - 9. a 10. the 11. - 12. the 13. - 14. - 15. - 16. -

Перевод:

3. a.

3. b.

1. the 2. the 3. the 4. the 5. the 6. The 7. - (без артикля) 8. - (без артикля) 9. a 10. the 11. - (без артикля) 12. the 13. - (без артикля) 14. - (без артикля) 15. - (без артикля) 16. - (без артикля)