Fill in the articles or "some" where necessary

1. _ coffee without _ bread could never honestly serve as supper.

2. He bought _ cold beef, and _ ham, and _ French bread and butter, and came back

with his pockets pretty heavily laden.

3. Rosa tasted _ wine. It was harsh but refreshing.

4. She looked with _ eager, hungry eyes at _ bread and _ meat and _ beer that _

landlady brought her.

5. _ blood is thicker than _ water.

6. My heart felt heavy as _ lead.

7. The mother was yellow in colour and her skin resembled _ leather.

8. There were two bottles of _ wine _ plate of _ oranges with _ powdered sugar.

9. George said that we must take _ rug, _ lamp, _ soap, _ brush and _ comb, _ tooth-

brush, _ tooth-powder and _ couple of big towels for bathing.

10. Every meal was _ bread and _ coffee and _ cigarettes, and now he had no more

bread.

11. She hurried in again and found _ water almost boiled away.

12. _ rest of us had finished eating, but Cave had cut himself another slice of_

cheese.

3. Abstract Nouns

When abstract nouns are used in a general sense, no article is used.

While there is life there is hope.

When abstract nouns are modified by a particularizing attribute or when the situation makes the idea definite, they are used with the definite article.

Last night I heard Carmen and enjoyed the music.

Note: 1. Abstract nouns modified by an attribute in preposition are used without

articles unless they are modified by particularizing attributes:

English literature;

Russian art;

Soviet music.

Note: 2. The abstract noun weather is never used with the indefinite article.

What fine weather!

When the noun weather is used in a general sense, the definite article is used.

There are people who say that the weather can influence people's mood.

Abstract nouns can be used with the indefinite article. In this case the abstract noun denotes a certain kind (оттенок) of quality, feeling , state, etc. The noun nearly always has a descriptive attribute.

How clever you are, Mr. Hopper. You have a cleverness quite of your own.

The indefinite article is used with the nouns period, population, distance, height, salary, etc. followed by of + numerical + noun.

Simpson was out of the city for a period of ten days.

E X E R C I S E S

Fill in the articles where necessary

1. We both appreciate _ simplicity.

2. It is such _ weary, weary work.

3. We had _ wonderful weather.

4. However, _ life of such striking monotony does not seem to depress him.

5. She was brilliantly familiar with _ literature, _ tongues, _ art, _ history,

_ physics, _ metaphysics, _ philosophy and _ politics.

6. May you be happy in _ life you have chosen.

7. _ modern science is _ wonderful thing.

8. She knew nothing of _ literature except _ certain authors who to_ truly cultured

might seem banal.

9. She listened with _ expression impatient, strained and intent.

10. He longed for _ comfort of his sister's society.

11. Owen saw _ figure of Edward at _ distance of two or three hundred yards.

12. What _ delightful weather we are having.

13. How quietly you live, John. I love _ silence of this room and garden.

14. Whenever _ people talk to me about _ weather, I always feel quite certain that

they mean something else.

15. Beside his bed, for _ first time during _ period of nearly twenty years, he fell

down on his knees in _ passionate outburst of _ feeling.

16. _ Hospitality was a passion with him.

17. He had been brought up to admire _ French culture.

18. He spoke with _ awkwardness of a man unused to words.

19. I was wrapped in _ security of _ childhood.

20. We were having _ spring weather when it began to freeze again.