Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

ARTICLES
Zero Article
(In)definite Article
We do not use an article with bed, 
church, class, college, court, 
hospital, prison, school, university 
when these places are visited or used 
for their primarv purpose
We go:
to ____ bed / church / court / hospital 
/ prison / school/ college / university
I think I’ll go to __ bed early tonight.
My grandmother always goes to __ 
church on
Sunday.
Maria goes to ___ school every day.
Mr Woods went to __ hospital a week 
ago.
We can be:
in ___ bed (sleeping or resting)
at ___ church (as worshippers)
in ___ class (as pupils, students)
in ___ court (as witnesses, etc.)
in ___ hospital (as patients)
in ___ prison (as criminals)
at ___ school/college/university (as 
pupils, students)
Susan’s in ___ class at the moment.
I studied history at ___ university. 
Sam is in ___ prison for something 
he didn’t do. He was very naughty at 
___ school.
We use ‘the’ or ‘a’ with bed, 
church, class, college, court, 
hospital, prison, school, university 
when these places are visited or used 
for other purposes
Your shoes are under the bed. 
We’ve got a fine new hospital.
He sometimes goes to the prison to 
give lectures.
 We took some photos outside the 
church.

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Exercise 47. Complete the following sentences with the, a(n), or zero article.
1. When do you hope to go to ________ university?
2. I’m really very tired and I’m going to ________ bed.
3. The 28-year-old striker was in ________ court last week for breaking a 
rival player’s jaw.
4. How long will she be in ________ hospital?
5. Yesterday we bought ________ lovely new bed.
6. Eton is ________very good school.
7. There’s a strike in ________ hospital.
8. He left ________ school and went to ________ university.
9. Yesterday my father came to ________ school to see the headmaster.
10. Jack’s friends go to ________ hospital to see him every Saturday.
11. The stranger asked me the way to ________ church.
12. They sent the thief to ________ prison for six months.
13. He’s doing a Bachelor’s Degree at ________ university.
14. I go to ________ church every Sunday. I saw Mrs Smith while I was in 
________ church.
15. There’s a lot of reading in ________class.