Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

ARTICLE
Definite Article
Zero Article
Usage:
• with abbreviations when we can’t 
say them as single words
I listen to the news on the BBC. 
(= the British Broadcasting 
Corporation)
Usage:
• with abbreviations when we can 
say them as single words (acronyms)
We are members of UNESCO 
[juːˈneskəʊ]
(= the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific and Cultural Organization)
• with abstract nouns e.g. 
happiness, love, life, death, etc.
Happines is not a destination. It’s a 
method of life.
• with materials when they are 
considered in a general sense, e.g. 
gold, glass, coal, etc.
Glass is a difficult material to cut.
Exercise 36. Complete the following sentences with the or zero article.
1. This machine is made of __________ copper and __________ steel.
2. _________ EC (=European Community) trades with the rest of the world.
3. Money doesn’t always bring ____________ happiness.
4. I don’t use _________ vegetable oil when I’m cooking.
5. He can talk for hours about ___________ democracy
6. Which countries belong to NATO [ˈneɪtəʊ]? (=North Atlantic Treaty Organ-
isation)
7. As someone said, __________ life is just, one damned thing after another.
8. I think this ornament is made of ___________ glass.
9. I’m not interested in the price of ___________ silver or the price of 
__________ gold.

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10. The cigarette lighter’s made of ___________ tin.
11. I’m afraid, the boss will soon lose ___________ patience and fire me.
12. I’ve used my computer to learn __________ BASIC (=Beginners All-pur-
pose Instruction Code)
13. It’s very strange — a shirt made of ____________ paper.
14. Do you cook by ___________gas or ___________ electricity?
15. __________ NASA (= National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 
had a setback in 1986.
16. __________ LSE (= London School of Economics) is a college of London 
University.