2. Поставьте артикли a/an или the, где необходимо.

1. Yesterday I bought … pair of … shoes. Unfortunately, … shoes are too tight. (Вчера я купила пару туфель. К сожалению, туфли слишком узкие.)

2. We had … dinner in … restaurant … last night. – What is … name of … restaurant? (Вчера ночью мы ужинали в ресторане. – Как называется ресторан?)

3. Tony has two children: … boy and … girl. They are … twins. … girl is in … France now. (У Тони двое детей: мальчик и девочка. Они близнецы. Девочка находится сейчас во Франции.)

4. Would you like another piece of … cake? – No, … cake is too fat for me. (Хотите еще один кусок торта? – Нет, для меня торт слишком жирный.)

5. His office is on … Floor 5. And I live on … tenth floor. (Его офис находится на этаже 5. А я живу на десятом этаже.)

6. Little Mike leaves for … school very early because … school is quite far from … his home. (Маленький Майк уходит в школу очень рано, потому что школа довольно далеко от его дома.)

7. Lara saw … letter under … door. She read … letter and started crying. (Лара увидела под дверью письмо. Она прочитала письмо и начала плакать.)

8. Did you enjoy … food at … party … last Friday? (Тебе понравилась еда на вечере в пятницу?)

9. Roger is … scientist, he works for … government. (Роджер – ученый, он работает на правительство.)

We go to … gym twice … week. (Мы ходим в спортзал дважды в неделю.)

1. Yesterday I bought a pair of shoes. Unfortunately, the shoes are too tight.
- In this sentence, we use "a" before the noun "pair" because it is the first mention of the shoes. We use "the" before the noun "shoes" because we are referring to specific shoes that were bought yesterday.

2. We had dinner in a restaurant last night. - What is the name of the restaurant?
- In this sentence, we use "a" before the noun "restaurant" because it is the first mention of the restaurant. We do not use "the" before the noun "restaurant" because we are not referring to a specific restaurant.

3. Tony has two children: a boy and a girl. They are twins. The girl is in France now.
- In this sentence, we use "a" before the nouns "boy" and "girl" because they are the first mentions of the boy and girl. We use "the" before the noun "twins" because we are referring to specific twins, Tony's children. We use "the" before the noun "girl" when mentioning her being in France because we are referring to a specific girl, Tony's daughter.

4. Would you like another piece of cake? - No, the cake is too fat for me.
- In this sentence, we do not use an article before the noun "cake" because it is a general reference to cake in general.

5. His office is on the 5th floor. And I live on the 10th floor.
- In this sentence, we do not use an article before the noun "Floor" because it is used as a specific location. We use "the" before the noun "tenth" because we are referring to a specific floor, the 10th floor.

6. Little Mike leaves for school very early because the school is quite far from his home.
- In this sentence, we do not use an article before the noun "school" because it is used in a general sense. We use "his" before the noun "home" because we are referring to a specific home, Mike's home.

7. Lara saw a letter under the door. She read the letter and started crying.
- In this sentence, we use "a" before the noun "letter" because it is the first mention of the letter. We use "the" before the noun "door" because we are referring to a specific door, the door where the letter was seen. We use "the" before the noun "letter" when mentioning Lara reading it because we are referring to a specific letter.

8. Did you enjoy the food at the party last Friday?
- In this sentence, we use "the" before the noun "food" because we are referring to specific food that was at the party last Friday.

9. Roger is a scientist, he works for the government.
- In this sentence, we use "a" before the noun "scientist" because it is the first mention of Roger's profession. We use "the" before the noun "government" because we are referring to a specific government, the government that Roger works for.

We go to the gym twice a week.
- In this sentence, we use "the" before the noun "gym" because it is a specific gym that we go to regularly, the gym we normally go to. We use "a" before the noun "week" because it is a general reference to any week.