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What do you remember about the articles? Try to remember as many rules and examples as you can.

 

К настоящему моменту вы должны помнить, что the – это что-то уникальное (вообще или в данной ситуации) или уже упоминавшееся, а – одно из множества подобных.

Вспомните также случаи, когда артикль не употребляется (неисчисляемые, имена)

 

Do the exercise, then check yourself

 

Weird Interview Questions

For many job seekers around 1) _____ world, getting 2) _____ job with 3) _____ top international company like 4) _____ Google is 5) _____ pinnacle (вершина) of their ambition. But with so many talented applicants how does 6) _____ company find 7) _____ brightest and best candidates?

In 8) _____ last 15 years, there has been 9) _____ trend amongst top companies towards asking 10) _____ weird and wacky questions in 11) _____ job interviews, like the ones above.

12) _____ idea of these questions is to test 13) _____ creativity and quickness of a candidate, and to find out more about 14) _____ way that 15) _____ candidate thinks.

Most candidates are unlikely to give 16) _____ honest answer to 17) _____ stereotypical interview question like 'What is 18) _____ biggest failure in your life?' But in answering a question like 'What would I find in your refrigerator right now?' they may reveal more about 19) _____ kind of person that they are. So what are 20) _____ correct answers to these sorts of questions?

According to 21) _____ Professor Abdul Khalid, of 22) _____ London University, many of them do not have right or wrong answers: 23) _____ most important thing is tackling (разобраться) 24) _____ question intelligently. When it comes to weird interview questions, it seems 25) _____ only wrong answer is 'I don't know.'

 

You also remember that nouns can be countable and uncountable. You don’t normally use the article A/AN with uncountable nouns.

 

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Many nouns can be used as countable or uncountable nouns, usually with a difference in meaning.

Word

Countable

Uncountable

noise

Did you hear a noise just now?

(= a specific noise)

I can't work here. There's too much

notse. (= noise in general)

paper

I bought a paper to read.

(=a newspaper) газета

I need some paper to write on.

(=material for writing on) бумага

hair

There's a hair in my soup!

(= one single hair) волосок

You've got very long hair. (not hairs) (= all the hair on your head) волосы

room

You can stay with us. There's a spare room. (= a room in a house) комната

You can't sit here. There isn't room.

(= space) пространство, свободное место

experience

I had some interesting experiences

while I was travelling. (= things that

happened to me) впечатления

They offered me the job because I had a lot of experience. (not experiences) опыт

time

Where were you? I have phoned you three times!

Enjoy your trip. Have a good time!

времяпрепровождение, раз, попытка,

I can't wait. I don't have time.

время

glass

Would you like a glass of water?

стакан

The window's made of unbreakable glass. стекло

coffee, tea, beer, etc

Could I have two coffees? (= cups of coffee)

Have you got any coffee?

 

life

He's had a really difficult life.

 

Life is complicated.

 

work

How many works by Shakespeare do you know? произведение

Too much work is bad for your health. работа, деятельность

light

There are no lights in our room

лампа

Your room is so cozy, there is so much light in it! свет

 

The following nouns are usually uncountable. You cannot use a/anwith these nouns:

 

Enjoy your holiday! I hope you have good weather.(not a good weather)

The news wasvery depressing. (not The news were)

We had a very good trip/journey.(not a good travel)

That's good advice.We had a lot of baggage/luggage.

 

Homework for the