1. (B) Insert articles where necessary. Day, Night, Morning, Evening. 1. I paid my first visit to his house on … clear February night. 2. It was nearly … sundown. 3. … night outside seemed very quiet. 4. During … evening we played innumerable games of piquet. 5. It was … evening and he was walking across the school grounds on his way home. 6. He wondered what hour it was. … sun seemed to indicate … late morning. 7. … morning was cold and sharp and sunny. 8. It is … early morning. 9. We are going to have … ideal night. 10. … night being frosty, we trembled from … head to … foot. 11. It was early in … afternoon. 12. … night came and he sent his sadness into his sleep. 13. I was up at six in … morning. 14. She had had … bad night, probably … rather delirious night. 15. Arthur did not pass … sleepless night; he slept long and well. 16. It was about ten o’clock at … night. 17. It was … fine September afternoon … was dying by the time we got there. 18. It was … morning after Roger had talked to me in … Park. 19. On … bright January morning … telephones kept ringing in my office. 20. I cannot describe to you … intense silence of … night.

Перевод задания: Вставьте артикли, где необходимо. День, ночь, утро, вечер.

1. I paid my first visit to his house on a clear February night. (Я впервые пришёл к нему домой ясной февральской ночью.)
2. It was nearly sundown. (Был почти закат.)
3. The night outside seemed very quiet. (Ночь за окном казалась очень тихой.)
4. During the evening we played innumerable games of piquet. (Вечером мы сыграли бесчисленное количество партий в пикет.)
5. It was evening and he was walking across the school grounds on his way home. (Был вечер, и он шёл домой через территорию школы.)
6. He wondered what hour it was. The sun seemed to indicate a late morning. (Он задумался, который час. Солнце, казалось, указывало, что уже позднее утро.)
7. The morning was cold and sharp and sunny. (Утро было холодным, свежим и солнечным.)
8. It is early morning. (Раннее утро.)
9. We are going to have an ideal night. (Нас ждёт идеальная ночь.)
10. The night being frosty, we trembled from head to foot. (Ночь была морозной, и мы дрожали с головы до ног.)
11. It was early in the afternoon. (Было начало второй половины дня.)
12. Night came and he sent his sadness into his sleep. (Наступила ночь, и он погрузил свою печаль в сон.)
13. I was up at six in the morning. (Я встал в шесть утра.)
14. She had had a bad night, probably a rather delirious night. (У неё была плохая ночь, вероятно, довольно бредовая.)
15. Arthur did not pass a sleepless night; he slept long and well. (Артур не провёл бессонную ночь: он долго и хорошо спал.)
16. It was about ten o’clock at night. (Было около десяти часов вечера.)
17. It was a fine September afternoon. (Стоял прекрасный сентябрьский день.)
18. It was the morning after Roger had talked to me in the Park. (Это было утро после того, как Роджер поговорил со мной в парке.)
19. On a bright January morning the telephones kept ringing in my office. (Ясным январским утром в моём офисе не переставали звонить телефоны.)
20. I cannot describe to you the intense silence of the night. (Я не могу описать вам напряжённую тишину ночи.)

Артикль the обычно используется, когда речь идёт о конкретном или уже известном времени суток. Неопределённый артикль ставится перед исчисляемым существительным в единственном числе с описанием; в устойчивых выражениях вроде at night, early morning и head to foot артикль не нужен.