I. THE SIMPLE SENTENCE

1. Structural and Communicative Types of Sentences

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2. Modality. Moods in a Simple Sentence

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3. Negation

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II. MAJOR SENTENCE ELEMENTS

1. The Subject

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2. The Noun and the Noun Phrase

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3. Expressing the Reference of the Noun. The Article

3.1. General Outline and Functions of the Article

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3.2. The Use of Articles with Uncountable Nouns

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3.3. The Use of Articles with Proper Nouns. Some Specific Cases of the Use of Articles

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4. Noun Modifiers

4.1. Nouns in the Genitive Case as Noun Modifiers

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4.2. Adjectives and Nouns in the Common Case as Noun Modifiers

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5. The Predicate. Verb Complementation

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III. SECONDARY PARTS OF THE SENTENCE

1. Objects and Complements

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2. Adverbials

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• IV. PREDICATIVE COMPLEXES AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SENTENCE
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3.3. THE USE OF ARTICLES WITH PROPER NOUNS.
SOME SPECIFIC CASES OF THE USE OF ARTICLES

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Answer the questions.
1. What is the basic rule for the use of articles with proper nouns?
2. In what cases can the indefinite article be used with personal names?
3. In what cases can the definite article be used with personal names?
4. What geographical names are always used with the definite article?
5. How are the articles used with abbreviations?
6. How are the articles used with names of festivals?
7. How are the articles used with names of streets and parks?
8. How are the articles used with names of seasons?
9. How are the articles used with names of meals?
10. Can the syntactic function of the article influence the use of articles?
11. How are the articles used with nouns in apposition and predicative nouns?
12. In what structures a countable noun in the singular is used without any article?