The definite article 'the' is used with certain time expressions to refer to specific parts of the day. Common expressions include 'in the morning', 'in the afternoon', and 'in the evening'. Therefore, in the sentence 'I don't like to come home late in _ evening,' the correct article to use is 'the'.
В тестовом предложении «Я не люблю приходить домой поздно вечером.» перед существительным «evening» дан пробел, которое в сочетании с предлогом «in» является распространенным выражением времени (часть дня) — временным обстоятельством. В некоторых выражениях времени мы используем определенный артикль «the»: утром, днем, вечером, ночью и т. д. Но выражения времени могут сбивать с толку, потому что в некоторых выражениях времени артикль не используется: ночью, в полдень, в полночь и т. д. Поскольку в тестовом предложении дано определенное выражение времени, мы должны выбрать ОТВЕТ 3 (the).
| Task | I don't like to come home late in _ evening. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 3 |
| a | a |
| b | an |
| c | the |
| d | — |
| comment | In the test sentence ‘I don't like to come home late in _ evening.’ we are given the gap before the noun ‘evening’ that in combination with the preposition ‘in’ is the common time expression (the part of the day) -the time adverbial. In some time expressions we use the definite article ‘the’: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, during the night, etc. But time expressions can be confusing, because in sometime expressions no article is used: at night, at noon, at midnight, etc.As in the test sentence the definite time expression is given, we are to choose ANSWER 3 (the). |
| topic | articles |
| level | 1 |
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