Ex. 6. Fill in articles where necessary
1. Look at .......... church. What .......... marvellous building! 2. Where is .......... room 209? – It’s on ........ first floor. 3. Has ...... Mum gone to ........ work yet? 4. Shall we take ...... taxi or go by .... bus? 5. Jim had problems with ...... Mathematics and ...... Physics at ...... school. 6. ......... Browns seldom go to ......... church. 7. ....... thief who robbed this bank was caught by ........ police and sent to ....... prison. 8. Make ......... love, not ......... war. 9. ......... exercise 7 is on ........ page eighty-two. 10. Bob and Maggie are ..... brother and .... sister. 11. Does your little brother go to ...... school? 12. ........ school wasn’t far from his place. 13. He left ....... school ....... last year. 14. Do you have ........... grandfather? 15. There is ............ garden behind ......... house. 16. My brother is ............. journalist and his wife is ......... dentist. 17. I have ........ father, ......... mother and .......... little brother. 18. What’s .......... matter with you? 19. We are ............... students. We study .......... English language. 20. ............ people are strange. 21. Rest in ... peace.
Ex. 7. Fill in articles where necessary
1. She had .......... velvet dress. 2. ............. red dress, she was wearing at ........ party, was very smart. 3. He is ............. most handsome man I know. 4. It’s ......... same story again. 5. He is ............ good-looking young man of twenty. 6. Come to ........ blackboard and write ............. exercise 12 on it. 7. Let me introduce you to ............... Johnsons. They are ......... very nice people. 8. Danny is ......... old friend of mine. 9. Are ........... rooms in your flat large? 10. They are going to build ........ new house. ........... house they have now is too small. 11. We must speak to ........... boss. It’s ............ only thing to do. 12. Can you play .......... musical instrument? Can you play ............. guitar? 13. I have .......... guitar, but I don’t have .......... piano. 14. When was ............. computer invented? 15. Let’s switch on ........ radio, shall we? 16. There is ............ television in ........... corner of .......... room. 17. They went to .......... cinema ............. hour ago. 18. These are ........... mistakes I made in .......... test. 19. He is .............. third headmaster of our school. 20. ......... street was empty, but suddenly he noticed ......old woman on ..... opposite side.
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Ex. 8. Use proper articles. Mind geographical names.
1. ........ Elbrus is ......... highest peak of ......... Caucasus. 2. .......Japan is .... small country. 3. ........ London is on ......... Thames. 4. ........ Poland is to ....... west of ......... Russian Federation. 5. .......... USA is in ....... North America. 6. In ......... north of ......... Russia ....... summers are very short. 7. What is ....... capital of .......... Netherlands? 8. The expedition has just returned from ......... Antarctic. 9. .......... Urals separate ......... Europe from ....... Asia. 10. ........ Ireland is .......... island, isn’t it? 11. ......... Mississippi is ......... longest river in ........ world. 12. Turning to .......east he saw that ........ sun had risen. 13. I hear he has left for .......... Central Africa. 14. ...... Severn is ......... longest river in ........Great Britain. 15. ........... UK lies in ........... eastern part of .......... Atlantic Ocean. 16. ........... Belgium is .......... country in ........... Central Europe. 17. ........ English Channel separates ........ Britain from ......... continent. 18. ........... Sahara is in .......... north of ............ Africa. 19. ........... Lake Ontario is one of ........... largest in ....... North America. 20. .......... Crimea is part of ......... Russia now. 21. Who discovered .......... America? 22. He usually reads ..... Times at ......... breakfast. 23. .......... Cyprus is in .......... Mediterranean. 24. ...... South Pole is in ....... Antarctica. 25. Ian is on ......... Bermudas now. 26. He put up at ....... Hilton.
Ex. 9. Use proper articles. Pay attention to nouns in apposition.
1. ........ girl was alone, rather ....... short young woman of twenty-two. 2. Her companion, ...... handsome dark-haired young man, had left. 3. She was seventeen then – .......... beautiful young girl. 4. This is my friend, ....... fashion designer. 5. Tokyo, ......... capital of Japan, is one of ....... largest cities in ...... world. 6. Our university, ........ grey four-storeyed building, is situated in ........... centre of ....... city. 7. Mrs Bennet, ........ woman of fifty, resembled my mother. 8. I saw him speaking to Frank Cooper, ......... Englishman. 8. Meet Gerry Langton, ....... cousin of mine. 9. This is Bingo, .... our dog. 10. Beside him there was ......... portrait of his wife, ........ thin woman in black.
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Ex. 10. Fill in articles. Mind nouns in prepositional phrases.
1. She nodded to me with ....... smile. 2. I’ll do it with .......... pleasure. 3. Everybody looked at her in .............. surprise. 4. He worked from .......... morning till .........night but earned very little. 5. They were talking in .......... low voices. 6. I was trembling like ........ leaf. 7. The boys were dirty from ...... head to ........ foot . 8. Jack called her in ......... loud voice. 9. May listened to him with .......... disappointment. 10. She went up the steps like ........ bird. 11. The detective went from ........ house to .......... house asking questions. 12. She was weeping like ......... child. 13. The young man smiled in ........... amazement. 14. The two of them were walking ..... side by ...... side. 15. ......... driver was ........ young fellow with ........ large red hands, ........ long nose and .......... orange hair. 16. They work with ........ enthusiasm. 17. It was ...... little house with ..... green windows and ....... brown door.
Ex. 11. Fill in articles where necessary. Mind fixed expressions.
1. “You did it in … hurry. As … result … boss took … offence. Do it again from … beginning to … end,” he told me in … low voice. 2. Don’t lose … heart, tell him … truth and never tell … lie again. 3. We understood at once that he could play … guitar for … hours. 4. - Let’s ask … permission to go by … train, to be on … safe side. – With … pleasure. 5. It’s ….pity they married in ... hurry. She fell in …love with him at … first sight. 8. I met him by … chance … other day. He called me by … name in … loud voice. It was … pleasure to see him again. 9. On … one hand we had … good time, on … other hand we were tired … lot. 10. You should not only keep to … house, but also keep to … bed. You mustn’t stay outdoors, it’s out of … question. 11. He gets up at … sunrise and goes to … bed at … sunset, in fact he is at …work from …morning till…night. He hates such … life at …heart, but he can’t change it. 12. Does your mother keep … house 13. – I did it by … mistake and now I am at …loss. – Don’t take it to … heart. 14. Don’t stay outside in … stormy weather, you’ll be wet from … head to … foot. 15. On … whole he read … lot of books in … original. 16. Leave me in ... peace.
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