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1_kurs_English

The article.

X. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles:

  1. There is … book on the table.

  2. I have just seen … boy whom we met last week.

  3. This is … pen.

  4. This is … pen that I need.

  5. It is … hard work.

  6. It is … hard job.

  7. Weather is nasty today.

  8. He was taken to … hospital.

  9. Hospital was far from our place.

  10. Italy is a beautiful country.

XI. Divide the sentences into two groups : a) sentences in which the definite article should be used; b) sentences in which no article should be used:

  1. Dnipro is a great river.

  2. He was in … Alps last spring.

  3. One of the most dangerous places in the world is … Bermudas.

  4. Trafalgar Square is in the centre of London.

  5. Have you seen … Tereshchenkiv Street ?

  6. The wind is blowing from … North.

  7. May is a spring month.

  8. My day off is … Friday.

  9. "Hamlet" … famous tragedy was written by Shakespeare.

  10. Last summer I visited … National Gallery in London.

XII. In the following sentences find the mistakes in the use of articles. Correct the mistakes.

  1. The English is one of the most important languages in the world.

  2. United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  3. Last year we visited Canada and United States

  4. When you are in London, you must see National Gallery.

  5. The Africa is much large than Europe.

  6. Would you like to be the builder?

  7. We always give our mother the flowers on her birthday.

  8. My friend has a cat and the dog.

  9. She lives in small a flat.

  10. What time do you go to the bed?

WORD ORDER

XIII. Rewrite the sentences with incorrect word order correctly.

  1. Why weren’t you last night at home? 2. On Monday I’m going to Prague. 3. Our teacher speaks fluently English. 4. I don’t like very much watching TV. 5. He drives to work every day his car. 6. Why did you come so late home? 7. Have you recently been to the theatre? 8. We all are going out this evening for a meal. 9. I only was joking. I read carefully the letter.

XIV. Make up sentences from the given words.

  1. took, the children, from the cupboard, some cakes, after breakfast. 2. was, born, in the morning, at 2 o’clock, 2005, the baby, on 17th march. 3. have lived, England, for, in, five years, they. 4. sings, beautifully, that song, Jane, generally. 5. did, home late, why, so, come, you. 6. I, next, to going, London, a few, am, week, days, for. 7. don’t, question, please, again, that, ask. 8. usually, come, four o’clock, the students, noisily, out of class, at. 9. immediately, I, bed, got out of. 10. he, by, in the morning, the back door, the house, left. 11. ago, went, a fishing boat, two years, I, in, Ireland. 12. she, three o’clock, on Saturday, came in, at, in the morning. 13. ago, over, last, I, in June, two years, one afternoon, saw, him. 14. we, in the house, bottles, have got, of lemonade, only, a few. 15. my mother, go, the theatre, does, often, to, not. 16. that old man, you, what, can say, understand, hardly.