Exercise 3. Insert the article where necessary

Exercise 2. Insert the article where necessary and comment on the difference

Exercice 1. Analyse the examples and revise the material.

VII. Test Yourself (40-51)

VI. Practice before the test (48-49)

V. Revision (39-47)

VI Articles with proper nouns, geographical names, names of hotels, newspapers, etc. (29-38)

III. Articles with church, school, university, hospital, court, prison, jail (26-28)

II. Articles with abstract nouns (14-25)

I. Indefinite and definite articles (general) (1-13)

ARTICLE

I. Indefinite and definite articles.

a) My friend is a scientist. My friends are ___ scientists.

The scientists are still conducting their experiment.

b) The first thing I ever had published was an article for the Boy Scout magazine.

The article I published was a success. I enjoy writing ___ articles.

1.

a) I wrote to her … letter some days ago.

b) I wrote to her but... letter never arrived.

2.

a) What is... name of this village?

b) You should give your cat … name.

3.

a) Britain is... island.

b) … island where we stayed last year is a picturesque place.

4.

a) … most boys are interested in playing football.

b) … boys in my class also like playing rugby.

5.

a)... person you saw me with yesterday is my cousin.

b) Jane is... very nice person. You must meet her.

6.

a) We need … new fridge. Ours is dead.

b)... fridge is empty. I’ll have to go to... supermarket.

7.

a) She works at … office.

b) … office she works at is far from the bus station.

8.

a) I’ll never forget … holiday I’ve spent with you this year.

b) You look very tired. You need... holiday.

9.

a)... friend of mine I introduced you to last year is coming from Italy to visit me.

b) When I went to Rome, I stayed with... friend of mine.

10.

a) They lived in … old house.

b) … house where they lived in is very old.

11.

a) It’s … interesting point.

b) I don’t agree with … point.

12.

a) There was … interesting article in the paper yesterday.

b) … article you have advised me is really worth reading.

13.

a) … hospital is planning a huge celebration of its 50th anniversary.

b) The city council has plans for constructing two new schools and … hospital.

1. Gabriel is … honest man. You can trust him. … man like him will never let you down.

2. I presented … paper last month, and my advisor wants me to turn … paper into … article. If I can get … article written this semester, I can take … break after that! I really need … break!

3. Tom said he was … employee at … fast food restaurant. … restaurant is at … shopping mall.

4. Suddenly, I looked up and saw … point of light that was more brilliant than any star I had ever seen. … point was moving.

5. His fate was sealed when The New York Times learned of... situation and began preparing … article about it. … article appeared in the recent issue.

6. Do you remember … girl from Iowa who went camping with us last May?

7. … man and … boy were going along … dusty road. … man was pushing … boy along … road on … toy bicycle. … bicycle belonged to … boy's sister.

8. Excuse me, can I ask … question, please?

9. Have you got … ticket for … concert tomorrow night?

10. What is … name of … director of … film we saw last night?

11. Yesterday I bought … jacket and … shirt. … jacket was cheap but … shirt was expensive.

12. Peter and Mary have two children, … boy and … girl. … boy is seven years old and … girl is three.

13. This is... nice room, but I don't like... colour of... carpet.

14. Dr. Dersty performed … complicated surgery. He says … patient is recovering nicely.

15.... man I met yesterday at your place told me... fascinating and unusual story.

16. This month it is my turn to speak and I have already thought of … interesting topic for … group.

17. John is reading … book about culture. Is it … book about culture that was assigned by Professor Jackson last week?

18. Yesterday we had … new student in class. … new student is called Sarah.

19. It was … awkward situation. I didn't know what to do. But now I would behave differently in … similar situation.

20. There is … man at … door who sais he has … parcel for you. … parcel seems to be heavy.

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