Exercise 49. Insert the article where necessary

Exercise 48. Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

1. The Stradivarius violin is extremely rare and may fetch the extraordinary price when it comes up for a sale.

2.Contrary to France, a medical care in USA is very expensive: a social security system is very different.

3. Most problems with a baggage equipment today seem to involve the programme error.

4.A lot of women in their late twenties start thinking about having the family.

5. He is the schoolmaster who caused the scandal by what he said in a letter.

6. Surviving examples of an everyday Roman furniture are from two cities near Naples that were buried under the tons of volcanic ash from the eruption of the Mt. Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A.D.

7. The first person to use a word "geography" was Eratosthenes.

8. Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is the continual range of highlands along western coast of the South America.

9. Books lying on the table belong to the friend of mine.

10. He has taken the suite of the rooms in Hilton Hotel.

1. … help came at … last and … unfortunate bathers were rescued.

2. He came to see me … last week and said it was … last opportunity he would have.

3. The travellers saw an oasis in... Gobi, but it was a mirage.

4 … rest and … sleep in … moderation are good for … health.

5 … dictionary is... great help to … students with … bad memories!

6. The buzzing of … bees amongst...... flowers in... summer is … pleasant sound.

7. He lives in … north of … Sweden.

8 … nature is more wonderful than … works of … man.

9. … last night I met John; he said he would come here to-day if … weather was fine.

10. … eggs are often sold by … score and … buns by … dozen.

11. … steam-engine was invented before... internal combustion engine.

12. He is … man for … job! None other can do it so well.

13. He was covered from … head to … foot in … thick, white dust.

14. He works all … day and … every day from … morning till late at … night.

15 … more I looked at it,... stranger it seemed.

16. He has … courage of … Nelson and … tenacity of … Churchill.

17. He remembers … London of … past and says it was gayer than … London of to-day.

18. … Ontario is … last in … Great Lakes chain and serves as … outlet to … Atlantic Ocean via … St. Lawrence River.

19. Come to see me on … Saturday; … Saturday before … Whit Monday, for instance, would do very well.

20. … universal truth is expressed with … help of … Present Simple Tense, … tense that has various other uses.

21. … Vesuvius is … active volcano near … Bay of … Naples.

22. He took … great trouble to prepare … decent meals for … travellers who called at his inn at … foot of … Mont Blanc.

23. … intrepid climbers Tenzing and Hillary were … first to climb … Everest.

24. He asked for … bread and … butter: … loaf of … former and … pound of...... latter.

25. He works hard by … day and sleeps soundly at … night, with … clear conscience.

26. At … moment … drink of … cider is just … thing I want.

27. He won … prize of … hundred pounds and spent it all in … week.

28.... democracy, said … President Lincoln, means … government of … people, by … people, for … people.

29. … Government have given … people good … government.

30. He became … soldier and proved to be … good soldier.

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