Practice. Last, the last; Next, the next

A number, the number

Last, the last; Next, the next.

Nouns modified by the adjective last are always used with the definite article except in the expressions last month, last year, last week, last summer (winter, autumn, spring).

The last word remained with George.

Next means „майбутній” when referring to time: next month, next week.

The next means „наступний”: the next room, at the next les­son.

Next time means „наступного разу”.

We shall discuss this matter next time.

In reference to time viewed from the past both next and the next mean „наступний”

We spent a fortnight in Kiev. The next week was spent in Odessa (or: Next week was spent in Odessa).

A number of means “many”. It is rendered in Ukrainian by „багато”, „ряд”.

The number means „число, кількість”.

His father and a number of his cronies were in the dining-room.

The number of mistakes he makes is startling.

Note. An article is not used when referring to numbers or letters in a list:

In question number 5, “A” is the correct response.

Exercise 1. Read and translate the sentences. Translate into Ukrainian. Comment on the words in bold type.

1. She was now listening to whoever it was on the other end of the line. 2. And now let's go in and join the others. 3. However, there were other matters for us grown-ups to consider. 4. All European languages belong to the same family except for Finnish, Hungarian, Basque and one or two others. 5. Bees carry pollen from one plant to another. 6. The boxers went on hitting each other. 7. Some books are useful to read, others are just a waste of time. 8. He produced two films. One became a classic, the other passed unnoticed. 9. My Dad says he needs another car. 10. Some people are bitterly frustrated when this happens. Others are not. 11. One man's meat is another man's poison. 12. I've got another three books to read. 13. On the one hand it is true, on the other not quite. 14. In 1900 the Uffizi gallery in Florence had 2,395 paintings on display. Today it shows just 500. The others are locked away, almost never seen.

Exercise 2. Insert another or the other.

1. A person who has not done one half of his day’s work by ten o’clock runs the chance of leaving ____ half undone. 2. Her hands lay on her lap motionless, one in ____ loosely clasped. 3. There was ____ silence, not a long one. 4. Then she came and sat down on ____ side of the hearth. 5. There was ____ reason why he was disturbed. Though he was ambitious, he had high standards of behaviour. 6. Fleur stole ____ look. 7. The boy sidled nearer, moving one foot slowly after ____. 8. There was ____ thing I liked in Mrs. Strickland.

Exercise 3. Write one of the five choices in each of the spaces.

another other others the other the others

1. Humans have two favourite pets. One is the dog, and _____ is the cat. 2. Of the 20 houses on my street only two escaped the fire. _____ burned. 3. I'm taking three classes. One is easy. _____classes are hard. 4. Kathy has two brothers in town. She has two _____out of town. 5. Some people cried when they heard the news. ____ people laughed. 6. The coffee was delicious. Could you bring me ____ cup, please? 7. Some people watch TV, while _____ prefer to listen to the radio. 8. Some snakes lay eggs. ____ give live birth. 9. Some dogs bite and ____ don't. 10. Many people like jazz while ____ people prefer rock and roll. 11. I have one pen here. I have ____ at home. 12. Mary's computer broke, so she bought ____. 13. The first fire truck arrived in one minute. _____ trucks arrived later. 14. Sally wrote three books. Two were published, but _____ wasn't. 15. That spoon is dirty. Could I have ____? 16. I have four pens. Two are blue and _____ are red. 17. I have four pens. Two are blue and _____ pens are red. 18. Fifty people called. Twenty-five were men and _____ were women. 19. There are ten books here. Eight are mine. ______ two aren't. 20. Two men robbed a bank. One of them got away and _____ didn't.

Exercise 4. Complete the sentences by using a few or a little and the given noun. Use the plural form of the noun when necessary.

1. (music) I feel like listening ___tonight. 2. (song) We sang ____at the party. 3. (time) I’m not finished with the work. I need ____more ___. 4. (desk) We need ____ more ____ in our classroom. 5. (help) Do you need ____ with that? 6. (fruit) I bought _____ at the market. 7. (advice) I need ____. 8. (money) If I accept that job, I’ll make ____ more ____. 9. (information) Could you give me ____? 10. (hour) Don’s plane will arrive in ____ more ____. 11. (toothpaste) Tommy, put just ____ on your toothbrush, not half a tube. 12. (laughter) We need to be able to see the humor in a situation even when we are unhappy. _____ never hurts. 13. (laugh) Greg’s joke produced ____ in the audience, but most of the people didn’t think it was funny. 14. (grammar) Pedro already knew ____ English ____ before he took his course. 15. (progress) I’ve made _____ in the last couple of weeks.

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with (a) little (of), the little; (a) few (of), the few.

1. Although the play is set in Italy, ____ the characters are Italian. 2. Jim, Bill, Sue and Gill were just ____ those who came to say goodbye. 3. I saw him first ____ after midnight. 4. Unfortunately, much of the early history of Zimbabwe is still known. For example, we know ____ about the early patterns of settlement. 5. Because it was cheep, and we didn’t have much money, ____ us used to go to the cinema every Saturday morning. 6. It will take ____ time, but I’m sure you’ll learn the rules of cricket eventually. 7. Stephen and ____ his friends were waiting for us in the park. 8. The play was poorly attended, but ____ people who came had a very good evening. 9. Many questions were asked, but ____ were answered. 10. The soldiers seemed to have ____ idea who they were fighting against or why. 11. After the plane crashed in the desert, the survivors divided ____ water they had left between them.

Exercise 6. Insert articles where necessary.

1. ____ mother and I are planning to go to ____ country for ____ few days. 2. It was ____ cold, windy evening and there were ____ few people in the street. 3. ____ few words that I have to add to what I have written, are soon penned. 4. We needn’t take ____ porter. We have ____ little luggage. 5. ____ little I have to say can be said in ____ few minutes. 6. I am commonly ____ man of ____ few words. 7. Harriet closed her coat quickly and walked ____ little faster. 8. We can’t disguise from ourselves that there is ____ little hope. 9. I seem to have forgotten ____ little I ever knew. 10. I see very ____ few women; but those are ____ women of rank. 11. He was one of ____ few men of science who never terrified me. 12. Very ____ few people live to the age of one hundred. 13. ____ few people who are over one hundred must be taken great care of. 14. Mary offered to lend ____ little she had. 15. I know ____ few people who are over ninety. 16. Please, make haste, there is ____ time left. 17. ____ spare time I have after work is always spent on reading. 18. There is ____ time left, so we can have a short rest. 19. There are ____ books on chemistry in our library. ____ books on chemistry I have read are very difficult. 20. I have ____ mistakes in my composition.

Exercise 7. Insert articles if necessary.

1. ____ room 215 is on ____ fifth floor. 2. The car stopped at ____ corner of ____ Fifth Avenue and ____ 112^th Street. 3. I was very thirsty and took ____ second cup of tea, then ____ third and only after ____ fourth I felt that I had enough. 4. We have made ____ first step, but it should be regarded only as ____ first step, as the beginning. 5. We had better get on ____ 24. ____ route #9 will take us much more time. 6. “Conductor, where do I get off to change to ____ bus 5?” 7. They went by ____ seven o’clock train. 8. I want two tickets for ____ two-fifteen. 9. In passing the house we noticed ____ two old women in the front garden talking animatedly. On our way back we found ____ two women still chatting. 10. The train for Odessa leaves from ____ platform 1, ____ track 3. 11. Can ____ two of you help me? 12. Take care, Caroline. I’ve proposed twice now. I shall not propose ____ third time. 13. ____ two people would have to hold ____ chair, and ____ third would help him up on it, and ____ fourth would hand him ____ nail, and ____ fifth would pass him up ____ hammer.

Exercise 8. Insert the right article if necessary.

1. Today in court we are listening to _____ case 243. 2. _____ second part of the book was much more interesting than _____ first one. 3. _____ participle one is used for building up progressive tenses. 4. _____ second participle is used to build up Passive forms. 5. _____ flight 579 starts at five sharp. 6. The planes came again for _____ second attack. 7. Let's regard it as _____first step, just _____ beginning. 8. It was _____ first-night and the actors were nervous. 9. _____exercise 27 begins at _____ page 44. 10. _____ year passed, then _____ second, and _____ third, but there was still no news. 11. They agreed to meet on _____ Fifth Avenue near _____ building # 112. 12. _____ two years in Africa taught him a lot. 13. _____ flat 55 is on _____ fifth floor. 14. This style was in fashion in _____ eighties. 15. It was _____ fifty-fifty deal. 16. She was _____ third-year medical student

Exercise 9. Write the correct article in the space.

1. This is ____ second rainstorm we have had this year. 2. Clear the table ____ first. Then, do the dishes. 3. ____ first czar of Russia was Ivan the Terrible. 4. I think “Tom Sawyer” is Mark Twain’s ____ second best novel after “Huck Finn”. 5. Dr. Smith, ____ first word in ____ question two is hard to read. 6. Chapters ____1, ____4, and ____ 6 deal with articles. 7. After you win a gold medal in the Olympics, what do you do ____ next? 8. My name begins with ____ “L”. 9. The teacher wrote____ “X” on the blackboard. ____ “X” was two feet high. 10. ____ first, work. ____ second, save. ____ finally, invest your money. 11. Thank you! This is ____ first prize that I have ever won. 12. I’m not disappointed at all; ____ Second Prize is good enough for me. 13. I’ll tell you what to do ____ first, ____second, and ____ third. 14. ____ third prize that you won was ____ Third Prize. 15. All of the statements are true except for____ 7, which is false.

Exercise 10. Write the correct article in the space.

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