Exercise 12. Insert the article where necessary

Exercise 11. Correct the twenty one mistakes in the sentences.

Exercise 10. Insert the article where necessary.

Brighton is … largest seaside resort in … south-east of England. For many people it seems … town of contrasts, … mixture of elegant eighteenth-century architecture and loud modern places of entertainment. … town was at first … fishing village and did not become popular until … eighteenth century, when … doctors began to prescribe sea-bathing as … cure for illnesses. … Rich people began to visit Brighton in large numbers, and when … Prince of Wales, later George IV, arrived and decided to build … house there, its future as … tourist centre was assured. The Royal Pavilion, as … house was called, was decorated in … Chinese style popular at … time, but completely rebuilt between 1815 and 1822 in its present Indian style. … King continued to visit it until 1827, but Queen Victoria did not like it, and it was bought by … Brighton local authority. It is open to … public every day and there is … special exhibition there in … summer.

1. I have two younger brothers and older sister who is training to be dancer.

2. Hamlet is tragedy written by the Shakespeare in year 1601.

3. Did you hear on radio this morning that university is going to raise tuition fees again?

4. If you're going to eat soup, spoon will be more useful than fork.

5. Guitar is most popular instrument among teenage boys, but not girls.

6. Main reason for our protest is that we want to protect environment.

7. Anorak is short coat with hood that is worn when it's windy and wet.

8. I think a wheel is the most important invention in the history.

9. The Smith, a man you met yesterday, is the honest person.

10. The horses and the donkeys are used as beasts of burden in many countries.

… Success Story

1. Joseph Korzeniowski was born in 1857 … Ukraine in … town of Berdychiv in … noble Polish family. 2. He left … school at 17, went to France and lived there for four years. 3. Then, at … age of 21, he went to … England. 4. Unable to speak … word of English, he lived at Lowestoft on … east coast and worked as … ordinary seaman. 5. By … time he was 23 he had passed - in English – his first examination to become … officer on … merchant ship.

6. At … age of 32 he began writing in … English. 7. As Joseph Conrad, he became over … next 20 years … fine writer of … language and perhaps … greatest English novelist since Charles Dickens. 8. Later in his life he wrote to … friend about his first years in England: "My first English reading [in 1878] was … Standard newspaper and my first acquaintance by … ear with it was in … speech of … fishermen, shipwrights and sailors of … East Coast. 9. But in 1880 I had mastered … language sufficiently to pass … first examination for … officers in … merchant service, including … viva voce [oral examination] of more than two hours. 10. But 'mastered' is not … right word; I should have said 'acquired'. 11. I've never opened … English grammar in my life."
12. Conrad is … superb writer of … English language, and … student of English can learn … number of things from his life. 13. Firstly, never believe any teacher who tells you gloomily that, "you will never learn to use … language like … native". 14. That is … total rubbish. 15. I have had … number of … students who have spoken … English better than 99% of "native speakers." 16. Secondly, if Conrad could become one of … ten best novelists in English, you should have no problems in learning enough English to work successfully in … global economy. 17. Thirdly, if Conrad did not bother with … phonetics or with … formal grammar, why should you? 18. Fourthly, Conrad taught himself. He did not learn English at … school. 19. Fifthly, he went to … country, and worked there, and used English only: he emphasised how he listened to … people, whoever they were, … fishermen and … sailors. 20. He did not surround himself with … people speaking his own first language.

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