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Activity 28 The articles

Put the articles where it is necessary.

 

1. … British Prime Minister lives in … Downing Street.

2. What is the name of the ocean between … Africa and … Australia? It is called … Pacific Ocean.

3. My uncle is … professor of chemistry. He works at … university.

4. In England … children from three to five go to … kindergarten.

5. Will you be at … home tomorrow? I’m going to visit you.

6. … film wasn’t good. But I liked … music. It was fascinating!

7. Every year we have … rest at … Caucasus.

8. Do you know … people who live … next door to you?

9. In … morning I like … coffee, in … daytime I like … tea.

10. …sun rises in … east and goes down in … west.

11. Next summer we are going by boat along … Volga river.

12. Have you ever been to … Baikal? … views are picturesque there.

13. There was … big round table and …old bed in the room.

14. Kate is… most beautiful girl in the family. Everybody admires her … wavy hair.

15. Mr. Higgins reads … Daily Telegraph every morning.

16. When I was in … London some years ago, I visited … Tate Gallery and … Museum of Modern Art.

17. … Great Britain is situated on … British Isles and it is separated from … France by … British Chanel.

18. … Russians are very hospitable people. … English are very reserved.

19. Would you like … apple?

20. Did you see … film about an old soldier on … TV yesterday?

Activity 29 Fill in the gaps in the proverbs with the right article.

Learn them, find the Russian equivalents.

 

Activity 30 A God or the God?

In the following passage write a, the or (-) as necessary:

 

(1) ___ ancient Roman god, (2) ___ Janus, was (3) __ god who protected (4) ___ beginning of (5) ___ things. He guarded (6) ____ spring planting of (7) ___ wheat, (8) ___ time of leaving on (9) ___ journey, and (10) ___ entrances like (11) ___ doorways and (12) ___ city gates. So that he could be wise, (13) ___ Janus had two faces, one to look backward into (14) ___ past and (15) ___ other to look forward into
(16) ___ future.

(17) ___ first month of (18) ___ year is (19) ___ entrance to
(20) ___ new year. It is (21) ___ time when (22) ___ people look back at (23) ___ year just passed and ahead to (24) ___ year to come. When our modern calendar was put together, this first month was named (25) ___ January after (26) ___ two-faced Roman God, (27)___ Janus. Three other months that were named after (28) ___ famous Roman gods and citizens are (29) ___ March, (30)___ July and (31) ___ August.

 

Activity 31 Read the following story. There is a word missing in some lines. Put in a(n) or the where necessary. Some of the lines are correct.

 

Last night, moon was shining brightly. Clare’s train the moon
arrived at the station and she got off. She went up right
to station manager and asked:”Do you know if there  
is Italian restaurant near here?” “Yes, it’s very  
near, just about 200 metres on left, opposite  
information centre.” “Thank you,”-said Clare and  
she started walking. She found restaurant and went  
inside. There was woman playing the piano, and  
there, in the corner of the room next to kitchen, was  
Ron Allen – just man she wanted to see. He was  
eating dinner, but when he saw Clare he stopped.  
He thought she looked exactly same – beautiful and  
calm. “Have you got papers?”-he asked. “No, I haven’t.  
I’ve given them to police,”-she replied. “ I hope they  
will arrest you and send you to prison.” When he heard  
her words, Ron jumped up, took knife from the table  
and ran out. But outside…  

 




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