Exercise 1. In the sentences below, only one of the underlined alternatives is appropriate. Cross out the one that is wrong.

1. She kissed him on his / the cheek. (S. Sheldon)

2. She punched her attacker in his / the face and he ran off.

3. After a while, Mary came in, her / the hair freshly combed.

4. The Baron leaned forward and looked her in the / her face.

5. He put his / the hand on the / her shoulder.

6. She leaned close to him, resting her / the cheek against him.

7. She slipped her / the arm under his and gave him a nudge.

8. The General had a pistol in the / his hand.

9. I kicked him hard on the / his leg.

10. He could have shot me in the / my foot.

11. His voice, rich in tone, had a musical quality that was grateful to the / myear. (W.S. Maugham)

12. My dog has hurt the / his leg.

13. Look me in the / my eye and tell me what you’re saying is true.

14. Can’t you think of anything else? You’ve got food on the / your brain.

15. Nutley was found in the Washington Hotel, shot through the / his heart and the night clerk bashed over the / his head. (J.H. Chase)

Exercise 2. Choose one of these nouns to complete each of the following sentences. (You will need to use one of the words twice). Write ‘the’ or a possessive pronoun before it.

back head stomach foot eye hair toes throat teeth brain

1. Their letting me go after ten years’ service was a real kick in ………….. .

2. I’ve got this annoying tune on ………….. .

3. Now he’s released from the responsibilities of the office, he can really let ………….. down.

4. The new male supervisor will really have to be on ………….. .

5. A lot of young vandals who go looking for trouble are not in ………….. .

6. Can you do this calculation in ………….. .

7. Wasn’t it Goethe who said that a meal should please ………….. first and then ………….. ?

8. By having to go back on his tax pledges so soon, the chancellor has shot himself in ………….. .

9. He was obviously stabbed in ………….. by some of his so-called friends.

10. My intended apology stuck in ………….. as I saw him smirk.

Colours

Exercise 1. Insert articles where necessary.

1. Something was wrong in the colors of the landscape – the new swimming pools beside the villas of the wealthy foreigners were __ wrong blue. To Pazzi, looking out the window of the airplane, the pools were __ milky blue of __ aged English eye, __ blue out of place among the dark cypresses and the silver olive trees. (Th. Harris)

2. His eyes were peculiar, not of __ rich hazel that Isabel shared with her mother and her uncle, but so dark that the iris made one colour with the pupil, and this gave them a peculiar intensity. (W.S. Maugham)

3. “This is the golf course,” he continued, as they strolled along the velvet winter grass. “It’s all __ green, you see – no fairway, no rough, no hazards.” (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

4. His eyes were of __ bright, hard blue. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

5. He had blond hair and his eyes were __ slate gray. (S. Sheldon)

6. Who is the woman in __ white? (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

7. His face was of __ monstrous and unnatural pink, vivid yet dead, and over his mouth was fastened what appeared to be a gag. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

8. He had __ black hair and a strong face, and quick intelligent eyes that were __ deep blue. (S. Sheldon)

9. She came out of that black comedy about making pies from murder victims with her face a ghastly shade of __ green.

10. There’s been a colour crash: both teams are wearing __ white. (J. Motson)

Directions

Ø Nouns indicating directions, such as ‘north’, ‘south’, ‘east’, and ‘west’, and ‘left’ and ‘right’, have the definite article:

· Then circle to the left.

· ...across the border to the south.

· ...just to the north of the little bay.

Ø ‘North’, ‘south’, ‘east’, and ‘west’ can also be used with the definite article to refer to one part of a country; if they refer to an accepted region they sometimes begin with a capital letter:

· ...while she was away in the north.

· ...in the North of England.

Ø You can use ‘the left’ and ‘the right’ to describe the political movements which support socialism and capitalism respectively; ‘left’ and ‘right’ may start with a capital letter in this case.

· ...the parties of the left.

· ...pressure by the Left.

Ø NoteThese words are also used as adverbs without an article.

· I was again heading north.

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