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.

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