Exercise 1. Look at the sentences below. Decide whether you can leave out ‘the’ where it is underlined in each sentence, and put ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in the spaces provided.

1. Nicole was the granddaughter of a self-made American capitalist and the granddaughter of a Count of the House of Lippe Weissenfeld. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald) …………..

2. Because I am the managing editor of this newspaper, and I can do whatever I want. (M. Gabot) …………..

3. The Consul was disturbed. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald) …………..

4. You read that correctly: Barbara Bellerieve, the respected senior ABC news correspondent, most recently the host of the television news magazine TwentyFourSeven, and voted one of People magazine’s fifty most beautiful people last month. (M. Gabot) …………..

5. He’s the owner of Manderley. (D. du Maurier) …………..

6. They sent letters to the Home Secretary and it was not any good. (D. du Maurier) …………..

7. Miles Calman was the only director on the lot who did not work under a supervisor and was responsible to the money men alone. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald) …………..

8. As June drew near, he felt the need of conversation to formulate his own ideas, and, to his surprise, found a co-philosopher in Rahill, the president of the sixth form. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald) …………..

9. Colonel On-dinh-Khuc, the Chief of Security Police, sat in a high-black, heavily carved wooden chair and breathed gently through his wide spread nostrils. (J.H. Chase) …………..

10. Before the murder became public news and before the American Ambassador was informed, Colonel Khuc was determined to know what the reason was. (J.H. Chase) …………..

11. “We could be partners. I the executive manager, you the theoretician, the brilliant consultant and all that.” (F. Sc. Fitzgerald) …………..

12. Sometimes for months I have served as the practical head of the old clinic. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald) …………..

13. Izzy has always wanted to be the editor of a women’s magazine. (M. Gayle) …………..

14. I was the best man at his wedding. …………..

15. He went to Boston when the Irish President arrived and he was greatly distressed because the receiving committee, when they rode in an automobile, would put their arms around the President. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald) …………..

Exercise 2. Insert articles where necessary.

1. Charles was __ head of the French branch of Roffe and Sons. (S. Sheldon)

2. Now Rinaldo Pazzi, __ chief inspector of the Florentine Questura, had to decide what his honor was worth, or if there is a wisdom longer than considerations of honor. (Th. Harris)

3. I look round the office to check I’m not dreaming: Lisa, __ production manager, is putting a new CD into the office hi-fi; Daisy, __ senior writer, is talking loudly to a friend on the phone; Jessica, __ junior designer, is standing by the colour printer in the far corner of the art department. (M. Gayle)

4. She was __ woman enough to know when a man wanted her all right … and when one didn’t. (P. Jordan)

5. His father had been __ president of one of the southern universities and his grandfather a divine of some eminence. (W.S. Maugham)

6. In April, Animal Farm was proclaimed __ Republic, and it became necessary to elect __ President. (G. Orwell)

7. Franz, __ resident pathologist at the clinic, a Voudois by birth, a few years older than Dick, met him at the tram stop. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

8. __ Doctor Diver had seen around the edges of the war by that time: he was __ Oxford Rhodes Scholar from Connecticut in 1914. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

9. With Elkins, __ second secretary at __ Embassy, he shared an apartment. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. By the end of the week he would no longer be __ Head of Security Police. (J.H. Chase)

11. Lara was having lunch with Sam Gosden, __ New York attorney who handled her contracts for her. (S. Sheldon)

12. From the day when, wild-eyed and exhausted, the jerseyed freshmen sat in the gymnasium and elected some one from Hill School __ class president, a Lawrenceville celebrity __ vice-president, a hockey star from St. Paul’s __ secretary, up until the end of sophomore year it never ceased, that breathless social system, that worship, seldom named, never really admitted, of the bogey ‘big man’. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

13. Belle became __ president at her bank. (C. Bushnell)

14. I was still __ child enough to consider Christian name like a plume in the hat. (D. du Maurier)

15. He wanted to know who was going to be __ new president of Roffe and Sons. (S. Sheldon)

16. “I’m __ doctor of medicine,’ he said. ‘My father is a clergyman, now retired. We lived in Buffalo and my past is open to investigation. I went to New Haven; afterward I was __ Rhodes scholar. My great-grandfather was __ Governor of North Carolina and I’m __ direct descendent of Mad Anthony Wayne.” (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

17. Walden had just been made __ partner in a corporate law firm and had recently gotten engaged to a dermatologist. (C. Bushnell)

18. One by one all my parts were taken away from me, apart from that of Miss Guided, __ mute chambermaid. (H. Fielding)

19. He rang for __ vice-consul – Baby had won. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

20. Three years after he had joined the company, Rhys was made __ general sales manager. (S. Sheldon)

21. I blew it and I’m __ man enough to admit it. (M. Gabot)

22. “Is that Tyler Kydd, __ actor?” Mr. Big asked. (C. Bushnell)

23. __ captain is full of bright ideas. That’s why he is __ Captain, but then of course, he doesn’t have to do the work. He sticks his fat backside into a chair and keeps it there. Not that I blame him, you understand. I dare say I’d do the same if I were __ Captain. (J.H. Chase)

24. As well as Kimberley, there was Winston, __ beautiful black dive instructor, Michael Monteroso, __ facial technician, and Travis, __ wolf-eyed actor slash lifestyle coach. (H. Fielding)

25. “Call the Mercantile Bank in Chicago. Ask for Bob Vance. He’s __ president.” (S. Sheldon)

26. When Anna’s father died two years later, Walther Gassner was made __ member of the board. (S. Sheldon)

27. I’m __ son of Giuseppe Martini. (S. Sheldon)

28. Sir Alec Nichols, __ Member of Parliament, was seated at one of the small corner tables, having lunch with a guest, Jon Swinton. (S. Sheldon)

29. Charles Martel was __ junior attorney in a large Paris law firm when he first met Hèléne Roffe. (S. Sheldon)

30. “All right. I move that Elizabeth Roffe be nominated __ president of Roffe and Sons.” (S. Sheldon)

31. “When you’re __ Prime Minister, don’t forget old Ireland.” (K. Saunders)

32. Bruno, who had been elected __ best man because he was the second oldest, and could be trusted with the ring, banged the table for silence. (K. Saunders)

33. My father is __ Professor of Biochemistry at __ Bristol University and he often works late. (S. Fry)

34. Mary North was __ daughter of a journeyman paper-hanger and a descendent of __ President Tyler. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

35. The coach fumed helplessly, __ Triangle Club president, glowering with anxiety, varied between furious bursts of authority and fits of temperamental lassitude. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

36. The chauffeur, __ Russian Czar of __ period of __ Ivan __ Terrible, was self-appointed guide, and the resplendent names – Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo – began to glow through their torpid camouflage, whispering of old kings come here to dine and die, of rajahs tossing Buddha’s eyes to English ballerinas, of Russian princes turning the weeks into Baltic twilights in the lost caviare days. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

37. She is affianced to __ brother of __ Prince of Wales – __ Duke of Buckingham. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

38. It’s a dress fit for __ Queen of England. (D. du Maurier)

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