Exercise 3. Insert articles where necessary. Pay attention to the use of limiting adjectives.

1. She was __ only person there who had ever had to earn a living. (W.S. Maugham)

2. __ only child, he must have inherited quite a substantial sum when his mother died in 1925. (J. Fowles)

3. “You know you’re __ only woman in the world for me.” (W.S. Maugham)

4. I hear they sent you __ wrong dress? (D. du Maurier)

5. I’m __ last man in the world to want to disturb it. (D. du Maurier)

6. With __ last desperate glance at Rosemary from the golden corners of his eyes, he went out. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

7. I could see I had said absolutely __ right thing. (J.H. Chase)

8. ‘Would you like some brandy?’ said Beatrice, making __ last effort. ‘I know it’s only Dutch courage, but it sometimes works wonders.’ (D. du Maurier)

9. His eyes, for the moment clear as a child’s, asked her sympathy and stealing over him he felt the old necessity of convincing her that he was __ last man in the world and she was __ last woman. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. He watched her wandering around his room, picking things up, examining them and putting them down in __ wrong place. (S. Fry)

11. That was a step in __ right direction. (J.H. Chase)

12. Abe turned to Dick with __ last appeal. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

13. We got __ last table and two men came up and looked around for a table and couldn’t find one. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

14. The accident took place on the Bien Hoa road. As you know it is __ wrong direction for the airport. (J.H. Chase)

15. “I just don’t believe I’ll meet __ right person and get married,” he said. (C. Bushnell)

16. Throwing __ last glance of infinite menace at the carabinieri she ran out. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

17. Lara was in __ right place at __ right time. (S. Sheldon)

18. The party took place __ following Saturday at the penthouse. (S. Sheldon)

19. Money isn’t __ only stimulus that brings out the best that’s in a man, even in America. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

20. When he came back into her life, the previous summer, there had never been __ right moment to mention the incident. (K. Saunders)

21. In 1016, after __ last struggle between the Danish Cnut and the English Edmund, the kingdom was divided between these two.

22. He kissed Anne on both cheeks, and managed to whisper __ last message.

23. In __ last letter she had from him he told her that he was practising in Geneva, New York. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

24. She had given him __ wrong number. (H. Fielding)

25. I wondered whether that was __ only reason for this unexpected step or whether it was connected with Isabel’s refusal to marry him. (W.S. Maugham)

26. Watching them, Nhan saw with relief she had used __ right tactics. (J.H. Chase)

27. Scott Rich stood behind Olivia, his hands over hers around the gun, easing her body into __ right position. (H. Fielding)

28. I’m __ last person to abuse liquor. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

29. She knew she had made __ right decision. (S. Sheldon)

30. “He always dates __ wrong women,” Sapphire said. (C. Bushnell)

31. You are __ only girl I’ve seen for a long time that actually did look like something blooming. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

32. I had recently brought out a successful novel and being for the moment news, I had no sooner arrived than I was interviewed. __ next morning my telephone rang. I answered. (W.S. Maugham)

33. Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in __ same direction. (A. de Saint-Exupéry)

34. __ main purpose of this meeting is to devise a clear policy.

35. Draw a diagonal line to __ opposite corner of the rectangle.

36. He is __ principal character in the story, but there are a number of interesting minor roles too.

37. Religion is __ sole technique for the validating of values. (A. Tate)

38. For many people Monroe was and is __ ultimate Hollywood movie-star.

39. This year we had more than __ usual amount of sunshine.

40. The reflective sadness that steals over an elderly man when he sits in the leather arm-chair of a comfortable club smoking a good cigar and musing on the decadence of __ present day. (S. Leacock)

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