In the World of Grammar

Упражнение 35
Заполните пропуски артиклями: a, an или the по мере необходимости.
In
days before
invention of
radio or television,
majority of people made their own entertainment at home. Many
evenings were spent reading
novel, playing the piano or painting
picture. In many ways, people were almost forced to find
creative outlet in one form or another.
Things have changed a lot since then, however. Now,
typical evening's entertainment would be to spend
few hours in front of
television. This is not really
very productive use of one's time or energy and has maybe contributed to
breakdown of communication within
family.

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Упражнение 36
Заполните пропуски артиклями: a, an или the по мере необходимости.
My father owns a shop in
village where we live. His shop is
only newsagent's in our village. It's next to
post office and
station, and only two minutes walk from
home.
shop has been in our family for two generations. When my grandfather owned it, I was only very young. I used to help him on
Sunday afternoons by weighing
sweets and putting them in
bags. Sometimes he would even let me use
ice-cream machine, which I loved. My mother used to get angry with him though, because he would leave me alone to look after
shop while he went to talk to
friends at
pub. One afternoon I was in
shop tidying
newspapers when a man came in.
man was very tall and looked very serious. He asked me if my grandfather was around. I said he was in
back room and went to get him. When my grandfather came out, he saw
man and suddenly started to cry.
two men hugged and talked in
quiet voices. Eventually they remembered me in
corner of
shop. My grandfather turned to me and introduced
man to me. He was my grandfather's brother who had moved to
Australia after
war and they hadn't seen each other for 20 years.

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Упражнение 37
Правильно ли употреблены артикли с выделенных курсивом словосочетаниях? Yes or No?
1. Jane, has anyone ever told you that you've got a lovely fingers?
2. I'm very interested in the history, especially the history of Western Europe.
3. What a lovely weather we're having! It's such a nice day!
4. We're trying to sell our house. People came to see it on Saturday, and they were quite interested, but the people who saw it on Sunday morning were very rude and said they didn't like it at all.
5. Did you remember to buy a bread while you were out at some shops?
6. Crossing the English Channel
can be quite unpleasant in the bad weather.
7. People who live on a floor
above ours work in a shop.
8. What's the government
going to do about the unemployment?

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Упражнение 38
В 10 предложениях артикль the употреблен правильно, а в 10 — неправильно. Пометьте правильные предложения.
1. He lived in United States for ten years.
2. John has cut a leg and needs stitches.
3. The camera I bought yesterday doesn't work.
4. William Wordsworth is famous for his poems about nature.
5. It was first time I had crossed equator.
6. This is only one left but you can have it.
7. Frank does a lot of work for the disabled.
8. I will be visiting the Netherlands next month.
9. Society doesn't care enough for old people.
10. This is the same film I saw last week.
11. The worst thing was not knowing exactly what had happened.
12. Harder we work, the more money we make.
13. Smiths are coming round to dinner tonight.
14. The aeroplane is one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century.
15. It's very disappointing news but that's the life.
16. Eating the chocolate always gives me pimples on my face.
17. What is on radio this afternoon?
18. John plays the football very well.
19. The furniture was sold at auction.
20. He was sent to prison for life.

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