Ex.2. Turn the sentences into the plural.

     Model: She is an architect – They are architects.

     1. An old computer isn’t expensive. 2. Have you got a cat at home? 3. There isn’t a tram in the street. 4. She is a teacher. 5. Why is a car so expensive? 6. A doctor needs years of training. 7. This is a Chinese restaurant. 8. That is a Rastrelli palace. 9. He is an experienced engineer.

 

Ex.3. Answer the questions.

     1. How much are these apples? – 50 roubles / kilo. 2. How often do you take these pills? – Twice / day. 3. What speed are you driving? – 100 km / hour. 4. How many miles a litre do you do? – 6 miles / litre. 5. How often is the mail delivered? – Three times / week. 6. How much does olive oil cost? – $5 / bottle.

 

Ex.4. Supply a / an where necessary.

     1. I’m going to bed. I have got … headache. 2. I was awake all night with … toothache. 3. Henry has got … flu. 4. The children are in bed with … mumps. 5. Mind you don’t catch … cold. 6. Don’t come near me. I have got … sore throat. 7. She has got … high blood pressure. 8. What … witty man! 9. What … good children! 10. What … nasty weather! 11. What … interesting film! 12. What … wonderful news! 13. What … strange answer! 14. What … valuable information! 15. What … informative article! 16. What … beautiful hair she has! 17. What … nice flowers!     18. He is such … wise man. 19. What … juicy oranges!

Ex.5. Supply a / an or the.

     1. We are going to write … test. … test is rather difficult. 2. They have got … cat and … dog at home. … cat always scratches … dog. 3. I saw … car. … car stopped outside our house. 4. There is … new student in our class. … student is from Italy. 5. You should take … knife to open the tin. … knife is in the box. 6. Mary has got … good job. She devotes much time to … job. 7. Her son got … bad mark at school yesterday, but … mark didn’t upset him. 8. They gave … party last week. Everybody enjoyed … party. 9. He met … girl at the disco, … girl was … nice dancer. 10. My brother bought … new flat. … flat is small but quite comfortable. 11. She saw … nice dress in the shop, but … dress was too expensive for her to buy it. 12. I have … CD player, but … CD player doesn’t work.

  

Ex.6. Supply a / an, the or ‘–‘.

     1. George got … B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) from … Durham University two years ago. 2. Mike is sure he has seen … UFO (Unidentified Flying Object). 3. They bought … new VW. 4. … EC (European Community) does a lot of trade all over the world. 5. Do you know how much … MP (Member of Parliament) earns? 6. Which countries belong to … NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)? 7. We started to learn … BASIC (Beginners’ All-purpose Instruction Code) last year. 8. We are members of … UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 9. … NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) had a setback in 1986. 10. … Brazilians speak … Portuguese, but … Mexicans speak …Spanish. 11. … Swiss are famous for their … watches. 12. … English, … Scots, … Welsh and … Irish are the main nationalities in the UK. 13. Robin Hood robbed … rich and gave the money to … poor. 14. … unemployed should be helped.

 

Ex.7. Supply a / an, the or ‘–‘.

     1. We were looking for … place to spend the night. … place we found turned out to be … nice village. … village was called Londsworth. 2. Yes, my name is … Smith, but I’m not … Smith you are looking for.    3. Who is at … door? – It’s … postman. 4. Please, go to … supermarket and buy … some bread. 5. I’ve got … appointment this afternoon. I’m going to … doctor’s. 6. We went to … theatre last evening and saw “Flames”. It was … wonderful play. 7. We prefer to spend our holidays in … country. 8. He has seen what … earth looks like from … moon. 9. Look at … room. … ceiling and … walls need decorating, but … floor is in good order. We’ll cover it with … carpet. 10. This is … nice small computer.   … top lifts up to form … screen; … front lifts off to form … keyboard and … whole thing weighs only … 5 kilos. 11. There are only … few seats left for … tonight’s performance. 12. … student must have his ID card to be admitted to … library.

 

Ex.8. Supply a / an, the or ‘–‘.

1. It was … evening. 2. It was … warm summer morning. 3. It was … early morning. 4. … evening was pleasant. 5. Let’s meet in … evening, I’ll be busy in … afternoon. 6. It snowed at … night. 7. It was … late evening. 8. We started early in … morning. 9. … night came, … day broke, but there was no sign of the plane. 10. She will get home before … sunset. 11. The children were cold though it was … warm night. 12. I can never forget … morning of my first working day. 13. They came late at … night. 14. We are setting off at … sunrise. 15. You must be at home before … midnight. 16. We reached the village before … sunset. 17. I had … nice evening at the Greens’.

 

 

Ex.9. Supply the or ‘–‘.

     1. The Russians like … good hard winter with plenty of snow.         2. Nature is so beautiful in … spring. 3. In this country … spring is always cool, … summer is hot, … autumn is wet, … winter is frosty. 4. Do you still remember … spring when you first told me of your love? 5. It’s so nice to walk in the forest in … early spring. 6. It was … late autumn. 7. … summer of 2006 was cool and rainy. 8. I like … summer best. 9. What does he usually do in … winter? 10. … spring makes people feel young. 11. It was … golden autumn. 12. We met in … summer of 2006.

Ex.10. Supply a / an, the or ‘–‘.

     1. Let’s settle all business matters before … dinner. 2. I always have a cup of black coffee with sandwiches for … breakfast. 3. Mary, is … dinner ready? 4. Something is burning! – Oh, I’ve forgotten about … supper again. 5. How much did you pay for … lunch? 6. They usually have … tea at 5 o’clock, don’t they? 7. They had … delicious supper at the café. 8. Most people watch TV after … supper. 9. When … tea is ready we’ll call you. 10. How many people will be present? How much wine shall we have for … supper? 11. I usually have … light supper. 12. … supper you cooked was delicious. 13. Don’t burn … dinner again! 14. … dinner is served.

Ex.11. Supply the or ‘–‘.

     1. … Adriatic Sea, which is between the coasts of … Italy and … Slovenia, is an arm of … Mediterranean Sea. 2. … Swiss Alps are a good place for skiing. 3. “My heart is in … Highlands”. 4. … Chicago River flows south towards … Gulf of … Mexico. 5. … Panama Canal connects … Atlantic and … Pacific Oceans. 6. … Volga flows from … Valdai Hills to … Caspian Sea. 7. We get tea mostly from … China and … Ceylon.     8. … Alaska is the biggest state in … USA. 9. Where are … British Isles situated? 10. The pupil showed … Europe, … Asia, … North and … South America, … Africa on the map, but he completely forgot about … Australia. 11. I’d like to travel down … Nile as far as … Luxor.              12. Ferguson travelled everywhere from … Central Asia to … Arctic.     13. Have you ever been to … Far East? 14. … Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. 15. Don’t try to cross … Sahara without being properly prepared. 16. There’s a wonderful view of … Lake Geneva from here. 17. I’d love to do a tour of European cities and visit … London, … Paris, …Vienna and … Hague. 18. … Republic of … Ireland is situated on the island of … Ireland. 19. … Bahamas are a popular place with divers. 20. I’ve been climbing in … Caucasus, but I have never managed to get up … Everest. 21. What is … capital of … Netherlands? 22. … Niagara Falls is on … Niagara River between … Lake Erie and … Lake Ontario. 23. We spent a good time on … island of … Crete.

Ex.12. Supply the or ‘–‘.

     1. … Tverskaya Street is the central street of Moscow. 2. … National Gallery faces … Trafalgar Square. 3. When did you arrive at … Heathrow airport? 4. … Bolshoy Theatre is famous for its ballet. 5. What’s on at … “Odeon”? 6. They always stay at … Hilton Hotel. 7. Tourists usually do shopping in … Oxford Street. 8. … London Zoo is situated in … Regent Park of London. 9. There is a wonderful collection of Modern Art in … Tate Gallery. 10. What is … British Museum famous for? 11. He used to read … Times and … Washington Post. 12. … United Nations was settled in 1949. 13. Her oldest son joined … Navy and the youngest served in … Army. 14. France celebrated the 200th anniversary of … French Revolution in 1989. 15. We had an early dinner at … Leoni’s and then went to a play at … Globe Theatre. 16. Do you know the song about … London Bridge? 17. She lives at 27 … Montague Road. 18. You can’t leave London without seeing … Buckingham Palace, … St. Paul’s Cathedral, … Piccadilly Circus and … Tower. 19. … Oxford and Cambridge universities are the oldest in Britain. 20. … University of London provides students with technical training. 21. She bought this coat at … Harrods. 22. … Gatwick airport is in … southern England. 23. His favourite newspaper is … “Gardian”. 24. Let’s have a walk around … St. James’ Park. 25. … Railway Museum was shut last Sunday.

 

 

Ex.13. Insert a /an or the.

1. Ann looked everywhere for … badminton net. It was in … attic.  2. Who do you suppose was at … meeting? 3. … woman who is giving … speech is … university teacher. 4. Do you know … white-headed man who is feeding … pigeons? 5. What do you think of … discussion that followed … conference? 6. … melon is ripe, juicy and has … sweet taste. 7. Unless … rain stops … picnic will be held under … pavilion. 8. My sister works in... large hospital in London. She is … doctor. 9. … weather was lovely when I woke up yesterday morning: … sun was shining, … sky was blue. 10. … government plans to help … poor and … unemployed. 11. Who is … person that borrowed her umbrella? 12. It was … nice house but … stairs were too steep for … old man. 13. They gave Ann … guitar for … Christmas. She is good at playing … guitar, … piano, … violin. On … whole, she is … gifted girl. 14. Everything he has said is … lie. He made up … whole story. 15. … village of Baydon where he lived as … child, has now become part of … town. 16. Are you … person who telephoned me … hour ago? 17. If I’m accepted for … job, I’ll have to start at … beginning of September. 18. We spent … wonderful evening with … Stones. 19. It was … very stormy night. 20. … student at … back of … class was eating.

 

Ex.14. Supply a / an, the or ‘–‘.

     1. I’m really tired and I’m going to … bed. 2. Your shoes are under … bed. 3. Tim has been in … bed for hours. 4. We have bought … nice bed. 5. We took some photos outside … church. 6. She always goes to … church on Sundays. 7. Have you ever worked at … factory? 8. Sue is in … class now. 9. My father is a sailor. He has gone to … sea when he was 18. 10. We go to … university five days a week. 11. Mark has been taken to … hospital. How long will he be in … hospital? 12. I’d like to visit my Granny in … hospital. 13. There is a strike in … hospital. 14. We have got … new modern hospital. 15. When do you get home from … office?       16. John is at … work at the moment. 17. Jane has gone to … school for a meeting. 18. … Harrow school is … public school. 19. Let’s not stay in … town at the weekend. 20. They were put in … prison for robbery. 21. We are not going on … holiday this year, we are trying to save … money.

Ex.15. Supply the or ‘–‘.

     1. She doesn’t eat … meat. 2. … meat we ordered was very tough.  3. As one said, … life is just one damned thing after another. 4. I don’t know much about … life of … Napoleon. 5. … running is good for me.    6. … red is her favourite colour. 7. I think … red one suits you best. 8. We have studied … English for ten years. 9. … English language is necessary for my future work. 10. … watches have become very attractive. 11. Most of … watches you see in the shop work on … quartz. 12. … Bach gives me much pleasure. 13. … Bach recording you presented me is first class.      14. What has been the longest period of … peace in … history? 15. If you study … History, you have to read much. 16. … Christmas is my favourite holiday. 17. … time is … money. 18. I regret … time I spent in the country. 19. Can you play … piano? 20. He usually plays … volleyball on … Tuesdays. 21. While there’s … life – there is … hope. 22. What … charming people your parents are! 23. For … further information phone … number below. 24. It’s more difficult to play … violin than to learn to play … tennis. 25. It’s … time you were more serious. 26. Look at … time, we’d better get moving.

  

Ex.16. Insert the or ‘–’.

1. … Johnsons are going to visit … USA and … Canada in … winter. 2. What … lovely weather we are having today! 3. … pollution is one of … greatest problems facing … mankind. 4. How delicious … cake is! 5. They have two holiday homes: one in … mountains and … other at … seaside. 6. … small room was crammed with … furniture. 7. When I was at … school I was really bad at … History. 8. … chopsticks are used a lot in … Japan. 9. I learnt … French at … school, but when I tried to speak … French couldn’t understand me. 10. … government has promised to spend more money on … health and … education. 11. … police showed him lots of photos but he wasn’t able to pick out … man who robbed … bank. 12. … letter is from … Browns with whom I stayed … last summer. 13. … film takes us back to … time of … American war of … Independence. 14. … money he borrowed from his uncle was of little help. 15. I don’t mind staying at … home and looking after … children. 16. … Royal Hotel was completely destroyed by fire … last Saturday. 17. … birds can fly high in … sky. 18. They managed to arrive on … time despite … heavy snow storm. 19. … statue of Eros is located in … Piccadilly Circus. 20. He has just given me … very helpful advice. 21. Do you like … big cities? – No, I come from a small town in … mountains. … tourists seldom come so far to … north of... Great Britain.

Ex.17. Supply a / an, the or ‘–‘.

     1. … trip costs … lot of … money. 2. She failed us! What … surprise! What … shame! What … shock! 3. I think you are telling … lie now. 4. Did you have … lovely time at … picnic? 5. I was feeling hungry so I had … snack. 6. You have made … mistake. 7. Could you give me … lift to the university? 8. Have … look at … sky. It looks like … rain. 9. She will have … shower and return in … hour and … half. 10. I’ll have to make … speech at the reception. 11. I assure you I’m telling … truth.     12. In … England and … Japan they drive on … left. 13. … Henry … VIII had … six wives. 14. In … August we don’t go to … university. 15. I like to stay at … home on … cold nights. 16. … Independence Day is on … 4th of … July. 17. Nancy didn’t go to … work yesterday. 18. … advice you gave me was very helpful. 19. She likes to be in … centre of … attention. 20. He lives in … north of … Africa. 21. George likes to listen to … music and he likes … jazz best.