Exercise 6

Fill in the blank with the article where necessary.(Вставте артикль, де потрібно).

1. What's... weather like today? —... weather is fine. 2.... sun is yellow. 3.... sky is grey today. 4.... Earth is... planet. 5. We had... English les­son yesterday.... teacher asked me many... ques­tions.... questions were difficult. 6. Where is your brother? — Не is at... home. He is in his... room. He is sitting at... table, He is doing his... home­work».., homework is difficult. 7. Our... cat is sit­ting on... sofa. 8. It is very dark in... room. Turn on... light, please. 9. Nick went into... bathroom, turned on... water and washed his... hands.

Exercise 7. Insert articles where necessary.

1. This is ... house. 2. This is... house in which I live. 3. This is... butter. 4. This is... butter I bought for you. 5. My father is... worker. 6. His father is ... worker who improved this machine. 7. This man is ... teacher I told you about. 8. Ann's mother is... teacher. 9. His wife is... doctor. 10. His wife is... doctor who treated my sister. 11. February is... shortest month. 12. July is... seventh month of the year. 13. It is... Indian film. 14. It is... film we discussed yesterday. 15.... cow is... domestic animal. 16.... carrot is... vegetable. 16.... carp is... fish.

Exercise 8. Insert articles. Retell the story.

...little girl was sitting on... front porch when... stranger came up to the gate. He tried to open it but... gate wouldn't open.

"Is your mother at home, little one?" asked... stranger,

"Yes, sir, she's always at home," said... child.

... stranger jumped over... gate and rang... doorbell. There was no answer. He rang it several times more, and waited.... door remained closed. Somewhat angry, he turned to... child and said;

"Didn't you say your mother was at home?"

"Yes, and I'm sure she is," replied... girl.

"Then why doesn't she answer my ring, I wonder."

"I think she will, sir, when you reach our house," replied...girl. "We live four doors down... street."

Exercise 9. Insert articles where necessary. Retell the text.

GREAT BRITAIN

... United Kingdom of... Great Britain and... Northern Ireland is situated on... British Isles, the largest of which are... Great Britain and... Ireland.... British Isles are separated from... continental Europe by... North Sea and... English Channel,... narrowest part of which,... Straight of Dover, is 33 kms wide.

In... west... British Isles are washed by... Atlantic Oce­an.... Irish Sea separates... Great Britain from... Ireland.

...United Kingdom consists of... England,... Wales,... Scotland and... Northern Ireland.

... Northern part of... island of... Great Britain (... Scotland) is occupied by... mountains which are called... Highlands of... Northern Scotland and... Southern Uplands with... Central Lowland of... Scotland between them.... Highlands of... Northern Scotland are divided into... North-western Highlands and... Grampians.... highest mountain in... Great Britain is... Ben Nevis; it is situated in... Grampians.

... Pennines are... mountains situated in... central part of... island of... Great Britain,... Pennines are separated from... Southern Uplands by... valley of... river Tyne.... Tyne flows into... North Sea.

...Wales is... mountainous part of... Great Britain. It is occupied by... Cambrians.... highest mountain in... Cambr­ians is...Snowdon.

... longest river in... Great Britain is... Severn. It rises in... Cambrians and flows into... Bristol Channel.

... Thames in not so long as... Severn but it is... most important river in... Great Britain.... London,... capital of... United Kingdom, is situated on... Thames.

Exercise 10. Insert articles where necessary. Retell the text.

Charles Dickens,... great English writer, was born on... 7th of... February 1812 in... small English town. He was...weak child and did not take... part in... noisy and active games.... little boy was very capable. He learned to read at... early age and read many books in his childhood. When he was about six, someone took him to... theatre for... first time. He saw... play by Shakespeare and liked it so much that he decided to write... play himself. When it was ready, he performed it with some of... his friends. Everybody enjoyed... performance and... little writer felt very happy. When Charles was nine years old,... family moved to... London where they lived in... very old house. Charles' father was... poor clerk.... life of... family was very hard. There were several younger children in... family besides Charles.... future writer could not even go to... school. At that time his father was put in... prison because he could not pay his debts. His wife and all... children went into... prison too. Those were... most unhappy days in... Charles' life. At... age of ten he had to start working.... boy worked from... morning till... night to help his family.

When his father was out of... prison,... young Charles was sent to... school where he remained three years. When he was fifteen he had to leave... school and start earning his own living again. He spent his spare time reading in... British Museum.

In... few years he became... newspaper reporter. In 1836 Dickens published his first book.