Here is practice
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Choose the right variant.
1. He crossed___stream which was below the pool stepping cautiously from___stone to___stone.
a) the,___,___
b) the, the, the
c) а, а, а
d) the, a, a
2. In___ spring of___following year we went___abroad and were absent several months.
a)___, the,___
b) the, the, the
c)___,___,___
d)the, the___
3. ___day after my talk with Isabel I left___Chicago for___ San Francisco where I was to take ship for___ Far East.
a) a,___,___,___
b) the,___,___, the
c)___, __, the, the
d) the, the, the, the
4. After___lunch they sat down under the oak tree drinking___Turkish coffee.
a) the, the
b)____,___
c)__, the
d)a, a
5.1 had scarcely got into___bed when a strain of _ music seemed to break forth in___air just below my ********
a)___,___,___
b) a,___, the
c)the, the,___
d) the,___, the
6. But after___fortnight of___bad weather it cleared. "Let's see how___weather turns out?" he said and took a chair nearer at___hand.
a)___,a,___, the
b) a, the, the, a
c) a,___, the,___
d) the, the, the, the
7. At___tea, which they both took with___lemon, John spoke about___Bahamas.
a)___, the, the
b)_,___,___,
e)___,___, the
d) the, the, the
8.___map of ___world, until ___end of ___ fifteenth century exhibited only___one hemisphere, and even that was not completely explored.
a) the, the, the, the, the
b) the,___,___, the,___
c) a, the,___,___s___
d) the, the, the, the,___
9. As___weather was fine, they had___pleasant walk across___park which stretched along___Thames.
a) the, the, the, the
b)___, the, a, the
c) the,__, the,___
d) the, a, the, the
10. On___first of___May, after their last year together at___college, Frank and Robert were on___ tram.
a) the, the,___,___
b)___,___,___,the
c) the,___,___, a
d) the,___, the, a
11. At that time of___year the wild animals —___ lion,___gazelle and___antelope also wander further to ___south.
a) the, the, the, the, the
b)___, a, a, a, the
c) a, the, the, the,___
d) the,___,___,___, the
12. After___tea Edgar and the brothers received ___permission to leave___table.
a) the, a, the
b)___, the,___
c)___,___, the
d)___,___,___
13. "I am in___hurry. Turn to___left in___High Street and drive me down to___East End," I ordered taking my seat.
a) a, the, the, the
b)a, the,___, the
c)___,___,___,___
d) the, a, the, an
14. Through an open window a peak of___Balkans, wonderfully white and beautiful in ___ starlit snow seems quite close at___hand.
a)the,the, the
b)the,the,___
c)___, a, a
d) the, a, a
15.___great Sahara, that frightful desert of___ vast scorching sand, stretching from___Red Sea to ___Atlantic, is cleft by one solitary thread of___ water.
a) the,___, the, the,___
b)___, a, the, the, the
c) the, the, the,___,___
d)___,___,___, the, the
16. It was___late evening, and after___lamp-heated air of___dining-room,___coolness of___night was delicious.
a) a, a, the,___,___
b)the, the, the, the,the
c)___,___, a,___, a
d)___, the, the, the, the
17, He walked into___Green Park that he might cross to___Victoria Station and take___underground into___City.
a) the,___, the, the
b)the,the, the, the
c)___,___,_______
d)___,___, an,___
18.___rice,___jute,___indigo,___opium oilseeds, and___tea are___principle articles which come into export trade from___Calcutta.
a)___,___,.___,______the,___
b) the, the, the, the, the, the,___
c)___,___,___the,___,___, the
d) the, the, the,___, the,----,-----
19. They reached___outskirts of___forest, and saw__lights of___village in which they dwelled.
a)___, a,___, a,
b)the,the,the,the
c)___, the, the, the
d) the, the, the, a
20. "___telephone may quicken some of___labours, but it hardly lightens them, since by its power to interrupt it usually wastes quite as much time as it otherwise saves," he said with___laughter.
a) a, the, the
b) the,___, a
c)___, the,___
d) the, the,___
21. He came into___lounge.___woman with___ dark hair and___ thin straight face was arranging some flowers in the hall.
a) the, a,___, a
b) a, a, the, the
c)___, the, the, the
d) the, a, the, a
22. What___wonderful frame it is! Is it made of ___birch?___birch is my favourite tree.
a)___, the, the
b) a, the, a
c) a,___, the
d)___, a, a
2 3. They went___side by___side,___hand in___ hand silently towards the hedge, where___mayflowers, both pink and white, were in___full blossom.
a)___,___, the, the,___, a
b) the, the___,___,___,___
c) a, a,___,___, the, the
d)___t___t___,___t___}___
24. There are several ways of capturing___tigers. But___hunters must be very careful because___tiger is___ferocious beast.
a)___,___, the, a
b)the,___, a, a
c)___, the, a, the
d)___,___, the, the
25. During___last ten years she has been___head mistress of___elementary school.
a) the,___, an
b)___.the ___
c)___,___,___
d)the, the, the