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[Wallace]

TASK 03 : Put a/an, the or nothing into each gap.

1. ... Beethoven whose music you have just listened to was one of ... world's greatest composers.

2. ... youth is full of ... pleasure and ... hope.

3. There are five students from ... Japan here, so we have ... good opportunity to practice ... Japanese.

4. We looked at ... cars standing near the store, ... first two were far expensive, but ... other ones were rea*sonably priced.

5. This morning I bought ... newspaper and ... magazine. ... newspaper is in my bag, but I don't know where ... magazine is.

6. I saw ... accident this morning. ... car crashed into ... wall. ... driver of ... car was not hurt, but ... car was badly damaged.

7. We live in ... old house in ... middle of the village. There is ... beautiful garden behind ... house. ... roof of ... house is in ... bad condition.

8. I'm looking for ... job. Did you get ... job you applied for?

9. Could you close ... door, please? They live ... next door.

10. We live in ... small flat near ... center of the city.

11. Did ... police find ... person who stole your car?

12. This morning I had ... boiled egg and toast for ... breakfast.

13. As I was walking along the street, I found ... 10 $ note on ... pavement.

14. Have you got ... car? - No, I've never had ... car in my life.

15. I went into ... shop and asked to speak to ... manager.

16. ... President of ... United States is elected for four years.

17. What ... beautiful garden! ... flowers growing here are beautiful too.

18. It's ... very interesting film. I advise you to see it.

19. You got into ... wrong train. Your train is at ... plat*form 5.

20. ... truth is that he is ... only man she obeys.

21. My cousin, ... young man of twenty-five, works as ... interpreter. He has ... wide range of ... interests and ... good knowledge of three foreign ********s.


TASK 04 : Complete the sentences.

a)

1. There were no chairs in the room so we had to sit on ....

2. As soon as we saw the fire, I called ....

3. We didn't have any stamps, so we had to go to ....

4. I had a toothache, so I made an appointment with ....

5. Ann had to catch a train, so I took her to ... .

6. When we found that someone had broken into our house, we called ....

7. Tom wasn't feeling well, so he went to ....

8. We didn't have any money, so we had to go to ....

9. The plain was delayed, so we had to wait at... for three hours.

10. Somebody robbed the bank, but he was caught by ....

b)

1. I was very tired and it was very late, so I went ... at nine o'clock.

2. My parents are not religious people. They never go ....

3. In Britain, children from the age of five have to go ....

4. There is a lot of traffic in the morning when everybody is going to ....

5. Mr Smith has just had an operation. He is still ....

6. When David leaves school, he wants to study econom*ics ....

7. My job is great. I don't have to be ... until nine o'clock.

8. My father doesn't like hospitals. He is going to stay ... in spite of being seriously ill.

9. I'll give you my telephone number. You can phone me

10. There was no bus, and I had to go ... on ....