- •1. Contrast the use of the indefinite and definite articles:
- •2. Insert either a/an or the:
- •3. Use the proper article:
- •4. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the of-phrases:
- •5. Use the proper article where necessary:
- •6. Translate the words in brackets:
- •A bad customer
- •Thank you, I feel much better
- •8. Complete the sentences and the extract from a history book using the definite article with the following
- •9. Answer these questions about yourself and your favourite things:
- •10. Uncountable material nouns:
- •11. Abstract nouns:
- •12. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to the nouns
- •13. Complete the following speech by inserting “the” where necessary:
- •14. Complete the exclamations with a or an only where necessary:
- •15. Fill in the blanks:
- •16. Fill in the blanks:
- •17. Fill in the blanks:
- •18. (Morning, day, afternoon, evening, night):
- •19. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with nouns denoting parts of the day:
- •20. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those
- •Indicating parts of the day:
- •21. (Days, months):
- •22. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the names of seasons:
- •23. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attantion to those denoting
- •24. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the names of meals:
- •25. Supply a/an where necessary. Note where you can use a/an or zero (-):
- •26. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those denoting
- •27. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to the nouns
- •28. (Bed, prison, school, college):
- •29. Insert the definite article where necessary:
- •30. Use the proper article:
- •31. Fill in the blanks:
- •32. Fill in the blanks:
- •33. Insert the definite article where necessary:
- •34. Supply "the" or "-':
- •35. Insert articles where necessary:
- •36. Set expressions:
- •37. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the article in adverbial phrases of manner:
- •38. Translate into English:
- •39. Translate into English:
- •40. Translate into English:
- •41. Translate into English:
- •42. Translate the following sentences into English. Mind the use of the articles:
- •43. Translate into English:
- •44. Dictation-translation:
- •45. Translate into English:
- •46. Translate the following into English. Mind the use of the article with: news, advice, information, money, work,
- •47. Translate into English:
- •48. Translate the following sentences into English. Mind the use of proper nouns:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Write the following sentences a) in the negative, b) in the interrogative:
- •3. Answer the questions using the Simple Present:
- •4. Answer the questions using the Present Indefinite:
- •5. Read quickly in the Singular:
- •6. Write the following sentences in the 3rd person singular:
- •7. Change the following a) into the negative, b) into the interrogative:
- •8. Write the following sentences a) in the negative, b) in the interrogative:
- •9. Use the required tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •10. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite:
- •11. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:
- •12. Correct the sentences. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each
- •13. Correct these sentences. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each
- •14. Put the verb into the correct form:
- •15. Translate the sentences into English:
- •16. Translate the sentences into English:
- •17. Translate the sentences into English:
- •18. Translate the sentences into English:
- •19. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •20. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •21. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past:
- •3. Complete these sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the past simple form:
- •4. Open the brackets using the Past Indefinite:
- •5. Read the following sentences a) in the interrogative, b) in the negative:
- •6. Make up questions and give answers:
- •7. Open the brackets:
- •8. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Present Indefinite or the Past Indefinite:
- •9. Make sentences with a similar meaning by using used to:
- •10. In this exercise you have to complete the sentence with used to:
- •11. Write some sentences about Denis who started following his friend Henry's life-style. Denis stopped doing
- •12. Paraphrase these sentences to show the actions or states that have now ended:
- •13. Translate:
- •14. Translate:
- •15. Translate:
- •16. Translate:
- •17. Translate:
- •18. Translate:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Future Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Refer these statements to the future using the given adverbial modifiers of time and making necessary changes:
- •3. Translate what is given in brackets using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •4. Complete the following sentences using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •5. Add the missing information:
- •6. Paraphrase these sentences to use an adverbial clause of time or condition:
- •7. Complete these sentences by putting in the right tenses:
- •8. Complete the following using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •9. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future indefinite or the Present Indefinite:
- •10. Put the verb in brackets into the Simple Present and the Simple Future:
- •11. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite and the Future Indefinite:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Translate into English:
- •14. Translate into English:
- •15. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Continuous Tense:
- •2. Use the Present Continuous instead of the infinitive in brackets:
- •3. Put each verb into the present progressive tense form:
- •4. Complete the sentences by using the words in brackets. Use the Simple Present or the Present Progressive:
- •5. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the Simple Present or the Present Progressive:
- •6. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •7. Use the verbs given in brackets in the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous tenses:
- •8. Use the Present Continuous or the Present Indefinite instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Indefinite and the Present Continuous:
- •10. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •11. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous where necessary:
- •12. Open the brackets:
- •13. Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite Tense or the Present Continuous Tense:
- •14. Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite Tense or the Present Continuous Tense:
- •15. Translate the following into English. Pay attention to the use of the Present Continuous to express an action
- •In the near future:
- •16. Translate into English:
- •17. Translate into English:
- •18. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Continuous Tense:
- •2. Answer the questions using when and the verb of the subordinate clause in the Past Continuous Tense:
- •3. One evening there was some gun shooting in the park near your house. Use the words in brackets to make
- •4. A group of people were staying in a hotel. One evening the fire alarm rang. Use the words in brackets to make
- •5. Write a compound sentence made of two simple sentences, saying that two actions were going on at the same
- •6. Ask questions to the following statements. Begin with a given interrogative word (words):
- •7. Open the brackets:
- •8. Open the brackets:
- •9. Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets. Use the Simple Past or the Past Progressive:
- •10. Put the verb into the correct form, the Past Progressive or the Simple Past:
- •11. Open the brackets using the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •12. Open the brackets. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •13. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •14. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •15. Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Progressive or the Past Simple:
- •16. Express the same idea using the past progressive tense forms to denote a frequently repeated habitual action
- •In the past:
- •17. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite and the Past Continuous:
- •18. Translate:
- •19. Translate into English, using the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense:
- •20. Translate into English:
- •21. Translate into English:
- •22. Translate into English:
- •23. Translate into English: Бешкетник
- •24. Translate into English:
- •25. Translate into English:
- •26. Translate into English:
- •27. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the ways of expressing speaker’s emotions by using the Present,
- •28. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Future Continuous Tense:
- •2. Say what other people will be doing at a given moment in the future:
- •3. Answer the questions in the Future Continuous Tense, using the given suggestions:
- •4. You misheard your partner who's talking about his plans. Using a given interrogative word (words), ask
- •5. Use the Future Continuous where possible:
- •6. Open the brackets using the Future Indefinite or Future Continuous:
- •7. Put the verb in brackets into the Simple Present, the Simple Future and the Future Progressive:
- •8. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite, the Future Indefinite and the Future Continuous:
- •9. Open the brackets. Use the Future Indefinite if the action is permanent, repeated or it is a one-time action. Use
- •10. Translate into English using the Future Continuous Tense:
- •11. Translate into English:
- •12. Translate the sentences into English:
- •13. Translate the sentences into English:
24. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the names of meals:
1. We have ... breakfast at 8. 2. When ... lunch was over they went upstairs to rest a little. 3. We all agreed that it was ... very pleasant dinner. 4. It is not good to smoke before ... breakfast. 5. Nobody objected to ... light supper. 6. At ... dinner we sat far from each other and could not talk. 7. All that made … excellent breakfast. 8. When I came down to ... tea all had already gone. 9. ... dinner was marvellous. 10. She was not sure whether she should order ... supper herself. 11. It all happened at ... official luncheon. 12. When ... dinner was over she decided to talk with him. 13. As for ... supper itself it was ... very tasty one. 14. For ... breakfast was bacon and eggs and coffee. 15. We must organize ... little dinner to celebrate the event. 16. If you come half an hour before ... supper you will always find him at home. 17. After ... dinner sit a while, after ... supper walk a mile. 18. That night we had ... lonely little dinner. 19. She came down to ... breakfast. 20. I shall speak to him at ... dinner.
25. Supply a/an where necessary. Note where you can use a/an or zero (-):
1. I'm going to bed. I've got_______headache. 2. I was awake all night with_____ toothache. 3. I think Gillart's got______ flu. 4. The children are in bed with____mumps. 5. Mind you don't catch_____cold. 6. _________measles can be very unpleasant. 7. Don't come near me. I've got______sore throat. 8. I think I've got_____ cold! 9. I've had________terrible backache. 10. I often suffer from______backache.
26. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those denoting
diseases:
1. My daughter's children went down with ... chicken-pox. 2. She suffered from ... bronchitis. 3. Sheiga who had recovered from ... measles was also there. 4. She had been absent less than ... week when ... operation for ... appendicitis was performed on her. 5. "Were you sick? - I had ... fever." 6. I am suffering from ... malaria and I am sure you don't know what it feels like when ... fever comes on. 7. Finally I came down with ... pneumonia. My mother took me home to nurse me. While I was getting over ... pneumonia I decided what I was going to do.
27. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to the nouns
bed, table, school, hospital, prison, church and town:
1. Then he carefully placed ... money on ... bed. 2. They were discussing it after ... supper, when ... children were in ... bed. 3. ... doctor shrugged his shoulders and sat down beside ... bed. 4. He would pile ... journals and ... newspapers ... books and ... pamphlets on ... bed, ... table and ... spare chairs. 5. When he finished at ... midnight, too exhausted to read any further, he went ... to bed. 6. He worked hard and often got out of ... bed at ... night to make sure that he had written ... point down. 7. In ... few minutes she went to ... bed. 8. Mr Peck came in. He taught us ... algebra and ... geometry; he was ... man about fifty-five who had spent his whole life at ... school. 9. Paula taught Greek and Latin at local school. 10. In ... morning I went as usual to ... school. 11. He went to ... school to speak to ... head-master about his son. 12. After ... lunch Dr Raily went off to ... hospital. 13. They had ... hospital in ... town during ... war. 14. Doctor Huger is ... best man for you but he's at ... hospital doing ... emergency operation. 15. He is in ... hospital and his condition is reported as being serious. 16. He was in ... hospital for ... few weeks, and came back more moody than ever. 17. St Peter's is ... church often chosen by ... fashionable people for ... funerals and ... weddings. 18. They stood for ... moment, then all together slowly moved towards ... church. 19. "Do you go to ... church? - Occasionally." 20. I could see from ... car ... church on ... sharply rising slope. 21. They rode in ... silence for ... moment ... church disappearing behind them. 22. She was dressed for ... church. 23. I'I1 drive you to ... town this morning. 24. We decided to spend ... summer in ... sea-side town. 25. They lived in ... same part of ... town. 26. ... town was not large enough for one to stay anonymous. 27. When will you drive back to ... town place. 28. I'm afraid you can't see father today; he's out of ... town. 29. My Aunt Milly was well known all over ... town.