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EXERCISES TO CHAPTER 5
... (place to change into a bathing suit)? 8. ... (tent on the beach)?
9. ... (bathhouse)? 10. ... (snack bar nearby)?
III. Tell me about the snack bar.
1. ... (soda)? 2. ... (soup)? 3. ... (hotdogs)? 4. ... (milk)? 5. ... (sand-
wiches)? 6. ... (ice-cream)? 7. ... (tea with lemon)? 8. ... (French
toast)? 9. ... (potato salad)? 10. ... (grilled cheese)?
Insert the articles where necessary. Mind the use of 9.
articles in the pattern there is / there are.
Sunday brunch in elegant Mercury Towers Hotel is unforgettable experience. There are only fi fteen tables in large dining
room and there is lot of space between them. As result, you eat in
quiet atmosphere, without overhearing conversations from tables
around you. At one end of room there is musician providing soft
background music. At other end of room there is huge buffet table
full of food. It is center of everyone’s attention. There are big ice
sculptures on table. They are usually animals or human fi gures
and they are masterpieces of one of many specialty chefs who work
in kitchen. Surrounding ice sculptures there is variety of gourmet
dishes. They are all high-calorie creations, but everyone knows
that you don’t go to brunch at Towers if you are on diet. There is
separate dessert table in one corner of room. It is place where some
diners go fi rst, some diners go last, and real lovers of sweets go
fi rst and last! There are chefs behind each table to serve you and
to identify dishes that you don’t recognize. There are also waiters
in dining room who bring fresh bread and hot and cold drinks to
your table. Combination of luxurious surroundings, excellent food
and attentive service makes brunch at Towers special.
Translate into English paying attention to the use of 10.
articles in the construction there is / there are.
1. Над дверью магазина была вывеска. 2. В доме большая
гостиная, но очень маленькие спальни. 3. В ее глазах была
глубокая тоска. 4. Где-то поблизости должен быть гараж. Там
непременно есть механики, они нам помогут. 5. В его голосе
была приятная хрипотца (huskiness). 6. В то время у меня
была возможность получить любую работу. 7. Кажется, у тебя
есть причина откладывать этот разговор. 8. В их глазах стояли
слезы, но не слезы отчаяния. 9. В комнате такая старая мебель,
что на нее страшно садиться. 10. В этом доме есть подходящая
нам по цене квартира, но в ней нет центрального отопления.
11. В вашем магазине есть книги на испанском языке? 12.
В комнате стояла тишина. 13. На подносе стояли чашки из
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тончайшего китайского фарфора. 14. В сумке лежали вещи,
только что купленные в магазине беспошлинной торговли. 15.
Здесь есть люди, которые знают об этом гораздо больше меня.
Comment on the use of articles with predicative 11.
nouns.
1. What a small eater you are! 2. They are very little trouble.
3. Aren’t you a perfect disgrace? 4. The girl’s voice was a very low
whisper. 5. He is a disappointment to his parents. 6. It was a big
key of iron, over a foot long. 7. Here in Castile, May is a month of
great heat. 8. He was the fi rst tourist from the group who passed
through the customs. 9. It was a job the clerks all hated. 10. John
is a fresh air friend. 11. My folks are great readers of newspapers.
12. Dr. Saunders was an early riser. 13. The skipper was a bad
loser. 14. He was a hired bodyguard to a very rich woman. 15. It
was the moment when afternoon and evening hang balanced in
mid-heaven. 16. The curtains let enough light through for me to
see that it was a nice day. 17. He was a good talker if only you
could keep him from his favourite subject. 18. I am a poor and
dilatory correspondent. 19. But I’m a wine drinker ... You don’t
know how I long for wine. 20. There were other moments when
time was like a shadow on the mountains. 21. They were very
strong pills that had been given to him as a sedative. 22. This
town is the last big place before the desert. 23. He was an afterdinner speaker and had read all the best books on the subject.
24. But the twenty dollars a week had been a life-saver. 25. But
Franklin was not a lonely scholar. For him, learning was a social
experience. 26. At that time he was a Professor of Philosophy at
California University. 27. It’s the same reason I’ve warned you
about. 28. But we are old friends and we used to say what we
meant to each other. 29. She was the daughter of a solicitor in
Liverpool. 30. What an odd, unsatisfactory child you are!
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles before predi-12.
cative nouns.
1.Melanie was ... fool but there was nothing anyone could do
about it. 2. She was ... real heart-breaker. 3. My son could not afford
to marry ... penniless girl, but he is not ... fortune-hunter. 4. She
was ... great dreamer and she narrated her dreams at intolerable
length. 5. In a very short time she knew all her fellow passengers.
She was ... good mixer. 6. He played bridge poorly but was ... keen
golfer. He was not ... bad tennis player either. 7. ... dog is ... great
promoter of friendly intercourse. 8. She was ... burden on her hus-
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band and friends. 9. Those are ... risks you take. 10. His works are
... monuments to his great genius. 11. Professor Beans is ... man
to whom you’ll responsible for your undergraduate teaching. 12.
«You’re quite ... stranger», she said languidly. 13. He himself was always ... worker and ... saver, George always ... drone and ... spender.
14. He was ... remarkable diagnostician but ... poor operator. 15. At
any rate ... beggars can’t be ... choosers. 16. You are ... giver and she
is ... taker. 17. I was still ... child enough to understand it properly.
18. She was ... good hostess and seeing my embarrassment came
up to me. 19. He had realized to the full that Irene became ... world
to him. 20. She is ... careful and accurate typist. 21. Brooke is ...
commander-in-chief; I am ... commissary-general; ... other fellows
are ... staff-offi cers; and you, ladies, are ... company.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles before predi-13.
cative nouns.
1. He was ... great hand at frying a catfi sh. 2. Rather than become ... eye-openers, these newspapers mislead people. 3. It is...
miserable world, ... wet world, but always and predominantly ...
white world of softness and beauty. 4. She was … excellent and
... most accomplished wife to him. 5. It’s ... shame you haven’t
come in time. 6. That is not ... point to discuss. 7. You are ... most
tactless person upon earth. 8. I was ... manager of the Crawford
Street brunch of the bank. 9. It just seems to be ... wrong way to
go about it. 10. He is going to be ... farmer – and he loses his way.
11. There was ... clang, … instant suspense, and ... cage dropped
and rocketed to ... bottom. 12. ... man could gamble himself to pov-
erty and still be ... gentleman, but ... professional gambler could
never be anything but ... outcast. 13. The grade school was ... large
wooden building, old, ugly and dangerous, but ... high school was
... pride of ... town. 14. That was ... opportunity that Mr. Warburton could never resist. 15. The voice that answered him was not
only ... masculine voice but also … irritated, weary, despairing
voice. 16. It was ... great landlocked harbour big enough to hold
... fl eet of battleships. 17. Not marrying his beloved was merely
... last straw. 18. ... wish is ... father to ... thought. 19. ... world
fastest four-legged animal is ... cheetah. 20. He was ... part of …
beach and ... leaning trees, ... part of ... friendly hillside behind the
house. 21. She seemed to be ... most attractive girl. 22. Since he is
… manager of this estate he is responsible for everything. 23. «But
we know her quite well – she is ... daughter of Lord Charles Ferrar». 24. They are ... rules which stood for ... long time. 25. You are
... teacher so you should have more understanding of children.
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Fill in the gaps with the proper articles before nouns 14.
in the predicative function.
1. It’s ... most diffi cult task imaginable. 2. That’s ... right
thing to do. 3. He was ... fi rst to join ... party. 4. Suzanne
was not ... woman to give way to ... despair. 5. That’s ... only
available suite. 6. I was ... only woman working in that mine.
7. He was ... bald, stout man of fi fty-two. 8. That was ... room
that Nancy liked best in ... house. 9. She’s quite ... best dancer
I know. 10. She is ... darling, he thought, and so very dense.
11. He was not ... man to be trifl ed with. 12. That is ... danger
moment. 13. ... shop was ... popular greengrocer and fruitage’s.
14. He knew that ... tall ribboned offi cer was ... Chief of Police.
15. It was ... best-fi nanced reactionary campaign in history.
16. ... students there are ... jolly crowd. 17. It had been ... slow
tricky job because steps were icing as fast as they were cleared.
18. It was ... fi ne October evening with ... solemn and sorrowing
sky, full of ... stars. 19. Standish was going to turn away, but
something about ... man attracted his attention. It was ... way
... newcomer was holding his case under his arm, protectively.
20. This country was ... latest who renewed ... diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Paraphrase the sentences according to the model:15.
He doesn’t read much. – He is not a great reader.
1. He eats well and sleeps well. 2. He swam better than anyone
of us. 3. How well you dance! 4. I hate letter writing. 5. He used
to drive fast. 6. The family used to get up early. 7. I subscribe to
the «Cosmopolitan». 8. He talked brilliantly. 9. He believed truly
in God. 10. He was a brute of a young man, he drank heavily and
ran after women. 11. He has many friends as he makes them easily. 12. He was deaf-and-mute but he could read from lips well.
13. He’s fond of playing bridge. 14. My husband and I go to the
theater nearly every weekend. 15. I always feel extremely bad
during a fl ight.
Complete the following sentences using the proper 16.
name that serves to typify the whole of the class. Mind
the use of the indefi nite article before nouns-predicatives.
1. He doubts everything. He is …..
2. He is very naive and credulous man, a regular ……
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3. I was going to invite Jane to the theatre but Peter stole a
march on me and I was left in the cold. What a …. he is!
4. She is slow in the uptake, a regular ….. .
5. Something always happens to her, that’s why she has
earned the name of …. .
6. He is a happy-go-lucky fellow, always gay and smiling, no
wonder he is called …. .
7. He does things quickly and may be always relied upon, he’s
a typical ….. .
8. That guy has all the luck in the world. What a …. he is!
9. She is homely and simple, just a ….. .
10. Don’t you realize you are a butt of everybody’s jokes, a veri-
table …. .
11. Suppose you mind your own business and keep your eyes
off keyholes. Stop playing a ….. !
12. She is so charming and has such winning ways, a typical ….. .
13. One moment she says one thing, another moment some-
thing different, always hedging and tricky. …. fi ts her very
well.
14. She could be of service to us but when it came down to
brass tacks that ……. was not worth a pin.
15. What’s the matter with that fellow with the down and out
expression on his face? A ….. pure and simple.
16. Unlike his brother whose face is his misfortune, Tom is
very proud of being called ……. .
17. By hook or by crook he gets everything he wants. Isn’t he …….!
18. He rightfully earns the name of ….. because of his remark-
able nature.
19. If you don’t want to spoil your party, never invite that ….. .
20. Act at once, or else another ….. will get ahead of you
again.
Say it in English. If necessary, check with the key. 17.
Mind the use of the indefi nite article before nounspredicatives.
1. Ну и соня же ты! Опять проспал! 2. А я и не знал, что
ты такая плакса! 3. Твой брат – ну и хитрец же он! Всегда
настоит на своем. 4. Не понимаю, почему ты доверяешь ему.
Он такой болтун. 5. Что за лентяй! Немедленно принимайся
за дело. 6. Ты глупышка, перестань плакать. Никто не хотел
тебя обидеть. 7. Какая ты жадина! Пожалела глоток «Пепси»!
8. Эти двое – совершенно разные дети. Он ужасный тихоня,
а она – сорвиголова. 9. Нет, он совсем не глупый мальчик,
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просто он – растяпа. 10. Тоже мне, важная персона! Думает,
что все хуже него.
Predicatives can be expressed by set-phrases (similes). 18.
Match the appropriate halves to complete these wordcombinations. Mind the use of articles in them.
1. as cruel as 1. a bear
2. as heavy as 2. an owl
3. as light as 3. a church mouse
4. as dead as 4. a cucumber
5. as fresh as 5. a bee
6. as meek as 6. clockwork
7. as high as 7. an old shoe
8. as busy as 8. a snail
9. as slippery as 9. night and day
10. as wise as 10. weather
11. as cool as 11. a bug in a rug
12. as different as 12. a mule
13. as hungry as 13. an eel
14. as sober as 14. the sky
15. as thick as 15. leather
16. as plain as 16. a lamb
17. as regular as 17. a judge
18. as comfortable as 18. a daisy
19. as stubborn as 19. a peacock
20. as poor as 20. thieves
21. as innocent as 21. a lord
22. as proud as 22. an apple-pie
23. as free as 23. soot
24. as fast as 24. rain
25. as pretty as 25. the hills
26. as drunk as 26. mind
27. as fit as 27. a cat
28. as strong as 28. a hunter
29. as clear as 29. a picture
30. as old as 30. a feather
31. as blind as 31. a feather
32. as easy as 32. a lark
33. as tough as 33. lead
34. as ugly as 34. a doornail
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35. as changeable as 35. a kitten
36. as merry as 36. a bat
37. as well as 37. day
38. as snug as 38. a fiddle
39. as black as 39. a bird
40. as slow as 40 a deadly sin
Comment on the use of articles paying attention to the 19.
nouns in the function of a direct object.
1. I had a feeling that at last she had made up her mind. 2.
Uttering a word of recognition, she rushed across the road. 3.
Mrs. Macandrew shared a common opinion of her sex that a man
is always a brute to leave a woman who is attached to him. 4.
She had a knowledge of modern painting and modern music that
not a little impressed Ashenden. 5. She didn’t have courage to
say that it was inconvenient. 6. My client wishes to enter a plea
of guilty to all the charges. 7. When they reached the house he
pulled out a crumpled letter, which she read while he was washing. 8. He, too, had seen the reporters industriously getting his
words down. 9. He thought he detected in her voice a note of apprehension. 10. I can’t tell you coherently the events of the last
twenty-four hours. 11. I’ve been a widow a very long time and I’ve
led a quiet life. And they brought pineapples and great bunches
of bananas. 12. They didn’t even have the same colour of eyes. 13.
Bart opened a packet of cigarettes and offered one to Magda. 14.
I don’t believe Jane fears the rivalry of any girl under the sun.
15. May I offer you a hand? 16. He had none of the tolerance of
the older examiners, but seemed to set out deliberately to fail
the candidates who came before him. 17. She would serve tea
and delicious sandwiches and leisurely gossip the hours away.
18. She felt a momentary intense relief at being able to speak her
feelings. 19. Melly and he were always talking such foolishness,
poetry, and books and dreams and moon rays and stardust. 20. I
know the very half-acre where it is grown.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles paying atten-20.
tion to the nouns in the function of a direct object.
1. She has ... perfect command of English. 2. I wish you to
have ... good time. 3. I have ... pen but it won’t write. 4. «I’ve had
... letter from Sarah», he said. 5. I can get ... job at Payne and Perkins, they’ll be glad to have me. 6. I don’t want anything. I had ...
cocktail and ... tremendous lunch. 7. The house had ... big veran-
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dah. 8. He had ... eye for everything and he wouldn’t put up with
any nonsense. 9. You’ve had ... lucky escape. 10. She must have
had ... bad fright. 11. He had … uneasy suspicion that they read
too much of his thoughts. 12. Catching ... sight of the clock at the
Army and Navy Stores he remembered suddenly ... engagement
to play golf at his club. 13. He began to read, giving the stranger
... opportunity to recover himself. 14. She felt ... sudden pang and
made ... attempt to get up. 15. Ned Preston certainly had ... way
with him. 16. We’ll never get him ... second time. 17. The house
always gave him ... feeling of being there without permission. 18.
Before the fi rst year passed I had saved ... thousand dollars and
we lived in comfort. 19. He couldn’t see ... face that was staring
at him through the window. 20. He hurled ... gramophone on the
fl oor. 21. I’d had ... bad shock. 22. If I do ... thing, I’ll do it thoroughly but I must have ... free hand. 23. The girl I had been shadowing turned ... knob and opened ... door. 24. At that moment she
saw ... acquaintance of hers on the other side of the street. 25. I
read ... dedication written at the front cover.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles paying atten-21.
tion to the nouns in the function of a direct object.
1. He chose ... wrong minute to say that. 2. She liked ... idea of
guiding me about the town. 3. Do you mean to say that you don’t
want ... money, ... big money, ... money running into millions? 4.
She loved ... horses and talked ... horses constantly. 5. The priest
opened ... doors and they showed again ... front garden of evergreens and all. 6. You’ve seen ... pictures of ... clothes worn in Victorian times, haven’t you? ... skirts right down to the ground, not
even ... ankles showing? 7. He paused before ... wall-width mirror
to inspect ... shave. He could fi nd no fault with it as he studied ...
refl ection facing him. It showed ... deep-seamed, craggy face. 8. I
ordered ... ice-cream for her and two coffees. 9. He showed ...scar
on his forehead as ... result of ... wound. 10. Out in ... cold night air,
he wiped ... sweat from his forehead. 11. In this backwater of ... life
we don’t often have ... visitors. 12. He had only visited ... theatre
once since ... rehearsals began. 13. She swung ... chair round to face
Mel’s. 14. You’ve read ... letter. It was mad of me to write it. 15. She
was impatient now to make ... next call. 16. It was Tuesday before
Linda got ... chance to see Elizabeth. 17. But no alarm awoke in
her for he gave ... impression he had found ... job through ... agency.
18. Certainly I had ... trouble getting my own breath. 19. So far as
anyone had ... infl uence over Roy, I had. 20. I saw ... girl so clearly
that I couldn’t have mistaken her for anyone.
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Fill in the gaps with the proper articles paying atten-22.
tion to the nouns in the function of a direct object.
1. What was there to fear in this world but ... hunger and ...
cold and ... loss of home? 2. On my way home I noticed ... cabdriver crowd gathered in front of ... P.J. Clark’s saloon, apparently attracted by ... group of ... whiskey-eyed army offi cers. 3.
We have about 150 reform-minded members who are dead set
against ... reforms. 4. She wiped my face with ... kitchen-slopped
apron. 5. She cast ... glance at me. 6. Then he got ... telegram
from Sweden saying that his father was dying. 7. If you don’t
mind, we’ll occupy ... room above. 8. People here do not shake ...
hands as much as we do in Europe. 9. ... brief word may be said
regarding ... material used. 10. We have ... special problems to
deal with. 11. They again opposed ... real efforts to bring ... peace
to Mid-east. 12. ... scientists are considering ... problem of how to
use ... energy released by ... earthquakes. 13. But they have come
on ... very different errand. 14. What have I got to offer ... girl like
that? 15. It struck her that she was doing all ... talking and no
one had ... chance to do more than listen. 16. Pretending ... interest gave me ... suffi ciently private opportunity for sizing Holly’s
friends. 17. Like ... most shy men he greatly admired ... airy, vivacious, always-at-ease girls. 18. He told ... now attentive crowd
how he was going to proceed. 19. He saw ... hurt creeping into her
eyes and reached for her hand. 20. Lord, how I look forward for ...
dip in the Atlantic. I’d give anything for ... good long swim.
A) Study the following word-combinations. Mind the 23.
use of articles with nouns in the function of a direct
object. Use them in the sentences of your own.
Give combines with the following nouns: advice / information
/ news / answer / one’s attention / a bath / a call/ a ring / a chance
/ a description / an explanation / a guess / a help / a kiss / a lead /
lessons / a lift / an opportunity / birth / evidence / one’s life for / a
party / place to / thanks for, etc.
Take combines with the following nouns: action / advice / aim
/ a bath / a break / care / charge of / a class / courage / a decision /
effect / an exam / fright / a joke / a look, etc.
B) Say it in English using the verbs give or take.
1.Он наслаждался каждой минутой своего пребывания
в первоклассном отеле и необыкновенно гордился этим. 2.
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Сегодня так жарко, я, пожалуй, приму ванну. 3. Я чувствую,
что смогу многого достичь в жизни, если мне дадут такую
возможность. 4. Когда вы сдаете первый экзамен? 5. Ты только
посмотри на это! 6. Когда ты ведешь машину, то должен уступать
дорогу транспорту, едущему с правой стороны. 7. Наконец-то
этой фирмой займется компетентный руководитель. 8. Многие
учителя дают частные уроки, чтобы заработать на жизнь. 9.
Я посетила только шесть занятий по вождению, но сдала на
права с первого раза. 10. Хочешь, я подвезу тебя до института?
11. Новые правила начнут действовать с завтрашнего дня.
12. Мне потребовался целый день, чтобы справиться с этой
работой. 13. Ты будешь устраивать вечеринку по случаю
своего дня рождения? 14. Особую благодарность мы выражаем
нашим спонсорам. 15. Пожалуйста, позаботься о моей собаке
во время моего отсутствия.
Fill in the gaps with the proper articles paying attention 24.
to the nouns in the function of a prepositional object.
1. In this production one felt ... real love for ... author. 2. I
cannot forbid ... house to ... man who thinks what my husband
thinks. 3. Not that I’m asking for ... thanks. 4. ... fact fi lled me
with ... moral indignation. 5. In general ... educational system
is fi nanced by ... state. 6. They affi rmed that they stood for ...
abolition of ... racist regime in South Africa. 7. Next morning
he woke up with ... sore face and ... headache. 8. He left in ...
chauffer-driven Daimler. 9. He spoke as one who was used to
... large audience. 10. He was so desperate with ... hunger and
reckless with ... misery that he asked ... master for some more
gruel. 11. Julie was messing around with Dan, squealing with
... laughter. 12. He was tingling with ... life and also top heavy
with ... conceit. 13. «Captain, is everything well?» they asked
timidly, but he answered with ... hollow moan. 14. ... sweet
herbal scent seemed to emanate from ... old velvet hangings.
15. ... inmates gathered round ... tea-table were absorbed in
... handiwork. 16. … little wooden tables were marked with ...
rings that hinted at ... beer-mugs. 17. He was provided with ...
ample basket for his purchases, and off he hurried with ... lan-
tern. 18. ... playful kids assailed him with ... jeers, carrots and
popular catch-words, their innocent faces lit with ... pleasure
they ever derive from ... sight of ... gentleman in ... diffi culties.
19. Very soon he would be caught, reviled, loaded with ... chains,
dragged back to ... prison, to ... bread-and-water and straw. 20.
He crossed ... fi eld of wheat, full of ... quiet motion and ... small
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