- •I.E. Ilyina, V.I. Kopelnick, o.G. Lyabina
- •Improve your english grammar Учебное пособие для студентов неязыковых вузов Tambov 2010
- •Существительное (the noun) множественное число существительных (the number)
- •Падеж существительных (possessive case)
- •Артикль (the article)
- •Прилагательное (the adjective) наречие (the adverb)
- •Местоимение (the pronoun) личные местоимения (personal pronouns)
- •Притяжательные местоимения (possessive pronouns)
- •Возвратные и усилительные местоимения (self-pronouns)
- •Указательные местоимения (demonstrative pronouns)
- •Неопределенные и отрицательные местоимения (indefinite and negative pronouns)
- •Вопросительные, относительные и союзные местоимения (interrogative, relative and conjunctive pronouns)
- •Глагол (the verb) изъявительное наклонение (the indicative mood) действительный залог (the active voice)
- •Страдательный залог (the passive voice)
- •Модальные глаголы (the modal verbs)
- •Неличные формы глагола (non-finite forms of the verb) инфинитив (the infinitive)
- •Причастие (the participle)
- •Герундий (the gerund)
- •Общие задания на неличные формы глагола (general revision tasks on the non-finite forms of the verbs)
Артикль (the article)
1 Can you play … violin?
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2 Translate these sentences into … English.
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3 Have you been to … United States of America?
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4 Where are … Alps situated?
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5 Are you fond of travelling by … air?
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6 … Atlantic Ocean washes the coasts of many countries.
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7 She is … tallest girl in the group.
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8 My day off is … Sunday.
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9 What is … English for «девочка»?
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10 … sun was getting warmer.
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11 … door is locked.
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12 Have you got ... telephone?
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13 … telephone is out of order.
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14 It is dark on ... landing.
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15 Do you like ... dogs?
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16 Don’t tease ... dog.
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17 Never try to stroke ... dog if you don’t know it.
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18 … fountain-pen won’t write.
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19 Have you got ... fountain-pens on sale?
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20 Where can I have ... coat made to order?
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21 Where did you have ... coat made?
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22 In this store they always have a wide choice in ... coats and ... suits.
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23 … suits are ready-made.
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24 Where is ... key?
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25 How many flats are there in ... house?
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26 How much are ... dinner-sets? How many articles are there in ... set?
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27 I’d like to have ... hamburger for ... breakfast.
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28 Pushkin is ... outstanding Russian poet.
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29 Can you play ... piano?
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30 Will you play ... chess with me?
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31 At ... night I had ... terrible headache after I had drunk ... lot of coffee in ... evening.
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32 There is ... bend in the road.
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33 Thomas Banks is ... last person I want to see.
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34 My favourite subject at school was ... History.
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35 He knows ... history of the French Revolution well.
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36 Tom’s going to take ... his fishing-rod.
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37 Could you phone later, please? Jane’s having ... shower.
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38 The rent is 50 dollars ... week.
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39 We often go to ... theatre and to ... cinema.
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40 Yesterday Dad came home at 8 o’clock, we had ... dinner and then watched ... TV. We went to ... bed at 11 p.m.
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41 What ... pity they haven’t come!
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42 I can’t find … letter which I received this morning.
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43 – By ... way, have you heard anything from Tim lately? … last year he entered ... Oxford University.
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44 ... President is going to open ... new hospital in … capital … next month.
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45 Are you going to … country on ... Saturday?
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46 They usually go ... shopping on … Mondays, but … last Monday they didn’t do ... shopping.
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47 Dad came to ... school to see my teacher.
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48 «Do this exercise at ... school and that one at … home», said our teacher in ... loud voice.
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49 Could you tell me ... time, please? - It’s ... quarter past four.
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50 We are busy today, but we have ... little time to spare tomorrow.
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51 The sweater was cheap. It cost only ... few pound.
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52 To tell ... truth, I didn’t expect to see him.
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53 It’s ... high time you stopped being so lazy.
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54 ... earth goes round ... sun.
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55 ... life is hard in that climate.
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56 What ... lovely song!
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57 It took me one and ... half hours to get there.
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58 ... half ... dozen eggs, please.
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59 I went to ... France last year, but I haven’t been to … Netherlands yet.
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60 I live in ... Sovetskaya Street.
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61 ... Thames flows through ... London.
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62 ... United Kingdom includes ... Great Britain and ... Northern Ireland.
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63 My train leaves from ... Waterloo Station at 7.10 p.m.
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64 St. Bernard dogs are named after a monastery high up in ... Alps.
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65 ... Queen Elizabeth II won’t speak on … TV tomorrow.
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66 ... USA is ... fourth largest country in ... world after ... Russia, ... Canada and ... Republic of ... China.
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67 ... English Channel is between ... Great Britain and ... France.
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68 ... Trafalgar Square is the geographical centre of ... London.
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69 … student Tom spent two years in ... Africa.
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70 ... Houses of Parliament has over 1,000 rooms, and 2 miles of corridors.
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71 Would you like to go to ... Kremlin?
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72 ... Everest is the highest mountain in … world.
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73 ... West End is … symbol of … wealthy and luxurious life.
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74 Where’s ... John’s raincoat?
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75 ... Pacific is … largest ocean on … our planet.
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76 Have you ever been to ... Bolshoi Theatre?
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77 Does ... Mark speak ... Spanish?
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78 Show me ... Canary Islands on this map, please.
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79 How much does it cost to stay at ... Grand Hotel?
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80 Although the north of ... Scotland is called ... Highlands. … mountains aren’t high there - ... Ben Nevis (1343 m) is … highest peak.
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81 I’ve made up my mind to go to ... Black Sea … next summer.
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82 Two of my classmates entered ... Moscow State University last year.
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83 ... Lake Baikal is … deepest one in … world.
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84 ... Urals are old and not very high.
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85 ... Volga is … longest river in ... Europe; it flows from ... Valdai Hills to ... Caspian Sea.
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86 ... Riviera in ... Caucasus is … most popular place in summer.
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88 ... Elbrus is … highest peak in ... Europe.
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89 ... Hague, … city in ... Western Netherlands near ... North Sea, is … seat of … Dutch government.
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90 ... Strand opens into ... Trafalgar Square, with its fountains, ... Nelson’s Column, ... Admiralty Arch and ... National Gallery.
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91 Government offices line … Whitehall, and on the right is ... famous Downing Street.
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92 ... Sahara is … great desert in ... North Africa, extending from ... Atlantic Ocean to ... Nile.
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93 ... Philippines is … archipelago which consists of thousands of islands.
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94 ... West Indies is … chain of islands between ... North and ... South America.
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95 … turquoise surface of ... Mediterranean is never so blue as that of ... Adriatic.
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96 The travellers stared hard at … distant and blue masses of ... Pyrenees.
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97 … Lake Ontario is one of … five Great Lake in … North America.
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98 On … Wednesday ... Moscow Times published an article about Marcus Webb.
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99 Every morning during breakfast bagpipes are played outside … Queen’s dining-room in ... Buckingham Palace.
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100 … Statue of Liberty was … gift of friendship from … France to … United States.
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101 … judge asked … witness to tell … truth.
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102 … big books on … table are for my history class.
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103 There are only … few seats left for … tonight’s musical at … theatre.
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104 … Queen Elizabeth II is … monarch of … UK.
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105 What did you eat for … lunch yesterday?
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106 I’m having … few friends in for … coffee tomorrow evening.
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107 She lives on … top floor of … old house.
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108 Michael attended … London University.
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109 There is … good Italian restaurant nearby.
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110 Smiths bought … new house.
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111 My daughter is at … doctor’s.
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112 Rome is … old city.
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113 Have you ever visited … Hermitage?
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114 There is always … hope.
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115 Odeon is … largest cinema in the city.
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116 … price of … gold is going up.
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117 I am going to … Paris tonight.
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118 How much are ... dinner sets nowadays?
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119 … chorus of young voices repeating … lesson came from … class-room.
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120 ... echo of her footsteps died away.
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121 Across the yard walked ... young men in ... black robes and … four-cornered hats.
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122 The yacht, ... large and luxurious craft, lay at anchor in … bay.
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123 ... man, who had preceded her to … entrance, opened … door.
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124 He was evidently ... man who had never in his life had … slightest doubt as to his abilities.
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125 Francis had made it a point in knowing ... right people who would write about her.
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126 When I begin to feel drowsy, I change ... heavy book I am reading for … lighter one.
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127 She shook her head trifle - just ... trifle that was meant for «no».
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128 The door was opened after some delay by … very dirty child with ... nose that needed attention.
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129 ... book that reads well gets soon dog-eared.
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130 … boy was casting frightened glances at ... dentist who was getting ready.
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131 The man poured himself another glass of wine with ... hand that shook with irritable anger.
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132 ... cover of ... book attracts ... attention of ... children at once.
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133 ... head of the expedition was ... man who had travelled a lot.
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134 Every morning he would come to ... top of ... hill to drink in the beauty of ... pastures of which he felt himself ... owner.
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135 He could not forget ... face of ... girl with ... fine profile of ... Greek statue.
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136 Mr. Drum was ... large man with ... head full of grey hair, rather unkempt.
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137 When the sprinter came to ... finish ... blood was pounding in his head and ears.
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138 … earth shook with ... roar of ... guns.
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139 When ... race was over ... winner made ... traditional round of ... track, carrying ... wreath of victory.
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140 Tziolkovsky was ... son of ... forester.
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141 He was ... single child.
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142 He was ... only boy of ... five children.
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143 What’s that place? – Mako’s Kraal. They have ... school there. Young Mako is ... teacher.
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144 I think I can give you ... piece of ... good advice.
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145 I am satisfied with ... news I managed to get.
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146 … Napoleon had landed in … Cannes, and such ... fatal news had ruined Amelia’s father.
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147 Where have you got such ... important information from?
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148 He tried to piece together ... information he got from different sources.
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149 How did you manage to stumble upon such ... fine piece of ... information while we were still in the dark?
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150 He received … evasive answer to his request for ... work.
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151 He put away ... work, assuring me that he had nothing to do that could not wait till the next day.
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152 I intended to do ... little work before going to … bed.
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153 Look at the necklace. What ... fine piece of ... work!
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154 ... water is precious in this area and must be paid for.
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155 Don’t drink from this pond, ... water is stale.
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156 ... coal of Newcastle is rich in carbon.
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157 ... coal gas is formed by burning ... coal; it is ... gas used for heating and illuminating.
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158... hot coal fell from ... fire and burned … hole in the carpet.
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159 According to … Greek myth Prometheus stole ... fire from Olympus to give it to … men.
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160 They built ... fire to mark the place for … plane to land.
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161 ... air was filled with … odour of flowers.
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162 There was ... air of importance about him.
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163 … tide was out and … children were digging in ... wet sand.
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164 This is ... tea I am particularly fond of. I don’t think there is ... better tea than this.
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165 ... tea is cultivated in … south of … our country.
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166 «Two teas and ... coffee, please, and some milk, too.»
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167 «What will you have for breakfast?» « ... egg and … cup of ... coffee.»
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168 A sandwich consists of two slices of ... buttered bread with ... meat, ... fish, ... egg, ... cheese or something of the kind between them.
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169 I won’t eat ... fish. It’s not fresh.
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170 The shark is ... fish which is destructive to other fishes and dangerous to the man.
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171 Dishes, piled with … fruit, stood at either end of the table.
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172 In … week or two ... fruit in our garden will be ripe.
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173 The old man’s head shook from side to side like … ripe fruit in the wind ready to drop.
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174 Andrew was … first to break … silence.
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175 We usually have ... dinner at four.
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176 What shall we buy for ... supper?
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177 They had ... breakfast of … bread-and-butter and … omelette.
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178 ... dinner has been served.
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179 After this splendid performance they sat down to ... supper.
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180 They had ... filling but not-too-nourishing breakfast.
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181 They decided on ... light supper.
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182 ... supper was fish and chips.
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183 At last ... dinner came to an end, but the three went on sitting for a while over their coffee.
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184 I made his acquaintance at ... official dinner.
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185 The consul gave ... luncheon in honour of our delegation.
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186 He invited me to … restaurant and treated me to ... expensive supper.
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187 ... room 215 is on ... fifth floor.
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188 … car stopped at ... corner of ... Fifth Avenue and ... 112th Street.
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189 I was very thirsty and took ... second cup of tea, then ... third and only after ... fourth I felt that I had enough.
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190 We have made ... first step, but it should be regarded only as ... first step, as the beginning.
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191 We had better get on ... 24. ... route No. 9 will take us much more time.
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192 «Conductor, where do I get off to change to ... bus 5?»
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193 They went by ... seven o’clock train.
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194 I want two tickets for ... two-fifteen.
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195 The train for Odessa leaves from ... platform 1, ... track 3.
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196 Many famous people were frequent visitors at Abramtsevo, among them ... writer Gogol, ... poet Shevchenko and ... actor Shchepkin.
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197 Once upon … time there lived ... doctor Aibolit who was … great friend of all animals.
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198 ... captain Barlow was what was called an «old sea dog».
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199 «Who operated on your son?» « ... certain surgeon Kryukov.»
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200 ... brother Peter was the preacher of the community of Stilleveld.
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201 They met in Moscow, ... Russian Oleg, ... Indian Rudj and ... Italian Antonio. And Moscow made them friends.
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202 Clyde thought that he, ... nephew of the wealthy Griffiths, should be admitted into high society.
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203 ... Curie, husband and wife, were jointly awarded … Noble Prize for physics in 1903.
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204 Sir Christopher Wren, ... great British architect, is ... creator of St. Paul’s Cathedral and many other wonderful buildings in London.
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205 Democritus, ... Greek philosopher, was known to his contemporaries as ... laughing philosopher.
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206 I still keep wondering if I’m doing ... right thing.
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207 You are ... only person whose opinion is of any value to me in ... present regrettable circumstances.
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208 He told her he hated ... doctors.
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209 ... second bell sounded, and Mr. March began to walk into ... theatre.
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210 They never read anything but ... local paper, and ... local papers report ... London affairs in one line.
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211 It was ... only birthday he had celebrated since he was ... child.
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212 He was ... most interesting man.
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213 ... young man listened to ... conversation with ... amused smile.
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214 She lives in ... doll’s house at the back of the garden.
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215 They were promised ... four days’ rest.
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216 She is out visiting ... neighbour’s daughter.
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217 Thirty years before she taught at ... smart girls’ school.
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