деловой английский / 1. Aртикль (Article) - exercises
.doc1. АРТИКЛЬ (ARTICLE)
Exercise 1. Put the where necessary.
Example: I find … history an interesting subject.
We studied the history of the Spanish Civil War at school.
1. Andrew hates ____ examinations.
2. How did you get on in ____ examinations yesterday?
3. Do you take ____ sugar in your ____ coffee?
4. ”Where is ____ coffee I bought?” – “It’s in ____ kitchen”.
5. I’m a vegetarian. I don’t eat ____ meat or ____ fish.
6. I’ll put ____ shopping away. Shall I put ____ meat into ____ freezer?
7. Do you like ____ English tea?
8. Do you think ____ love is the most important thing in ____ life?
Exercise 2. Put the where necessary.
1. We’ve finished all ____ wine .
2. I didn’t see ____ whole film.
3. All ____ family went on holiday together.
4. Have you spent all ____ material we sent you yesterday?
5. The tap was dripping ____ whole night.
6. Did you understand all ____ information I gave you?
7. I have already made some of ____ experiments.
Exercise 3. Put the where necessary.
1. She can play ____ guitar and ____ saxophone.
2. We made ____ same experiment twice.
3. We often listen to ____ radio, but we don’t watch ____ TV very much.
4. Without ____ electricity ____ life would be rather difficult.
5. ____ Nile is ____ longest river in ____ Africa.
6. Ron Lewis was born in ____ Manchester, but he lives in ____ Bristol now.
7. When we arrived in ____ Rome we visited ____ St Peter’s church, ____ Castle of St Angelo and ____ National Roman Museum.
Exercise 4. Put a or an where necessary.
1. There is ____ post office in West Street.
2. We ate ____ cheese and drank ____ coffee.
3. Would you like ____ cup of tea?
4. I made ____ very important experiment last week.
5. I’m working as ____ secretary in ____ office in ____ London.
6. What do you think of Lynne? – She’s ____ extremely nice person.
7. Last year I read ____ very interesting book on this problem, then ____ second, then ____ third.
Exercise 5. Translate the following words into Russian / Ukrainian
основа глагола + -tion, -sion, -ion = существительное
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to include – включать |
inclusion – |
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to continue – продолжать |
continuation – |
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to produce –производить |
production – |
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to absorb – поглощать |
absorption – |
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to vibrate – вибрировать |
vibration – |
основа глагола + -er / -or = существительное со значением лица, производящего действия, или орудия действия:
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to generate – генерировать |
generator – |
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to distribute – распределять |
distributor – |
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to cool – охлаждать |
cooler – |
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to operate – оперировать |
operator – |
Exercise 5. Put a/an or the where necessary.
1. I’d like to have ____ hamburger for ____ breakfast.
2. Shevchenko is ____ outstanding Ukrainian writer.
3. At ____ night I had ____ terrible headache after I had drunk ____ lot of ____ coffee in ____ evening.
4. Thomas Banks is ____ last person I want to see.
5. I’d like to see Mr.Smith, please. – Do you mean ____ Mr. Smith who works in the box office or other Mr. Smith?
6. ____ little (hardly anything) is known about the effect of this drug.
7. ____ windows are supposed to let in the light; but ____ windows of this house are so small that they have to have the electric light on all ____ time.
8. ____ Japanese export ____ lot of cars.
9. The rent is 50 dollars ____ week.
10. ____ President is going to open ____ new hospital in ____ capital ____ next month.
11. ____ more he learns English ____ more he likes it.
12. ____United Kingdom includes ____ Great Britain and ____ Northern Ireland.
13. ____ Pacific Ocean is ____ largest ocean in the world.
14. ____ government plans to help ____ poor and ____ unemployed.
15. How much does is it cost to stay at ____ Donbas Palace?