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I. Grammar Exercises.

1. Supply the correct article where necessary.

1. Would you like ... apple ?

2. Could you close ... door ?

3. We like in … small flat near … centre or the city.

4. Have you finished with … book I lent you last week?

5. We went out for … meal last night … restaurant we went to was excellent.

6. Did … police find … person who stole you bicycle?

7. This is a nice house. Has it got … garden?

8. It was warm and sunny, so we decided to sit in …. garden.

9. This morning 1 had …. boiled egg and toast for breakfast.

10. … man whom Mr. Smith telephoned this morning is here now.

2. Supply the correct prepositions where necessary.

1. He thanked me … my interest … the matter.

2. This book belongs … our teacher.

3. We all went … a walk … the park.

4. Nick usually sits … this desk.

5. I make many mistakes … spelling.

6. The man walked quickly … the room and sat down.

7. She spends a lot … time … her English.

8. We read … the accident … the newspaper this morning.

9. They told me … their trip … the North.

10. They are interested … how well we do.

3. Supply the correct forms of comparison.

1. Try on both costumes and see which is (becoming).

2. This task is not so (difficult) as the rest.

3. The (dim) light in the room grew (dim).

4. The party was as (interesting) as I had expected.

5. David was the (talented) of the two brothers.

6. Uncle John was the (old) son of the family.

7. Of the two evils let us choose the (little).

8. This wine is (good) I have ever tested.

9. What do you think of his (late) film if you saw it?

10. She is a (kind) woman, (kind) I have ever seen. And today she has been (kind) than ever.

4. Supply the correct tense-forms.

1. He (to be) here five minutes ago, but you (to be) out. He (to ask) me to tell you that he (to come) again tonight.

2. The concert (to be) a greater success than we (to expect). We were very glad.

3. She (to teach) at our school for twenty years now.

4. What you (to do) when I (to come) in?

5. When I (to come) to his house, they (to tell) me that he (to leave) an hour before.

6. On checking up his answers, he (to find) out that he (to make) several mistakes.

7. We were happy when the sun (to rise), for the night (to be) very cold.

8. Where you (to put) my dictionary? I cannot find it anywhere.

9. The children (to play) here at eleven o'clock, but now they (to go) home.

10. When they (to return), they (to tell) us many interesting things which they (to see) during their journey.

5. Change the following sentences in Direct Speech into Reported Speech.

1. She answered, «No, I haven't been there.»

2. She said, «Will you go to the forest, if the weather is fine tomorrow?»

3. Bob said, «My sister is such a good pianist.»

4. He said to us, «There will be a very interesting concert to-night.»

5. She said to him «Will you go down and see them off?»

6. Jane said, «When will you finish your composition?»

7. She asked me, «What have you been reading since morning?»

8. He said, «I had left home before it started raining.»

9. He said, «I couldn't swim when I was a boy.»

10. He said, «If she were not so absent-minded she would have done everything in time.»