Exercise 49

Fill in the needed article.

1. He has a dog. The dog is on the sofa.

2. They have ........ office. ............ office is large.

3. I read ............. book. ............ is interesting.

4. Paul is ........... assistant …….....assistant is busy.

5. Fred is .......... boss. …....boss is at home.

6. She bought .......... nice car. She likes ......... car.

Exercise 50

Read the text and fill in the needed article.

.... Mr Jones has ....... new office. .......... office is large and comfortable. ........... office has ........ desk, ......... telephone and ......... expensive computer. ........... Mr Jones is on ........... telephone now. His secretary is at ............ computer. .............. Mr Jones and .......... secretary are very busy in .............. office today.

Exercise 51

Choose a/the/– .

1. I am from ......... Germany.

2. My name is .......... Christine.

3. They are from ............ United States of America.

4. I’m .......... Penny Horner.

5. I live in ............ Chkalov Street.

6. ........... Red Square is in Moscow.

Exercise 52

a) Add the article a/an.

..... dentist, ..... engineer, ...... manager, ..... secretary, .... street, ..... accountant, ..... lawyer, ..... address, ..... writer, ..... student, ..... nurse, ..... office, ..... British office, ..... Austrian office.

b) Add the/ – .

..... Germany, ..... Kate MacKenna, ..... Lenin Street, ..... Bonn, ..... Red Square, ..... United Kingdom, ..... Soviet Union, ..... Cabot Square, ..... London, ..... Switzerland.

c) Fill in the article where necessary.

Hello. My first name is ..... Tony. My surname is ..... Temple. I am from ..... United States of America. I am ..... American. I live in ..... Washington. I am ..... teacher.

Exercise 53

Make up sentences using the needed article.

(My brother is artist). My brother is an artist.

1. Mr Smith is old customer.

2. I need assistant with knowledge of French.

3. They had meeting this week.

4. She types letters in office.

5. Paul is sale representative in Egypt.

6. Mary is experienced secretary.

7. He is good worker.

8. I have business of my own.

9. It’s English company.

10. Well–known firm needs experienced receptionist.

Exercise 54

Make up correct partnerships.

1. finance an…………………………manual

2. parking an…………………………column

3. shopping a…………………………..space

4. instruction a…………………………..dispenser

5. information a…………………………..jam

6. cash a…………………………..centre

7. advice a…………………………..desk

8. traffic a…………………………..house

Exercise 55

Now use these partnerships from the above exercise to complete the gaps.

1. What time is Ruth coming?

• She’s going to be late. She’s just rung to say that she’s caught in ……………………..in Manor Road.

What’s Hasan doing now?

• He’s working for a computer magazine. He writes…………………………………every month for readers with software problems.

So, you leave your car in the street, Julie. Isn’t that a bit dangerous?

• Yes, but I haven’t got ……………………………………. .

What happened to your old headquarters?

• We sold the building to a firm of property developers. Now it’s …………………………….. .

Excuse me. Do you know where the marketing seminar’s being held?

• Sorry. I’m new here myself. I think there’s………………………………..in the reception area.

Can I use this card to withdraw money?

• Yes. There’s ……………………………………just outside the building. You can use it there.

There’s a part of this new budgeting programme I can’t understand.

• Didn’t …………………………………….come as part of the software package.

The bank has just said ‘no’ to our application.

• Have you thought of trying……………………………….instead.