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Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary:

1. This is … pen. … pen is red. 2. This is … soup. … soup is tasty. 3. In the morning I eat … sandwich and drink … tea. 4. She gave me … coffee and … cake. … coffee was hot. … cake was tasty. 5. Do you like … ice-cream? 6. I see … book in your … hand. 7. I have two … sisters. My … sisters are … students. 8. We are at … home. 9. My … brother is not at … home, he is at … school. 10. We have … large … family. 11.My granny often tells us … long … interesting … stories. 12. I am drinking … tea and eating … jam. … jam is sweet.

Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary:

1. What’s … weather like today? - … weather is fine. 2. … sun is yellow. 3. … sky is grey today. 3. … earth is … planet. 4. We had … English lesson yesterday. … questions were difficult. 5. Our … cat is sitting on … sofa. 6. Nick went into … bathroom, turned on … water and washed his … hands. 7.Where is … soup? - … soup is in … big saucepan on … gas-cooker. 8. There is no … bread on … table. Where is … bread? 9. Where is … table in your … room? 10. There is … thick carpet on … floor in my mother’s … room. 11. We have … big dog. … dog is very clever. 12. My friend has … very good computer. 13. This is …tree and that is not … tree. It’s … bush.

Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary:

1. My father goes to … work in … morning and comes… home in evening. 2. In … evening he reads … books. He usually goes to … bed at … half past ten. 3. When do you leave … home for … Institute? – I leave … home at … eight. 4. What do you do after … breakfast? – After … breakfast I go to … work. 5. My granny likes to watch TV after … lunch. 6. There is a proverb: “After … dinner sleep awhile, after … supper walk … mile”. 7. My mother never has … supper with … family because she does not like to eat in … evening. 8. My … aunt and my… uncle are … doctors. They work at … hospital. 9. What … colour is your new … hat? – It’s … red. 10. Where is … refrigerator in your kitchen? - It is in … corner of … kitchen.

Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary:

1. It was … hot day. … sun was shining brightly in … blue sky. 2. … Neva flows into … Gulf of … Finland. 3. Gogol was born in … Ukraine in 1809. 4. Caucasus separates … Black Sea from … Caspian Sea. 5. … Thames is … short river. 6. Kiev is to … south of … Moscow. 7. … Europe is … continent. 8. … Philippines are situated to … south-east of … Asia. 9. I want to go to … New York some day. 10. … climate of … northern part of … Russia is severe.

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary:

On … Sunday our family went to … country. We got up at … sunrise and quickly had … breakfast. After … breakfast we left … home. There is … little village not far from … St. Petersburg where we have … friends. We had … very good time in … country. … weather was shining. We stayed out of … doors all … day long. We played … volley-ball and … tennis. We returned to … town late in … evening. When we came … home, we had … supper and went to … bed at once.

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences, using the articles:

1. У вагоні, у який вони увійшли, не було вільних місць. 2. Він попросив склянку води. 3. Сніг був дуже глибокий. 4. Він став білий, як сніг. 5. Він читає ранкову газету за сніданком. 6. Не сиди на піску, він вогкий. 7. Це дуже цікава робота. 8. Він вірний друг, він завжди каже правду. 9. Не сидіть на сонці надто багато в спекотний день. 10. Дайте мені, будь-ласка, молоко. 11. Зайди до Піта. Він буде радий тебе бачити.