Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 37. Complete the sentences with a(n), the, or zero article. 
1. Are you hot? I’ll open _______ window.
2. Do you know ___________ old people sitting over there?
3. I’ll put ___________ shopping away. Shall I put ___________ meat into
___________ freezer?
4. Kate arrives ___________ home from ___________ work at about 6.00 
every evening.
5. What time do you usually have ___________ lunch?
6. ___________ Atlantic Ocean is bigger than ___________ Indian Ocean.
7. Sue’s brother is still in ___________ hospital.
8. The government plans to hel ___________ poor and ___________ unem-
ployed.
9. Phil Collins can play _________ drums,_________ piano, and ___________ 
harmonica.
10 grandmother often listens to __________ radio in _________ bed at night.
11 I won’t be at ___________ home at 6 o’clock this evening. I’ll still be at 
__________ work.
12 __________ Mont Blanc is higher than __________ Mount Etna.
13. I’d like to live in ___________ small cottage in ___________ country.
14 Which is your favourite meal, __________ breakfast, ___________ lunch, 
or __________ dinner?
15. There’s ___________ good film on at ___________cinema this evening.
16. What isgovernment going to do for _________ unemployed of __________
Great Britain?
17. __________ sun is shining brightly today.
18. __________ beef is a kind of ___________meat.
19. One of the things you need to do when you move to _________new city 
is to find _________ place to live. Most _________ newspapers carry 
________ advertisements (called «want ads») for flats which are for rent. 

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If you find _________ ad for __________ furnished flat, _________ flat 
will probably contain __________ cooker, and _________ fridge. It will 
probably have some furniture such as __________ beds, __________ table, 
chairs, and maybe __________ sofa.
20. ___________ people wear ___________ jewellery to look more attractive.
21. Tommy wants to be ___________ engineer when he grows up.
22. There’s someone at ___________ front door.
23. Mary is wearing ___________ beautiful ring today. It’s made of 
___________ gold and ___________ rubies.
24. I’ll have ___________ dozen eggs and ___________ loaf, please.
25. Coal is sixty dollars ___________ ton at the moment.
26. I’m studying ___________ French and ___________ Italian.
27. I think _________ piano is one of __________ easiest instruments to play.
28. It’s dark in here. Can you turn on ___________ light, please?
29. New York is situated on ___________ east coast of ___________ USA.
30. You mustn’t drink ___________ alcohol.
31. __________ Pacific is one of _________ largest oceans in _______world.
32. __________ British spend more hours watching television than anyone 
else.
33. This is ___________ photograph which I like best.
34. I don’t agree with ___________ people who say that all modern music 
is rubbish.
35. The Empire State building is on ___________ Fifth Avenue, between 
___________ 33
rd 
and ___________ 34
th
Street.
36. That’s ___________ only folk group whose music I really like.
37. When ___________ weather looks rainy, I always carry_______umbrella.
38. Stonehenge is thousands of years old. It’s________ famous prehistoric 
monument.
39. What ___________ beautiful garden!
40. Jack’s got ___________ very long legs–he’s ___________ fast runner.
41. When I see him, I’ll tell him ___________ truth.
42. Do you enjoy going to ___________ concerts?
43. You need ________ visa to visit some foreign countries, but not all of them.
44. What’s wrong with you? Have you got________headache?
45. I think we’ll take ___________ taxi to get to ___________ airport.
46. ___________ YHA (= Youth Hostels Association) is ___________ inter-
national organization which provides cheap residential hostels for young 
travellers, in particular walkers and cyclists.
47. There’s no need to buy any milk. ___________ milkman brings it every 
morning.

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48. ______ ________________ earth goes round ________sun.
50. What ___________ lovely children!
51. I’m only child in ___________ family.
52. Washington, D.C., is ___________ capital of ___________ United States.
53. Sam is ___________ civil engineer.
54. He can’t answer _________ phone because he’s taking ________ shower.
55. We’d like to invite you to ___________ dinner at our house.