16.Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

When we want to write ... letter, we take … piece of ... paper and ... pen. We first write our ,.. ad dress and ... date in .., right-hand corner. Then оn .,. left-hand side we write ,.. greeting. We may write, for instance, "My dear brother’' "Dear Henry," etc., and then on ... next line we begin ... real letter. We must not forget to leave ... margin on ... left-hand side of ,.. page. At ... end of ,., letter we write "Yours," and then we sign our name. We put ... letter into ... envelope and close ... envelope. On ... envelope we write ... name and address of ... per son who will receive it. We stick .. stamp in ... to| right-hand corner, and then we post ... letter.

17.Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. This is ... pen. It is ... good pen. ... pen is black. It is on ... table. 2. I have got ... dog. ... dog's name is Spot. He is ... big grey dog. ... dog is very strong. 3. My friend has ... sister. Her name is Ann. ... girl is ... pupil. 4. We have ... picture in ... living room. ... picture is very good. It is on ... wall. 5.. There is ... map on ... wall of ... classroom. It is ... map of ... world. There are many seas and lakes on ... map. 6. My brother is ... doctor. His flat is in ... centre of ... city. It is in ... new house. There are three rooms in ... flat. ... living room is .. largest of all. It is ... nice light room. There are ... pictures on ... walls. There is ..a round table in ... middle of ... room. There is ... sofa at ... wall with ... large thick carpet in ... front of it. ... study and ... bedroom are small, but very comfortable.

10. Глагол to be в Simple Past.

Remember

18. Fill in the gaps with the verb to be in Past Simple.

a). Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer … a writer. One of his famous books … The Canterbury Tales. It … written in1387. The idea for his book … was taken from the Italian write Boccaccio’s Decameron.. The language … not exactly modern English – but it … not very different.

b)Try to read the text of the fourteenth century.

The Language Here biginneth the Millere his Tale

of the Whylom ther was dwellinge at Oxenford

Middle Ages A rich gnof, that gestes beeld to bord, And of his craft he was a carpenter.

19. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the verb to be in Present or Past Simple.

The beginning of rock ’n’ roll history

Rock ‘n ‘ roll … very popular with black musicians. The great rhythm ‘n’ blues players … Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Chuck Berry. Forty years ago black music and white music … two completely separate things. Chuck Berry … the first black musician to cross the barrier and sell records to both black and white young people. His songs … about the lives of teenagers – all teenagers. The hit of 1958 … Sweet little sixteen. These songs … also popular, too. They … favourite songs of a great number of people.