Section 2. Grammar Practice

1. The Article

Exercise 1.1. Fill in "a" or "an".

1. ___ judge 4. ___ astronaut 7. ___ doctor

2. ___ artist 5. ___ policeman 8. ___ teacher

3. ___ detective 6. ___ officer 9. ___ waiter

Exercise 1.2. Read the words and fill in the blanks with "a", "an" or "some".

1. ___ tea 6. ___ hour 11. ___ salt 16. ___ pepper

2. ___ elephant 7. ___ cup 12. ___ eye 17. ___ horse

3. ___ box 8. ___ egg 13. ___ uncle 18. ___ water

4. ___ house 9. ___ union 14. ___ blouse 19. ___ money

5. ___ onions 10. ___ plates 15. ___ farmer 20. ___ milk

Exercise 1.3. Fill in "a", "an" or "the" where necessary.

1.  This is ___ textbook. 2.  Where is __ post office? 3.  ___ Lucy’s uncle is __ teacher. 4.  Julie has got ___ orange. 5.  This is ___ way to school. 6.  It’s ___ long way to __ office. 7.  There are a lot of flowers in __ garden. 8.  ___ Peter and ___ Ben are brothers. 9.  ___ Eifell Tower is in Paris. 10.  ___ Sphinx is in __ Egypt.

11. There’s some sugar in ___ bowl. 12. Open ___ door, please! 13. These are ___ our shoes. 14. ___ English like __ tea. 15. ___ small black dog is mine. 16. ___ Statue of Liberty is in __ America. 17. ___ snakes are dangerous. 18. ___ man in the green shirt is Sam. 19. He has __ telephone and __ computer. 20. John is not in ___ office today.

Exercise 1.4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate article where necessary.

1.  My friends study at ___ University. 2. There are ___ beautiful buildings in the town. There are also ___ beautiful parks and gardens there. In ___ evening you can hear ___ sounds of ___ music from ___ parks. 3. In ___ University there is ___ library, ___ sport grounds, ___ gym and several mess-rooms. 4. This is ___ classroom. ___ classroom is large and light. 5. There is ___ timetable on ___ wall. 6. What ___ date is it today? It is ___ seventh of ___ December. 7. ___ third lesson today is ___ English lesson. 8. Petrov, go to ___ blackboard! 9. After lessons we go to ___ mess-room to have ___ dinner. 10. My father is ___ policemen. He often comes from ___ work late. But on ___ Friday he comes ___ home early. On ___ Saturday and on ___ Sunday he does not go to ___ work.

Exercise 1.5. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate article where necessary.

1. They travelled by car around ___ Europe last month. 2.___ Great American Lakes are___ Lake Huron, ___ Lake Superior,___ Lake Ontario, ___ Lake Michigan and ___ Lake Erie. 3. ___ north of ___ Scotland is known for its wild beauty. 4. Are ___ Urals higher or lower than ___ Alps? 5. It was Burns who wrote "My heart's in ___ Highlands". 6. ___ Mediterranean Sea washes ___ Europe, ___ Asia and ___ northern coast of ___ Africa. 7. What oceans does ___ Panama Canal connect? – I suppose ___ Atlantic and ___ Pacific Oceans. 8. ___ Seine flows through ___ Paris to ___ Atlantic Ocean. 9. We get coffee mostly from ___ Brazil and ___ Columbia. 10. ___ Alaska is the biggest and coldest state in ___ USA. 11. Where are ___ Canaries situated? 12. ___ United Kingdom consists of four parts: ___ England, ___ Scotland, Wales and ___ Northern Ireland. 13. I went to ___ German Republic last summer, but I haven't been to ___ Netherlands yet. 15. ___ Thames is not the longest river in ___ Great Britain but it is rather wide and navigable.

Exercise 1.6. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate article where necessary.

1. The centre of ___ City is represented by three buildings: ___ Mansion House, ___ Royal Exchange and ___ Bank of ___ England. 2. When will he arrive at ___ Heathrow airport? 3. ___ Bolshoi Theatre is famous for its ballet performances. 4. What is on at ___ "Pushkinsky"? 5. ___ Princess Diana stayed at ___ Hilton Hotel. 6. People coming to London often do shopping in ___ Oxford Street. 7. If you are interested in churches and historical places, you should by no means see ___ Westminster Abbey, ___ Houses of Parliament, ___ St. Paul's Cathedral and ___ Tower. 8. ___ British Museum is famous for its library, one of the richest in the world. 9. Across the road from Westminster Abbey is ___ Westminster Palace, the seat of ___ British Parliament. 10. ___ West End is the symbol of a wealthy and luxurious life. 11. If you like art galleries you should go to ___ National Gallery and ___ Tate. 12. On ___ Wednesday ___ Financial Times published an article about the situation in ___ North Korea.

Exercise 1.7. Choose the correct item.

1.  He crossed ___ stream stepping cautiously from ___ stone to ___ stone.

a) the, ___, ___ b) the, the, the c) а, а, а d) the, a, a

2.  In ___ spring of ___ following year we went ___ abroad and were absent several months.

a) ___, the, ___ b) the, the, the c) ___, ___, ___ d) the, the, ___

3.  After ___ lunch they sat down under the oak tree drinking ___ coffee.

a) the, the b) ___, ___ c) ___, the d) a, a

4.  At ___ tea, which they both took with ___ lemon, John spoke about ___ summer.

a) ___, the, the b) ___, ___, ___, e) ___, ___, the d) the, the, the

5.  ___ map of ___ world, until ___ end of ___ fifteenth century exhibited only ___ one hemisphere (полушарие), and even that was not completely explored.

a) the, the, the, the, the b) the,__, __, the, __ c) a, the, __, __, __ d) the, the, the, the, __

6.  As ___ weather was fine, they had ___ pleasant walk across ___ park which stretched along ___ Thames.

a) the, the, the, the b) __, the, a, the c) the, __, the, __ d) the, a, the, the

7.  On ___ first of ___ May, after their last year together at ___ college, Frank and Robert were on ___ tram.

a) the, the, __, __ b) __, __, __, the c) the, __, __, a d) the, __, the, a

8.  "I am in ___ hurry. Turn to ___ left in ___ High Street and drive me down to ___ East End", I ordered taking my seat.

a) a, the, the, the b) a, the, __, the c) __, __, __, __ d) the, a, the, an

9.  ___ great Sahara, that frightful desert of ___ vast sand, stretching from ___ Red Sea to ___ Atlantic.

a) the, __, the, the b)__, a, the, the c) the, the, the, __ d)__, __, __, the

10.  He walked into ___ Green Park that he might cross to ___ Victoria Station and take ___ underground into ___ City.

a) the, __, the, the b) the, the, the, the c)__, __, __, __ d)__, __, an, __