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ENGLISH WORKBOOK FOR KPDS & ÜDS DR. H
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KMET
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AH
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NER 0 536 456 5395
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Practice 1. Insert 
 a
or 
 an
if necessary.
1 My neighbour is ______ photographer; let'sask him for ______ advice about colour films.2 We had ______ fish and ______ chips for______ lunch. ~ That doesn't sound ______very interesting lunch.3 I had ______ very bad night; I didn't sleep______ wink.4 He is ______ vegetarian; you won't get______ meat at his house. He'll give you ______nut cutlet. ~ Last time I had ______ nut cutlet Ihad ______ indigestion.5 ______ travel agent would give you ______information about ______ hotels.6 We'd better go by ______ taxi—if we can get______ taxi at such ______ hour as 2 a.m.7 ______ person who suffers from ______claustrophobia has ______ dread of beingconfined in ______ small space, and wouldalways prefer ______ stairs to ______ lift.8 Do you take ______ sugar in ______ coffee? ~I used to, but now I'm on ______ diet. I'm tryingto lose ______ weight.9 ______ man suffering from ______ shock should not be given anything to drink.10 You'll get ______ shock if you touch ______live wire with that screwdriver. Why don't youget ______ screwdriver with ______ insulatedhandle?11 It costs fifty-five and ______ half pence andI've only got ______ fifty pence piece. ~ Youcan pay by ______ cheque here. ~ But can Iwrite ______ cheque for ______ fifty-five and______ half pence?12 ______ Mr. Smith is ______ old customerand ______ honest man. ~ Why do you say that?Has he been accused of ______ dishonesty?13 I'm not ______ wage-earner; I'm ______self-employed man. I have ______ business of my own. ~ Then you're not ______ worker;you're ______ capitalist!14 When he was charged with ______ murderhe said he had ______ alibi.15 ______ friend of mine is expecting ______baby. If it's ______ girl she's going to be calledEtheldreda. ~ What ______ name to give______ girl!16 I have ______ hour and ______ half forlunch. ~ I only have ______ half ______ hour—barely ______ time for ______ smoke and ____cup of coffee.17 I hope you have ______ lovely time and______ good weather. ~ But I'm not going for______ holiday; I'm going on ______ business.18 He looked at me with ______ horror when Iexplained that I was ______ double agent.19 I wouldn't climb ______ mountain for$1,000! I have ______ horror of ______heights.20 I have ______ headache and ______ sorethroat. I think I've got ______ cold. ~ I think you're getting ______ flu.21 ______ Mr. Jones called while you were out
(neither of us knows this man).
He wants tomake ______ complaint about ______ article inthe paper. He was in ______ very bad temper.22 If you go by ______ train you can have quite______ comfortable journey, but make sure youget ______ express, not ______ train that stopsat all the stations.23 ______ few people know
(hardly anyoneknows)
that there is ______ secret passage fromthis house to ______ old smugglers' cave in thecliffs.24 I'm having ______ few friends in to ______coffee tomorrow evening.Would you like to come? ~ I'd love to, butI'm afraid I'm going to ______ concert.25 It's time you had ______ holiday. Youhaven't had ______ day off for ______ month.26 He broke _______leg in_______ skiingaccident. It's still in ______ plaster.27 I want ______ assistant with ______knowledge of French and ______ experience of ______ office routine.28 I see that your house is built of ______ wood.Are you insured against _______ fire?29 The escaping prisoner camped in ______wood but he didn't light ______ fire because______ smoke rising from the wood mightattract ______ attention.30 I had ______ amazing experience last night.I saw ______ dinosaur eating ______ meat piein ______ London park. ~ You mean you had______ nightmare. Anyway, dinosaurs didn't eat______ meat.31 I'll pay you ______ hundred ______ week.It's not ______ enormous salary but after all youare ______ completely unskilled man.32 If you kept ______ graph you could see at______ glance whether you were making______ profit or ______ loss.33 ______ little
(hardly anything)
is knownabout the effect of this drug; yet ______ chemistwill sell it to you without ______ prescription.34 I have ______ little money left; let's havedinner in ______ restaurant.
 
ENGLISH WORKBOOK FOR KPDS & ÜDS DR. H
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KMET
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AH
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NER 0 536 456 5395
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35 Would it be ______ trouble to you to buy me______ newspaper on your way home?36 ______ man is ______ reasoning animal.
Practice 2. Insert 
the
if necessary.
1 ______ youngest boy has just started going to______ school; ______ eldest boy is at ______college.2 She lives on ______ top floor of an old house.When ______ wind blows, all ______ windowsrattle.3 ______ darkness doesn't worry ______ cats;______ cats can see in ______ dark.4 My little boys say that they want to be ______spacemen, but most of them will probably endup in ______ less dramatic jobs.5 Do you know ______ time? ~ Yes, ______clock in ______ hall has just struck nine. ~Then it isn't ______ time to go yet.6 He was sent to ______ prison for ______ sixmonths for ______ shop-lifting. When ______six months are over he'll be released; ______difficulty then will be to find ______ work. ~Do you go to ______ prison to visit him?7 I went to ______ school to talk to ______headmistress. I persuaded her to let Ann give up______ gymnastics and take ______ balletlessons instead.8 ______ ballet isn't much use for ______ girls;it is much better to be able to play ______ piano.9 I am on_______ night duty. When you go to______ bed, I go to ______ work.10 Peter's at ______ office but you could get himon ______ phone. There's a telephone box justround ______ corner.11 He got_______ bronchitis and was taken to______ hospital.I expect they'll send him homeat ______ end of ______ week. ~ Have yourung ______ hospital to ask how he is?12 Ann's habit of riding a motorcycle up anddown ______ road early in ______ morningannoyed ______ neighbours and in ______ endthey took her to ______ court.13 He first went to ______ sea in a Swedishship, so as well as learning ______ navigationhe had to learn ______ Swedish.14 ______ family hotels are ______ hotelswhich welcome ______ parents and ______children.15 On ______ Sundays my father stays in______ bed till ten o'clock, reading ______Sunday papers.16 Then he gets up, puts on ______ old clothes,has ______ breakfast and starts ______ work in______ garden.17 My mother goes to ______ church in ______morning, and in ______ afternoon goes to visit______ friends.18 Like many women, she loves ______ teaparties and ______ gossip.19 My parents have ______ cold meat and______ salad for ______ supper, ______ winterand ______ summer.20 During ______ meal he talks about ______garden and she tells him ______ village gossip.21 We have a very good train service from hereto ______ city centre and most people go to______ work by train. You can go by ______bus too, of course, but you can't get a seasonticket on ______ bus.22 ______ dead no longer need ______ help.We must concern ourselves with ______ living.We must build ______ houses and ______schools and ______ playgrounds.23 I'd like to see ______ Mr. Smith please. ~ Doyou mean ______ Mr. Smith who works in______ box office or ______ other Mr. Smith?24 Did you come by ______ air? ~ No, I cameby ______ sea. I had a lovely voyage on ______Queen Elizabeth II.25 ______ most of ______ stories that ______people tell about ______ Irish aren't true.26 ______ married couples with ______children often rent ______ cottages by ______seaside for ______ summer holidays.______ men hire boats and go for ______ tripsalong ______ coast; ______ children spend______ day on ______ beach and ______ poormothers spend ______ most of ______ timedoing ______ cooking and cleaning.27 It's usually safe to walk on ______ sand, buthere, when ______ tide is coming in, ______sand becomes dangerously soft. ______ peoplehave been swallowed up by it.28 When ______ Titanic was crossing ______Atlantic she struck an iceberg which tore a hugehole in her bow. ______ captain ordered______ crew to help ______ passengers into______ boats.29 Everywhere ______ man has cut down______ forests in order to cultivate ______ground, or to use ______ wood as ______ fuelor as ______ building material.30 But ______ interference with ______ natureoften brings ______ disaster______ tree-fellingsometimes turns ______ fertile land into adustbowl.31 ______ people think that ______ lead is
 
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______ heaviest metal, but ______ gold isheavier.32 Our air hostess said, '______ rack is only for______ light articles______ heavy things suchas ______ bottles must be put on ______ floor.'33 ______ windows are supposed to let in______ light; but ______ windows of this houseare so small that we have to have ______electric light on all ______ time.34 There'll always be a conflict between ______old and ______ young______ young peoplewant ______ change but ______ old peoplewant ______ things to stay ______ same.35 ______ power tends to corrupt and ______absolute power corrupts absolutely.36 You can fool some of ______ people all______ time, and all ______ people some of ______ time; but you cannot fool all ______people all ______ time.
Practice 3. Insert 
a, an
or 
the
if necessary.
1 There was ______ knock on ______ door. Iopened it and found ______ small dark man in______ blue overcoat and ______ woollen cap.2 He said he was ______ employee of ______gas company and had come to read ______meter.3 But I had ______ suspicion that he wasn'tspeaking ______ truth because ______ meterreaders usually wear ______ peaked caps.4 However, I took him to ______ meter, whichis in ______ dark corner under ______ stairs (______ meters are usually in ______ dark corners under ______ stairs).5 I asked if he had ______ torch; he said hedisliked torches and always read ______ metersby ______ light of ______ match.6 I remarked that if there was ______ leak in______ gaspipe there might be ______explosion while he was reading ______ meter.7 He said, 'As ______ matter of ______ fact,there was ______ explosion in ______ lasthouse I visited; and Mr. Smith, ______ owner of ______ house, was burnt in ______ face.'8 'Mr. Smith was holding ______ lighted matchat ______ time of ______ explosion.'9 To prevent ______ possible repetition of thisaccident, I lent him ______ torch.10 He switched on ______ torch, read ______meter and wrote ______ reading down on______ back of ______ envelope.11 I said in ______ surprise that ______ meterreaders usually put ______ readings down in______ book.12 He said that he had had ______ book but thatit had been burnt in ______ fire in ______ Mr.Smith's house.13 By this time I had come to ______conclusion that he wasn't ______ genuine meterreader; and ______ moment he left ______house I rang ______ police.14 Are John and Mary ______ cousins? ~ No,they aren't ______ cousins; they are ______brother and ______ sister.15 ______ fog was so thick that we couldn't see______ side of ______ road. We followed______ car in front of us and hoped that wewere going ______ right way.16 I can't remember ______ exact date of ______ storm, but I know it was ______ Sundaybecause everybody was at ______ church. On______ Monday ______ post didn't comebecause ______ roads were blocked by ______fallen trees.17 Peter thinks that this is quite ______ cheaprestaurant.18 There's been ______ murder here. ~ Where's______ body? ~ There isn't ______ body. ~Then how do you know there's been ______murder?19 Number ______ hundred and two, ____house next door to us, is for sale.It's quite ____ nice house with ______ bigrooms______ back windows look out on ______park.20 I don't know what ______ price ______owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are ______agents. You could give them ______ ring andmake them ______ offer.21 ______ postman's little boy says that he'drather be ______ dentist than ______ doctor,because ______ dentists don't get called out at______ night.22 Just as ______ air hostess
(there was onlyone on the plane)
was handing me ______ cupof ______ coffee ______ plane gave ______lurch and ______ coffee went all over ______person on ______ other side of ______gangway.23 There was ______ collision between ______car and ______ cyclist at ______ crossroadsnear ______ my house early in ______ morning______ cyclist was taken to ______ hospitalwith ______ concussion ______ driver of ______ car was treated for ______ shock ______ witnesses say that ______ car was going
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