5.

Place the definite article in each sentence in the right place

1. I have read article in today?s newspaper. 2. All guests left early. 3. I have
read both of
books you mentioned. 4. Quite best thing for you is to study medicine. 5. Half b
ottle was
empty. 6. We paid double value. 7. Whole garden was in bloom.
6. Place the indefinite article in each sentence in the right place
1. He has worked there for whole week. 2. Such beautiful tree should be protecte
d. 3. It
was too difficult task to be performed in short time. 4. I bought half basket of
nuts. 5. We
have read quite number of plays by Shaw. 6. What beautiful performance. 7. Such
storm is
very seldom met in those areas.
7. Answer the following questions paying attention to the use of articles
1. Where does the Danube rise? 2. What countries does it cross? 3. What sea does
it flow
into? 4. What important tributaries has the Danube in our country? 5. What forei
gn
languages did you learn in high school? 6. What is the capital of Holland? 7. Wh
at range
of mountains crosses our country? 8. Mention some mountain peaks in our country.
8. Make sentences according to the model using the following phrases: by car, by
mail, by
train, by phone, by plane, by bus, by motor vessel, by boat, by steamer, by radi
o.
Model: I sent the letter by air mail.
9. Make up sentences with one of the nouns given below used as part of a nominal
predicate.
Mind the use of the indefinite article
Model: I am a teacher
Physician, composer, bricklayer, research worker, student, driver, turner, econo
mist,
accountant, engineer.
10. Make up sentences with the words or phrases from the list given below, mindi
ng the use of
the definite article.
Model: He is in the classroom
At the blackboard, at the map, at the door, at the window, by the fireplace, nea
r the desk,
at the university, to break the ice, to take the trouble, to tell the time.
11. Turn into the singular. Mind the use of articles
1. Horses are useful animals. 2. Sparrows are birds. 3. Empty bags cannot stand
upright. 4.
Blind men will not thank you for looking-glasses. 5. Warm evenings may be follow
ed by
cold mornings.
THE NOUN
1. State the simple and compound nouns in the list below:
country; classroom, conference; blackboard; laboratory; doorway; afternoon;
newcomer; lecture; weekend; day flight; sister-in-law; highway; freedom; friends
hip;
department; passer-by; welcome; faculty; merry-go-round; forget-me-not; flower;
threshold; sunshine; agency; wireless; butterfly; windmill; looker-on; record dr
awback;
statesman; cars; penknife.
2. State how the nouns below are formed: (convertion; contraction; abbreviation;
affixation;
deflexion)
Romanian; driver; the Pacific; UNO; outlaw; song; expectation; native; the prese
nt; failure;
car; loss; white; translator; pen; HP; suggestion; the Mediterranean; bus; build
ing; the
ancients; the moderns; writing; captain; enlargement; gvt; guidance; the poor; t
he rich; exam;
Dr; strength; ad; self-administration; vac; superstructure; breadth; co-partner.
3. Form sentences according to the model, choosing the appropriate noun in colum
n two:
e.g. A Romanian is a native of Romania.
Frenchman England
Italian Finland
Englishman Japan
Greek Italy
Finn China
Spaniard Egypt
Belgian Poland
Dane Greece
Pole France
Portuguese Belgium
Swede Denmark
Chinese Spain
Egyptian Sweden
Japanese Portugal
4. Make up sentences according to the model, choosing the appropriate noun in co
lumn two:
e.g. The language spoken by the people of England is English
Romania Indian
Denmark Bulgarian
France Chinese
Germany Turkish
Holland Portuguese
Norway French
Poland German
Portugal Romanian
Bulgaria Danish
Turkey Dutch
India Norwegian
China Polish
5. Attach the appropriate prefixes (b) to the following nouns (a)
a) father; offer; management; structure; president; print; title; neutron;