Choose the right words to fill in the blanks.

1. a) When Scott reached the... Pole, he saw the Norwegian flag already there. b) Antarctica is in the... Hemisphere. (south, southern) 2. a) This novel is based on a... story. b) I think Linda is a... person. (true, truthful) 3. a) It was a great, yes, it was a... change for the country. b) They played their part in the... process. (historic, historical) 4. a) He rents a flat in... London. b) These cliffs and grounds are in the... Hemisphere. (north, northern) 5. a) This fish is so bony! I find it...! b) These beautiful fungi are.... They are poisonous. (uneatable, inedible) 6. a) — John is as... as a girl. — Yes, he is very touchy. b) — On the other hand, he is a... boy. — Yes, I would say he is intelligent. (sensible, sensitive) 7. a) The country is having great... difficulties. b) This car is very.... It needs little petrol. (economic, economical) 8. a) This chronicle gives a... presentation of events. b) The discovery of penicillin was a... event. (historic, historical) 9. a) The handwriting was..., but I recognized it as Mark's. b) It may be a good novel, but I find it.... (unreadable, illegible) 10. a) In our new flat we have an... cooker. b) Accumulator gave off a sudden... discharge. (electric, electrical)

Fill in appropriate articles where necessary.

1. It was only... fifth of July, and no meeting was fixed with Fleur until... ninth. 2. June walked straight up to her former friend, kissed her cheek, and... two settled down on a sofa never sat on since the hotel's foundation. 3. He'd catch... two o'clock train back to New York. 4. She is quite aged for... seventy, isn't she? What I would call... old seventy. 5. The letter bored him, and when it was followed next day by another, and the day after by... third, he began to worry. 6. Philip looked at his uncle with disapproval when he took... second piece of cake. 7. He walked along thoughtfully. He wasn't going to be one of... lucky ten who were going to be taken back. 8. "Miss Luce will be... second mother to the children," she said. 9. They talked of... thousand things, and they all talked at once. 10. James looked at her sideways, and placed... second piece of ham in his mouth. 11. The phone rang almost immediately... third time. 12. The phone, ringing for... fourth time, interrupted his thoughts. 13.... three times I have already done that. Everything! Then this time will make... fourth. 14. That question, too, he had asked himself... thousand times. 15. Once more he had used the service stairs from... eighth floor to... ninth. 16.... back of... collar and... upper part of... shoulders were grey with... dust. 17. That isn't... sort of... thing she likes. 18. She wore... jersey sweater and... tweed skirt and her hair was brushed back like... boy's. 19.... top of... carriage was up and there were... drops of... water on... driver's coat. 20. She was still kneeling, trying to take... hook out of... mouth of... fish.

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