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Unit 4. Definite and Indefinite Articles.

Unit 1. Plural Number. | Unit 2. Possessive Case. | Unit 7. Personal Pronouns. | Unit 8. Possessive Pronouns. | Unit 10. Reflexive Pronouns. | Unit 11. Degrees of Comparison. | Unit 12. Comparative Constructions. | Unit 13. Adjective/Adverb. | Example: Your cold sounds terrible/terribly. –Your cold sounds terrible. | With the Verbs. |


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  1. A) Make sentences in bold type less definite and express one's uncertainty of the following.
  2. A) The use of the Past Indefinite becomes obligatory with stative verbs.
  3. a) Использование Past Indefinite является обязательным с глаголами, которые
  4. A. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
  5. An action which begins before a definite moment in the future, will continue up to that moment and will still be in progress at that moment
  6. B Correct five mistakes in articles.
  7. Change the following into the Future Indefinite.

Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with a/an or the.

Example: … President signed … new bill yesterday. – The President signed a new bill yesterday.

1. I wrote to her about … accident but … letter never arrived. 2. I have... current account from which we pay … bills. 3. What is … name of … village where … burglary took place? 4. Our lawyer is … very nice person. You must meet her. 5. Montreal is … large city in Canada. 6. What is … largest city in the USA? 7. “What time is it?” “I don’t know. I haven’t got … watch.” 8. When … suspect went to Rome, he stayed with … Italian friend of his. 9. … judge looks tired. He needs … holiday. 10. Don’t sit on … floor in the courtroom. It’s very dirty. 11. “Let’s go to … restaurant this evening.” “That’s … good idea.” 12. Can you turn on … radio, please? I want to listen to … latest criminal news.

 

Exercise 2. Correct the mistakes. Use a/an or the where necessary.

Example: Whole building collapsed because of fire. – The whole building collapsed because of the fire.

1. Burglar turned off light, opened door and went out. 2. Excuse me please, can I ask question? 3. Alan is best clerk in our city court. 3. How far is it from prison to airport? 4. Enjoy your holiday and don’t forget to send me postcard. 5. Have you got ticket for concert tomorrow night? 6. What is name of solicitor who helped you with will? 7. Yesterday bailiff bought jacket and shirt. Jacket was cheap but shirt was expensive. 8. Our Prime Minister has got two children, boy and girl. Boy is seven years old and girl is three. 9. Suspect is in bathroom. He’s having bath. 10. This is a nice town hall, but I don’t like colour of facade. 11. We live in old house near police station. It is two miles from center. 12. New crime prevention program is much spoken about.

Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps with a/an or the where necessary.

Example: One of … most worrying crime statistics is … rise in juvenile crime. – One of the most worrying crime statistics is the rise in juvenile crime.

1. Please do not turn on … water-heater in … bathroom. 2. It is … long time since … duke met … lovely duchess. 3. … bartender was … pale man in … vest and … apron, with … pale, hairy arms and … long, nervous nose. 4. During … country house parties one day is very like another. … men put on … same kind of variegated tie, eat … same breakfast, tap … same barometer, smoke … same pipes and kill … birds. 5. … old man quitted … house secretly at … same hour as before. 6. We are told that … wicked shall be punished. 7. … arm in … arm … prisoners walked on, sometimes stumbling over … hump of earth or catching their feet in … rabbit-holes. 8. Clare was … most vivid member of … Royal family. She had … dark fine hair and … pale expressive face, of which … lips were slightly brightened. 9. … victim met … nice girl at … disco. 10. Government officials bought … table. … table was made of oak. 11. … thief saw … beautiful hat in … shop but … hat was too expensive for him to buy. 12. Let me give you... piece of advice.

Exercise 4. Use the appropriate articles where necessary.

Example: … typical burglary is... theft of easily transportable items – … television, … video, … computer. – A typical burglary is a theft of easily transportable items – a television, a video, a computer.

1. Don’t sit too much in... sun on... hot day. 2.... summer of 2005 was very hot. 3. Next year he is going to... Law University. 4. If you go by... train you can be late to the trial. 5.... Moon goes round … Earth every 27 days. 6. The witnesses never listen to... radio. In fact they haven’t got... radio. 7. Robin Hood robbed... rich and gave the money to... poor. 8. Rita is studying... civil and... criminal law this semester. 9. Our President played... basketball and baseball at... school. 10. Agatha Christie was... writer who invented Hercule Poirot. 11.... United States of America consist of 50 states. 12. When … smuggler was in... London he stayed at... Smiths.

Exercise 5. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Хотя земля была холодной и мокрой, небо было ясным. Вставало яркое солнце. 2. Нищему подарили полдюжины рубашек, которые кто-то привез из Англии. 3. Компас был изобретен в древнем Китае. 4. Преступник жил неделю в коттедже прокурора. 5. Дэнни посмотрел на дом, и вдруг в окне он увидел лицо грабителя. 6. История об ограблении, которую я собираюсь тебе рассказать, длинная. Садись на диван и давай поговорим. 7. Какое ужасное преступление было совершено в этом доме! 8. Старики не могут помочь сыну, чтобы его выпустили под залог. 9. Спасибо, Мистер Блэк. Я знал, что Вы дадите мне правильный совет. 10. Иногда посетители юридической консультации звонили не в тот звонок. 11. Судебный пристав просто хотел взглянуть на дом и задать несколько вопросов. 12. Роджер посмотрел на бездомных детей, не говоря ни слова, и дал им стодолларовую банкноту.


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