Exercise 264. Read the following text carefully. Then read the questions and complete the answers.

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Неозначений артикль ‘a/an’ вживається перед обчислю-ваним іменником в однині, коли він означає невизначений предмет.

Can I have a cup of coffee?

I always like to have a book by my bedside.

An old man and a woman lived in a small cottage near the sea.

Неозначений артикль вживається перед іменником в однині, який вживається у функції предикативу (іменної частини складеного присудка).

John is a good swimmer.

He is an experienced lawyer.

Неозначений артикль вживається перед обчислюваним іменником в однині, коли мається на увазі один предмет.

He will return in a day or two.

It will cost five pounds a kilo.

Неозначений артикль не вживається перед обчислюваним іменником у множині.

We have squirrels in our park.

I didn’t know they were students.

Неозначений артикль не вживається також перед необчислюваним іменником.

I want petrol, please.

Could I have sugar, please?

Exercise 261. Use ‘a/an’ or nothing in the blanks.

1. I’d like ___sandwich, please. 2. I’d like ___apple and ___orange juice, please. 3. He stopped ___taxi and drove home. 4. I’ve given your wife ___injection and she’ll soon fall asleep. 5. Jane said that ___new shops appeared in their town, made of ___brick and ___marble instead of ___wood. 6. If you want to write ___letter, there is ___paper and ___pens over there. 7. I don’t believe ___word of it, he was always ___liar. 8. There was ___picture of his mother on his writing-table. 9. My brother has ___little cottage ___mile or two from my place. 10. You don’t like ___eggs and ___cheese, do you?

Exercise 262. Give short negative answers followed by statements. Use the suggested words as in the model.

Model: – Is your brother a bus conductor? (taxi-driver)

– No, he isn’t. He’s a taxi-driver.

– Are your sisters dancers? (singers)

– No, they aren’t. They’re singers.

1. Is John a barman? (waiter)

2. Are you an architect? (artist)

3. Are Paul and John painters? (house decorators)

4. Is your friend a school-teacher? (university lecturer)

5. Is your aunt a librarian? (nurse)

6. Is Robert a police inspector? (tax inspector)

7. Is Paul’s sister a pediatrician? (surgeon)

8. Is Jane’s husband a lawyer? (journalist)

9. Are Susan’s sons painters? (musicians)

10. Is Barbara a company secretary? (manager)

Exercise 263. Memorize the following proverbs.

1. A stitch in time saves nine.

2. Once a thief, always a thief.

3. False friends are worse than open enemies.

4. A good dog deserves a good bone.

5. A hungry man is an angry man.

6. Life isn’t a bed of roses.

7. Marriage is a lottery.

8. Luck goes in cycles.

9. Money opens all doors.

10. Knowledge is no burden.

Exercise 264. Read the following text carefully. Then read the questions and complete the answers.

Mr Geoffrey Holiday is a very important person. He is a manager and a believer in strict discipline. He is always well dressed and punctual.

Mr Holiday is an ambitious man. He would like to become a millionaire, a cabinet minister or an ambassador. He would like to make speeches in Parliament and give press conferences. Mr Holiday is a man of great energy and he is very successful.

Although not an athlete, Mr Holiday is interested in sport. He is a keen reader of the sporting news.

Mr Holiday is very rich. He has got a big car and a very nice house. It is a Victorian house with all the modern conveniences: electricity, gas, central heating, and air-conditioning. Mr Holiday has got a safe in his house. He keeps important documents here.

Miss Clara Flight is Mr Holiday’s secretary. She is a pretty girl with a good figure and an interesting face. She is a good shorthand typist and a hardworking girl. Clara is fond of pop-music and films. She is a regular cinema-goer and she would like to be a film star. She has a record player and a good collection of pop records. She also has a TV-set at home. She likes entertainment programmes.

1. What is Mr Holiday’s job?

– He is ___manager.

2. What are his views?

– He is ___ great believer in strict discipline.

3. What would he like to become?

– He would like to become ___millionaire, ___cabinet minister, or ___ambassador.

4. What would he like to do?

– He would like to make ___speeches in Parliament and give ___ press conferences.

5. Is Mr Holiday full of energy?

– Yes, he is ___man of ___great energy.

6. Is he interested in sport?

– He is not ___ athlete but he is ___ keen reader of the sporting news.

7. Is Mr Holiday rich?

– Yes, he has got ___ big car and ___ very nice house.

8. What kind of house is it?

– It is ___Victorian house with all the modern conveniences: ___electricity, ___gas, ___central heating, and ___air-conditioning.

9. What has he got in his house?

– He has ___safe in the house.

10. What does he keep there?

– He keeps ___important documents there.

11. What is Miss Clara Flight’s job?

– She is ___ secretary.

12. Is she a good secretary?

– Yes, she is ___ good shorthand typist.

13. What does she look like?

– She is ___pretty girl with ___good figure and ___interesting face.

14. What kind of person she is?

– She is ___hardworking girl.

15. What is she fond of?

– She is fond of ___pop-music and ___films.

16. Does she often go to the cinema?

– Yes, she is ___regular cinema-goer.

17. What has she got at home?

– She has got ___ record-player and ___ good collection of ___ pop records.

18. What would she like to be?

– Clara would like to be ___film star.

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