Упражнение 9. Заполните пропуски артиклями, требующимися по смыслу

1. They usually do…………lot of exercises and have………..dictations in class.

2. Ironically, Columbus had landed in …………. New World by…….. accident. To ……….. day he died he still believed that he had reached ………..Asia.

3. Scotland's greatest poet, Robert Burns, wrote in Scots, …… English dialect of ……………… country he loved so deeply.

4. …………. author of Robinson Crusoe was Daniel Defoe, ………… man of many talents,

5. News agency is………….organization that provides news coverage to subscribers, as to newspapers or periodicals.

6. They also often write on…………..blackboard. They do.exercises at……..home.

Упражнение 10. Вставьте артикли в следующих географических названиях.

………Great Britain

……...French

………United States

………British Isles

………Rockies

………Suez Canal

………Ben Nevis

………Europe

………Alps

Упражнение 12. Заполните пропуски артиклями или притяжательными местоимениями, где необходимо, и перескажите текст.

Last Saturday afternoon David Brown and...... father went to …. football match at ….. Bishopton Stadium. ……. Browns and many other Bishopton people think that theirs is …….. best team in …….. South of England. There were fifteen thousand people at ……. stadium. They had come because it was …… most important match of …… year at Bishopton.

At three o’clock …….. two teams came on to ……. field. ……. Bishopton team (….. home team) were playing in …… blue and white shirts, ……. Easthampton City players (….. visitor’s team) were in ……. red and white shirts. ……. referee blew ….. whistle and ……. match began. For ……. first twenty minutes ……. Bishopton team were stronger and kept ….. ball on ……. Easthampton side of …….. field. Then, suddenly, ……… Easthampton player took ……. ball up …… field and scored ……. first goal. ……. crowd shouted loudly. Soon after this, ……. referee blew …… whistle because it was half-time.

In ……. second half of ……. match ……… Bishopton team again took the upper hand. They tried hard, and after ten minutes they scored their first goal. They scored again after …… quarter of …… hour; then, before …… last whistle blew, they scored ….. third goal, and so won …… match. All Bishopton peole in ……. crowd were very pleased, and went home happily to ….. tea.

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