Exercise 45. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those denoting diseases.

1. My daughter’s children went down with … chicken-pox. 2. She suffered from … bronchitis. 3. Sheila who had recovered from … measles was also there. 4. She had been absent less than a week when … operation for … appendicitis was performed on her. 5. “Were you sick? ” “I had … fever. 6. I am suffering from … malaria and I am sure you don’t know what it feels like when … fever comes on. 7. The boy sat upright against two pink pillows; … mumps had not noticeably increased the fatness of his face. 8. “You’ve lost so much weight and your colour has changed”. “I had … jaundice”, Dan said shortly. 9. Mr. March always expressed a gloomy concern if any one of his children had … sore throat. 10. He was laid up with … flu and did not let us know about it. 11. My father had … asthma and the climate of London always left him a little forlorn in the morning. 12. Finally I came down with … pneumonia. My mother took me home to nurse me. While I was getting over … pneumonia I decided what I was going to do. 13.”Your hair is short and curly”. “I had … scarlet fever and it had to be cut”. 14. That day I happened to have … grippe and I didn’t know it. 15. In January I had … diphtheria with complication. 16. It looked precisely the place to provide rather than cure … nervous breakdown. 17. The last woman who had undressed me had been my mother, when I was five, and I had…measles. 18. She’d hurry to her room and plead …toothache. But when the carriage came nearer, her flight was checked by her amazement. 19. Case was a forty-year old man admitted for … appendicitis. 20. The medical history of this man shows that three years ago he suffered…first coronary attack and then…second attack earlier this year.

Exercise 46. Complete the sentences with the word given (school, university, hospital, church, prison, home\work\bed, sea). Use “the” where necessary.

1. (school)

a. Every term parents are invited to … to meet the teachers.

b. Why aren’t your children at … today? Are they ill?

c. When he was younger, Ted hated ….

d. What time does … start in the morning in your country?

e. A: How do your children get home from …? By bus?

B: No, they walk. … isn’t very far.

f. What sort of job does Jenny want to do when she leaves …?

g. There were some people waiting outside… to meet their children.

2. (university)

a. In your country, do many people go to …?

b. If you want to get a degree, you normally have to study at ….

c. This is only a small town but … is the biggest in the country.

3. (hospital)

a. Nora works as a cleaner at ….

b. When Ann was ill, we all went to … to visit her.

c. My brother has always been very healthy. He’s never been in ….

d. Peter was injured in an accident and was kept in … for a few days.

4. (church)

a. John’s aunt is a regular churchgoer. She goes to … every Sunday.

b. John went to … to take some photographs of the building.

c. My friend’s uncle was a priest in … Anglican ….

5. (prison)

a. In many places people are in … because of their political opinions.

b. The other day the fire brigade was called to … to put out a fire.

c. The judge decided to fine the man 500 $ instead of sending him to ….

6. (home\work\bed)

a. I like to read in … before I go to sleep.

b. It’s nice to travel around but there’s no place like …!

c. Shall we meet after … tomorrow evening?

d. If I’m feeling tired, I go to … early.

e. What time do you usually start … in the morning?

f. The economic situation is very bad. Many people are out of ….

7. (sea)

a. There’s a nice view from the window. You can see ….

b. It was a long voyage. We were at … for four weeks.

c. I love swimming in ….

Exercise 47.Insert articles where necessary.