Peter Brown

§ Exercises

a Insert the correct article wherever necessary:

1 Last month... President of... USA visited... Thailand and signed... very important agreement.

2... Chamber of Horrors is... part of Madame Tussaud's exhibition.

3 It is one of... most important questions we discussed.

b Underline the articles and explain their use:

1 The Convention of the Council of Europe was drawn up in 1950.

2 He is a United Kingdom citizen.

3 The United Kingdom Parliament has full power to pass such laws.

4 They signed the contract only yesterday.

5 The plaintiff is a person who brings an action in civil law.

с Explain the use of the Zero Article in the following sentences:

1 He mentioned Article 4.

2 Judicial corporal punishment was abolished in England in 1948.

3 It did not have serious consequences.

4 They took the group by force.

5 New Zealand and France were involved in this case.

6 You shouldn't jump to conclusions.

e Complete the following sentences with articles (if necessary):

1 It is... serious statement. I cannot support it.... statement contradicts... facts.

2 He is... criminal. He was sentenced to 5 years of... imprisonment. Did you see... criminal when... sentence was pronounced?

3 Last week they at last approved... bill. I hope it will become... law in May.

4 I'm afraid... Clause 3 of... Contract is not quite clear to me.

5... hijacker was arrested soon after... attack started.

6 One of... problems they discussed concerned... arrest of... soldier.

§ The Construction there is / there are

Конструкция there is / there are употребляется, когда определяется предмет/лицо и одновременно дается дополнительная информация:

There is a person who wishes to see you.

There are a few clauses to discuss today.

§ Exercises

a Complete the following sentences with attributive clauses and translate the sentences into Russian:

1 There is a lot of evidence that.... proves this fact. Существует много доказательств, которые подтверждают этот факт.....................................................................................................................…

2 There is no evidence that....................................…........................................................................................

3 There is no threat that.....................................................................................................................................

4 There are a few witnesses who.......................................................................................................................

5 There are a lot of people who..........................................................................................................................

b Complete the following sentences with adverbial modifiers of place and translate the sentences into Russian:

1 There are no people.. in the garage. В гараже (на бензоколонке) никого нет.................................

2 There is no trace........................................................................................................................................

3 There was a gun........................................................................................................................................

4 There are a lot of counterfeit banknotes in circulation.............................................................................

5 There are no guards

С

Read and retell the following passage:

There are 52 police forces, or police authorities, in Britain, each employed and paid by their local councils. They are completely independent of one another, and have their own policies, but they are always ready to go to each other's help. Each force has its Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

d Write down answers to the following questions:

§ Exercise

a Translate the following sentences into English: