Exercise 8. Underline the correct or more likely answer. If both answers are possible, underline them both.

1 We get some strange requests in our shop. We had the customer / a customer in the other day who wanted to buy chocolate-covered ants.

2 It sometimes seems that the individual/ an individual can have little impact on the decisions that governments take.

3 The invention of a car/ the car is normally attributed to the German engineer Gottlieb Daimler.

4 The television/ A television has changed the way we obtain information more than any other modern invention.

5 The campaign against smoking in public places argues that its harmful effects are not confined to the smoker/ a smoker.

Exercise 9. Fill in the articles where it is necessary:

1. I cannot find … letter which you gave me this morning. 2. Yesterday I spoke to … l man who had Just returned from … l Arctic expedition. 3. … l clock 10 … hall Is slow. 4. I have received … letter of great importance. 5. They were standing on … top of … hill 6. … vessels driven by … Diesel engines are gradually replacing … coal burning ships. 7. I have bought … overcoat with … fur collar. 8. They have sold … cargo of 5, 000 tons of … wheat. 9. … goods sold on c. i. f. terms must be insured by … seller at his expense. 10. He lives in … house opposite … station. 11. … magazine which you lent me is very in­teresting. 12. This is … picture which you will like. 13. … dog, which was running with … large piece of … meat which he had stolen came to … stream, over which there was … little bridge. 14. Yesterday I met … old friend whom I recognized at once. 15. … garden which is at … back of that house has … tennis-court. 16. Here is … book you need. 17. He is … man whom we all ad­mire. 18. This morning … postman brought me … letter without … stamp. 19. You can buy this book in … bookshop round the corner. 20. I know … man who lives in … house where you live. 21. … man who has no … patience cannot play … chess well. 22. Is that … man whom they are looking for? 23. My son has … very good German teacher, who knows … language perfectly. 24. Is that … man you spoke to yesterday? 25. … large branch broken by … wind lay across our path. 26. … street which leads to … theatre is very wide. 27 … person who is sitting next to me is … famous painter.

Exercise 10. Complete the sentences below using 'a', 'an', 'the', or - (no article) using these words. You will need to use some of the words more than once. The first one has been done for you.

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1) If you go sailing you should listen to weather reports on the radio

2) Children spend too much time watching _______.

3) The Times is _______ with a long tradition.

4) Before the days of television, people used to listen to_______.

5) Nowadays it's possible to buy _______ which you can speak into without lifting the receiver.

6) We bought _______ with a 21-inch screen.

7) This letter is for you; it came in _______ this morning.

8) I'll send you a letter; it's best not to talk about such things on _______

9) Don't believe everything you read in _______.

Exercise 11. Fill each gap with one of the nouns. In three sentences you will need to add the somewhere in the sentence.

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1.......... is said to be skin-deep.

2 My uncle always gave me sound ……..

3 Marta's been known to dabble in lyrical …...

4 My next-door neighbour feels..... of not having worked for three years.

5 Domestic......... is a frightening concept.

6 The protest meeting ended in total......

7 Carlos has proverbial....... of a lion.

8 Steady......... is being made.

9 At the concert Anna had good...... to be sitting close to the stage.

10 The foreman stomped off in high …….