Which alternative is correct?
1. There are … modern buildings in the city.
a) much b) a little c) a lot of
2. Can I have … ketchup, please?
a) a few b) a little c) little
3. How … pine-apples are there on the dish?
a) many b) a few c) much
4. There are … monkeys at the zoo.
a) much b) a few c) a little
5. Hurry up! We have … time left.
a) a little b) little c) few
6. These cups are beautiful. Which can I take? – You can take … you like.
a) any b) something c) nothing
7. … told us that it was Ann’s birthday.
a) Any b) Anybody c) No one
8. We stayed at the airport because we didn’t have … to stay that night.
a) nowhere b) anywhere c) anything
9. When we came, … was ready for the party.
a) everywhere b) everything c) anyone
10. I bought … clothes there because they were all very expensive.
a) any b) no c) every
Fill in the gap with one suitable word.
1. We don’t know his address but we know he lives … near the supermarket.
2. I didn’t understand … word of his lecture, but I understood his general idea.
3. … answered the phone, but I didn’t understand who it was.
4. Look! What’s that? – Where? I see … at all.
5. Where did you go on holiday? – … . We stayed at home.
6. How … gold does the country export?
7. Do you often watch films? – Yes, very often. I go to the cinema a … .
8. The teacher was angry because … students did the homework, only two or three.
9. The students were happy because the teacher gave them … homework, only one exercise.
10. We walked so … on that day that I felt really tired.
Correct these sentences.
1. Take anything newspaper you like.
2. There is anything wrong with my mobile phone.
3. We bought anything because all the shops were closed.
4. I didn’t take some money with me and I couldn’t buy nothing.
5. When I came to the party, everybody were already in the living room.
6. I don’t like too many butter on my bread.
7. Your test is good. You’ve made little mistakes.
8. How many money do you need? – Not many. Just a little dollars.
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9. We got few information about the course.
10. My country grows a lots of vegetables, including sweet pepper.
Translate into English .
1. Вы не могли бы подождать несколько минут?
2. Я немного говорю по-английски.
3. Вы делаете слишком много ошибок. Подумайте немного.
4. Вы много читаете? – Нет, сейчас я читаю мало, потому что у меня очень мало свободного времени.
5. У него мало друзей в университете.
6. Ты много заплатила за туфли? – Очень много, 300 фунтов.
7. Хотите немного фруктов?
8. Я посмотрела везде, но не нашла свою шляпу.
9. Когда мы подошли к реке, никто не плавал и не загорал.
10. Вы можете спросить кого угодно, все знают этого человека.
Unit 4
The Article
Part I
The indefinite article
Exercise 1.1
Put in a/an if necessary.
1. I had a sandwich, read a book and listened to – music.
2. I’d like to ask you … question. Is there … hotel near here? I’m … tourist.
3. Tom never wears … jacket, he only wears … jeans and … T-shirt.
4. Jamaica is … island with … beautiful views and … wonderful hotels.
5. Amy never eats … meat, she eats only … vegetables and … bread.
6. Ben is … tall young man with … brown eyes and … short black hair.
7. We live in … small house, but there’s … nice garden with … beautiful flowers.
8. I can use … computer and I speak … foreign languages, but I wouldn’t like to work in … office.
9. Did you send me … letter when you were in Greece? – No, I don’t like writing … letters, I prefer … E-mails.
10. Look! There’s … woman at the bus stop and she’s carrying … bag with … dog in it!
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11. … cows eat … grass and drink … water.
12. My mum says it’s unhealthy to eat … hamburgers and … fries all the time.
13. There was … cafй near my house some time ago, and now there is … disco.
14. My brother says … students always feel nervous before … exam.
Exercise 1.2
Use the words given to answer the questions. Use a/an or some in your answers.
1. What is there on the table? – salt, spoon, knife, milk, egg
There’s some salt, a spoon, a jug, some milk and an egg on the table.
2. What have you got in your bag? – toothpaste, toothbrush, purse, money, credit card
3. What did you buy in the shops? – hat, pair of shoes, perfume, pen, CDs
4. What do you want to buy at the post office? – newspaper, postcards, stamps, magazine, envelope
5. What would you like for breakfast? – coffee, white bread, butter, piece of cake, chocolate
6. What presents did you get for your birthday? – flowers, CD, cookery book, dictionary, camera
7. What did you visit on holiday? – museum, gallery, shops, old castle, farm.
Exercise 1.3
Compete the sentences with a/an, some or any.
1. Is there a telephone here? I need to make a call.
2. There aren’t … pets in my parents’ house.
3. There are … people at the door. They want to ask us … questions about the house.
4. I bought … ice-cream, … cake and … lemonade for the party.
5. Mum, I need … money because I want to buy … new CDs and … new school bag.
6. We went to … party yesterday. We talked to … interesting people there.
7. They wanted … information about the town and asked … policeman to help them.
8. I’ve got … good idea. Let’s buy … wood and make … shelf.
9. I don’t know … people who can help you with your car.
10. He worked for … rich company and he told me … facts about it.
11. My sister is … designer, she already made … fashionable clothes.
12. I had … feeling that I knew … guests at the party.
Exercise 1.4
Use a/an where necessary.
1. My granddad worked as … farmer, but then he became … factory worker.
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2. Why did you buy such … expensive jacket?
3. What … delicious jam your grandma makes!
4. Henry has quite … interesting job, and he goes on such … exciting trips!
5. My mum is … journalist and my dad is … architect.
6. We usually have … breakfast in the kitchen, but we have … lunch in the dining room.
7. The woman collected … thousand postcards during her life.
8. I go to see my parents three or four times … year.
9. What time is … dinner? – Let’s go for … walk after … lunch, and then I’ll start cooking … dinner.
10. I like having … light breakfast and … big tasty dinner.
11. He earned Ј2,000 … month when he worked for that company.
Exercise 1.5
Choose the correct form, with or without a/an.
1. We are going to buy new furniture / a new furniture.
2. Kyle is born leader / a born leader, so we chose him to manage our team.
3. Thank you, you gave me very good advice / a very good advice.
4. Studying at university is hard work / a hard work.
5. The jumper was made from soft pink wool / a soft pink wool.
6. We laughed a lot and had great fun / a great fun.
7. She looked like on the pages of fashion magazine / a fashion magazine.
8. I always wear warm clothes/ a warm clothes in cold weather / a cold weather.
9. Many people now use credit cards / a credit cards instead of paper money / a paper money.
10. She made great progress / a great progress in her English last year.
11. He drank a glass of sweet red wine / a sweet red wine after dinner.
12. My grandma is eighty years old, but she’s still in good health / a good health.
13. We learnt very important information / a very important information from her letter.
14. I like having tea with delicious orange marmalade/a delicious orange marmalade.
15. It was bad luck / a bad luck that he fell down and broke his leg.
16. I’ve passed all my exams! – It’s very good news/a very good news!
Part II
The definite article
Exercise 2.1
Whish is right?
1. I like this cafй. Food/The food is really delicious.
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2. My sister doesn’t go to parties/the parties very often.
3. I went shopping on Monday morning. Shops/The shops were almost empty.
4. Where’s cake/the cake?— I ate it all for lunch .
5. I always have cake/the cake for breakfast.
6. Nowadays most people have computers/the computers in their homes.
7. Don’t switch off computers/the computers! You’re going to do a test now.
8. We went swimming in the lake. Water/The water was quite warm.
9. Don’t go swimming in cold water/the cold water. It’s bad for you.
10. Excuse me, could you pass me sugar/the sugar, please?
11. I like my new job. I like people/the people in my office.
12. Where are children/the children? – They’re playing with their aunt.
13. Children/The children need care and attention form their parents.
14. I liked that opera, but I didn’t understand words/the words.
15. Actions speak louder than words/the words.
16. My sister loves flowers/the flowers. She grows them in her garden.
17. They have a wonderful garden. Flowers/The flowers are so beautiful!
Exercise 2.2
Put in a/an or the.
1. They bought … cooker and … fridge, but … cooker didn’t work.
2. … man and two women were sitting in the car. I think … man was French.
3. We didn’t enjoy our holiday. … hotel was cheap but uncomfortable.
4. … car is really dirty. I’m going to clean it tomorrow.
5. Carl and Cindy have got two children, … boy and … girl. … boy is eight years old and … girl is two. Carl works in … bank. Cindy doesn’t have … job now.
6. I like their house, but I don’t like … colour of … walls.
7. I turned off … music because I was tired and wanted to have … quiet evening.
8. What is … name of … company that you wanted to work for?
9. Daisy is … student. After she graduates, she wants to work as … interpreter. She lives with … friend in … flat near … university where she’s studying. … flat is quite large and comfortable.
10. I asked him to repeat … question because I didn’t understand it very well.
11. Josh gave me … expensive watch for my birthday. – Really? I never wear … watch.
12. I wanted to make … call, but … phone was broken.
13. We met … family who invited us to their house and told us a lot about … city.
Exercise 2.3
Put in the where necessary. Write OK if the sentence is correct.
1. It’s so hot in here. Could you open window, please? the window
2. There are many photographs of our family on wall in bedroom.
3. My favourite subject is geography, but I’m not very good at history.
4. Minsk is capital of my country.
5. Where is remote control? I can’t see it. – It’s near television.
6. When I was flying to Madrid, flight attendant gave me some brochures about city.
7. My soup was cold, so I called manager and complained about it.
8. Kangaroo lives in Australia.
9. Telescope helps astronomers to watch sky.
10. Man brought many changes to nature.
11. We went to see Browns on Saturday, they invited us for dinner.
12. My children didn’t go out because weather was very cold.
13. I like swimming and sunbathing in hot weather.
14. Is there a hotel near here? – Take second turning left and stop at third building.
15. Who is tallest in your class?
Exercise 2.4
Complete the sentences with these words. Use the if necessary.
| French | moon | Mr Brown | nature | New Year | page 20 |
| sea | | space | Times | town | violin |
1. Jim’s parents lived in the south of Brazil for some years.
2. I last swam in … when I was on holiday two years ago.
3. There is an interesting text about Britain on … .
4. Do you read newspapers? – Yes, I always buy … .
5. What foreign language did you study at school? – I studied … .
6. My favourite holiday is … . – I like it too.
7. Let’s meet in … next week. – All right, we can go to a cafй and chat.
8. I always feel excited when I see the beauty of … .
9. The light of … helped me to see their house.
10. My son wants to be an astronaut and fly to … .
11. Is it true that your brother can play …?
12. Who is your business partner in Britain? – I do business with … .
Exercise 2.5
Read the sentences and use a/an or the if necessary. If not, write OK.
1. 
I saw nice hat on top shelf and decided to buy it. a nice hat, on the top shelf
2. Excuse me, is there Internet cafй near here? – Take next turning right.
3. What are you doing next Saturday? – I’m going to surf Internet.
4. We’re going to have lunch with our parents next weekend.
5. Are you youngest in your class? – No, Emma is only student who is younger.
6. I was taking my exam in Room 5, in same room with Dave and Jill.
7. Last task was very difficult, nobody could give right answer.
8. It usually takes me hour to go to capital by train. Last week train was late.
9. His house is in same street as my house, on left side.
10. Unfortunately, he gave me wrong address and I couldn’t find him until last year.
11. It’s not easy to make right decision, main thing is to think carefully.
12. Only problem that we had was to find place to live.
Part III
Special cases
Exercise 3.1
Answer the questions using the words on the right. Use the where necessary.
| 1. Where did Sarah go when she fell ill? She went to the doctor. 2. Who did your neighbours call when someone broke into their flat? 3. Where does Robert study? 4. Where did you go when you wanted to travel to Poland by train? 5. Where does Tanya go every Sunday morning? 6. Where did Rick go to meet his mum who was flying by plane? 7. Where did Wendy and Ella go to see a new film? 8. Where did Ian stay for two weeks when he had an operation? 9. Where do your parents go every day? 10. Where do you go if you have a toothache? 11. Where did Mark stay for two days when he was ill? 12. Where do you go if you need to exchange some money? | airport
bank
bed
church
cinema
dentist
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Exercise 3.2
Put in the where necessary. Write OK if the sentences is complete.
1. When did you last go to cinema? to the cinema
2. Laura finishes work at 6 every day.
3. Can I come and see you at 4? – Sorry. I’m going to doctor at that time.
4. Now I study at university and I’m enjoying the course.
5. I recommend you to stay in bed for one or two days.
6. I have to go or I’ll be late for work.
7. He got interested in history when he was at college.
8. They’ve got no money in bank.
9. What time do the kids usually get home from school?
10. Let’s meet at station an hour before the train.
11. My friend is in hospital. I’m going there to see him.
12. Both their children are at university.
13. Would you like to go to theatre tonight?
14. I’m going to post office to buy some stamps.
Exercise 3.3
Choose a word from the list to complete the story. Use the if necessary.
| bank
| home hospital post office | school theatre work |
Ella had a very busy day yesterday. At 7a.m. she was still in (1) bed when her boss phoned and asked her to go to (2) … to get an important letter from Austria. When Ella wanted to pay for the letter, she found that she had no money and went to (3) … to get some. While she was there, she met her old friend Violet who looked really worried. Violet was taking her children to (4) … when suddenly her son Matt felt very ill. Ella offered to take Matt to (5) … in her car as it was near her office. Unfortunately, she was late for (6) … , so her boss got angry.
At the end of the day Ella remembered that she and her boyfriend were going to (7) … that evening. Ella decided to go to (8) … first, as she wanted to look beautiful. Late at night when she was finally at (9) … , Ella fell on the sofa and crashed out.
Exercise 3.4
Complete the sentences with other, another or the other.
1. There are no more vacant seats. We need another chair.
2. Some people like horror films but … people hate them.
3. Mary finds it hard to communicate with … children of the class.
4. Do you believe that there’s life on … planets?
5. We asked ten students. Four of them didn’t know the answer but ... students knew it.
6. I don’t like this flat. I’m going to look for … one.
7. Mr Brown had two sons. One son went to live in the US and … son died in a car crash.
8. He took the bag in one hand and then in … .
9. Have you got … questions?
10. Did you like their concert? They are going to give … concert next month.
11. This shirt is too big. Have you got … shirt in grey?
12. I would like to visit … countries but I want to live in my home country.
Exercise 3.5
Complete the sentences with one of the names on the right. Use the if necessary.
| 1. Warsaw is the capital of Poland. 2. Washington is the capital of … . 3. Minsk is the capital of … . 4. … is a river in North America. 5. … are a group of islands near the north-west coast of Africa. 6. … is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world. 7. … is a mountain range in Asia. 8. … is a desert in the east of Asia. 9. … is a country in the west of Europe. 10. … is the longest river in Africa. 11. … is a sea between Africa and Europe. 12. … is the capital of Spain. 13. … is an ocean between America and Asia. 14. … is the smallest continent in the world. 15. … is an inland sea between Europe and Asia. | Australia
Black Sea
Canaries
France
Gobi
Himalayas
Lake Superior
Madrid
Mediterranean
Mississippi
Nile
Pacific
Republic of Belarus
United States
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Exercise 3.6
Put in the where necessary. Write OK if the sentence is correct.
1. Red Lion is the best pub in our town. The Red Lion
2. We stayed at Grand Hotel while we were in London.
3. Last night we saw a wonderful film at Royal Cinema.
4. Excuse me, how do I get to Newton Street? – It’s in five minutes’ walk.
5. Jack graduated from Manchester University in the same year as me.
6. Did you go to Trafalgar Square when you were in London?
7. I’d like to get a job at Museum of Modern Art.
8. We saw a street musician who was playing the trumpet in Hyde Park.
9. Our office occupies a tall building in Merrion Street, next to Palace Theatre.
10. Excuse me, could you tell me where National Theatre is?
11. Heathrow is the biggest international airport in Great Britain.
12. I bought my mobile in a small shop in Mill Road near Science Museum.
13. We agreed to meet at National Gallery at 2a.m.
14. Could you tell me the way to Victory Square? – Turn left at Mir Cinema.
15. He is staying at Hilton Hotel, and he likes walking in Regent Park.
Part IV
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