Ex. 4 Fill in the blanks with articles if necessary

1. It was … sunny morning. Frederick was having … breakfast. 2. She ate … enormous lunch which consisted of … caviar, … salmon, … asparagus and … half … bottle of … wine. He himself ordered only … mutton chop. 3. It was … cold October evening. It had been snowing … whole day and … ground was covered with … snow. “What … terrible autumn,” he thought. 4. When Desmond woke up it was … late morning. ‘Get up. … breakfast is ready,’ his wife said. 5. The flight was delayed so we had to spend the time from … midnight till 7 in … morning at … airport. 6. he left right after … breakfast and said he would be back by … midnight. 7. I like to walk along the shore at … night watching … stars. 8. We had agreed to leave at.. dawn so I decided to prepare … necessary things in … evening. 9. It rained … whole night but in … morning … sky was clear. … weather is so changeable in … early spring. 10. It was … good idea to rent … cottage for … summer.

 

The use of the articles with the words school, college, church, prison, bed, work, home, town, hospital

Ex. 4 Fill in the blanks with articles if necessary

1. Why are the children still running about the house? It’s time to go to … bed. 2. He was forced to leave … school at … age of 16 and go to … work. 3. Why do you always put your clothes on … bed? 4. They arranged to have … lunch in … town. 5. There is … new school in our street. 6. Charles was taken to … hospital last night. I’m going to … hospital tomorrow. 7. It’s … old church. In fact it’s … oldest church in … town. 8. If you don’t stop concealing the truth you’ll go to … prison. 9. What is John? – He is … office manager. He is at … work from eight in … morning till late at … night. 10. Where is she? She isn’t in … town. She went to … country on … Friday.

Ex. 5 Read the story, fill in the articles, retell the story

HIGH FLYER

I travel all over … world on business and my neighbor thinks my life is one long holiday. You know what … business travel like: up at … dawn to catch … plane; … breakfast in London, … lunch in … New York, … luggage in Bermua. When you’re in … sky, you see only snow in … Arctic or … Greenland. You have glimpses of … Andes or … Pacific. You’re always exhausted. Your wife or husband complains you’re never there to take … children to … school or put them to … bed. When you get home, your neighbor says, ‘Another nice holiday, eh?’ Give me Home Sweet Home any day!

The Pronouns

 

There are different types of pronouns in English. They are

 

Personal	I, he, she, it, we, you, they
Possessive	my, his, her, its, our, your, their
Reflexive	Myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Reciprocal	Each other, one another
Demonstrative	This (these), that (those), such, the same
Interrogative	Who, whose, what, which
Relative	Who, whose, which, that, as
Conjunctive	Who, whose, which, what
Defining	Each, every, everybody, everyone, everything, all, either, both, other, another
Indefinite	Some, any, some/anybody, some/anything, some/anyone
Negative	No, none, neither, nobody, no one, nothing

 

Personal Pronouns

 

Subject (именительный падеж) I Ilike Ann. We Welike Ann. You Youlike Ann. He He likes Ann. She Shelikes Ann. They Theylike Ann.

Object (объектный падеж) Ann likes me. Me Ann likes us. Us Ann likes you. You Ann likes him. Him Ann likes her. Her Ann likes them. Them

 

 

Ex.1 Complete the sentences using I /me /we /us /you /he /him/she /her/they /them.

1. I want to see her, b ut she doesn’t want to see me. 2. They want to see me but....... don’t want to see......... 3. We want to see them but..........don’t want to see....... 4. She wants to see him but......... don’t want to see........ 5. I want to see him but.......... doesn’t want to see........ 6. They want to see her but.......... doesn’t want to see........ 7. I want to see them but............don’t want to see.......... 8. He wants to see us but............don’t want to see......... 9. You want to see her but..........doesn’t want to see.........

Ex.2 Complete the sentences using me /us /him /her /it /them.

1. Who is that woman? Why are you looking at …...? 2. ‘Do you know that man?’ ‘Yes, I work with.........’ 3. I’m talking to you. Please listen to........ 4. These photographs are nice. Do you want to look at........ 5. I like this camera. I’m going to buy........... 6. Where are the tickets? I can’t find........... 7. We’re going out. You can come with.......... 8. I don’t like dogs. I’m afraid of.............. 9. Where is she? I want to talk to............ 10. Those apples are bad. Don’t eat............

Possessive Pronouns

There are two forms of the Possessive pronouns: dependent and independent (absolute)

dependent	independent
my	This is my car.	Mine	The car is mine.
Your	this is your car.	Yours	The car is ….
His		His
Her		Hers
Its		Its
Our		Ours
Their		Theirs

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