7. b) Study the examples in exercise 7a and complete the rules. 1. We use the/zero article (X) with the names of the continents and regions of the world, countries, and cities. 2. We use the/zero article (X) with the names of countries with the words states, kingdom, and republic. 3. We use the/zero article (X) with the names of oceans, rivers, and seas. 4. We use the/zero article (X) with the names of lakes. 5. We use the/zero article (X) with most names of buildings. 6. We use the/zero article (X) with the names of languages. 7. We use the/zero article (X) with the names of nationalities that end in ese, -sh, -ch, -SS. 3. We use the/zero article (X) with the names of nationalities in plural form.

I've never been there, he said

he said that he had never been there

i was there last week - he said

he said that he had been there last week

I've seen them many times - she said

she said that, she had seen them many times

I've already called him - she said

she said that she had already called him

i called him one hour ago - she said

she said that she had called hem one hour ago

I'll do this tomorrow - she said

she said that she would do that on the next day

I'm watching TV now - she said

she said that she was watching TV then

I'll be standing at the altar tomorrow at 5 - she said

she said that she would be standing at the altar on the next day at 5

Iwould like to tell you a horrible story.  one night it seemed to me that there was someone besides me in my room. i opened my eyes and saw a woman's shade at the window . she was very tall, thin and she stretched out her arms to me. i was scared and i screamed so loud as i could. i was sitting on the bed and crying. suddenly my parents ran into my room. they were very frightened. dad turned on the light, and i stopped screaming. it turned out that in the afternoon, my mother brought a huge palm tree in a large pot from the hall into my room and she put it behind the curtains. that night there was full moon, and it seemed to me that it was a ghost   i have never been so frightened as that я хочу рассказать жуткую . однажды ночью мне показалось, что в моей комнате есть кто-то кроме меня. я открыл глаза и увидел у окна тень. она была высокая, худая и протягивала ко мне руки. мне стало страшно, и я закричал так громко как только мог. я сидел на кровати и кричал. вдруг в комнату вбежали мои родители. они были напуганы. папа включил свет, и я перестал кричать. оказывается, днем мама принесла из зала в мою комнату огромную пальму в большом горшке и поставила ее за штору. ночью была полная луна, и мне показалось, что это мне никогда не было так страшно как в ту