A. Complete the following exercise with a / an / the or x. Once upon __ time, there was ___ green and beautiful planet. It was ___ third planet out from ___ yellowish sun in ___ stellar system in ___ relatively remote part of ___ galaxy. Members of ___ Galactic Council knew that ___ planet was between 4 and 5 billion years old, but no one was sure exactly how long life had existed there. ___ Galactic Council had been watching Green, as they called it, for millennia. It was ___ responsibility of __ Council to observe and monitor all planets that harbored life in ___ effort to predict which ones might destroy themselves. Thus ___ Council could intervene if it had to. Each planet had its own watcher, and Planet Green's was Ambassador Gorkon. His job was to visit Green and investigate thoroughly. On this occasion Gorkon was making his report to Mr. Xau, ___ president of ___ Galactic Council. B. Complete the article about Chernobyl Damage by inserting a / an / the or x. CHERNOBYL DAMAGE On April 26, 1986, ___ fires and explosions following ___ unauthorized experiment caused ___ worst accident in ___ history of nuclear power at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine. At least thirty-one people were killed in ___ disaster itself, and ___ radioactive material was released into the atmosphere. Approximately 135,000 people were evacuated from ___ vicinity. 1. Переписати в зошит тексти, вставляючи пропущенні артиклі.
2. My car broke down so I was late for work. If my car hadn't broken down, I wouldn't have been late for work.
3. The event was cancelled because several people were unable to attend. If everyone had been able to attend, the event wouldn't have been cancelled.
4. I was able to buy a car because Jim lent me the money. If Jim hadn't lent me the money, I wouldn't have been able to buy a car.
5. She didn’t buy a house because she didn’t have enough money. If she had had enough money, she would have bought a house.
6. I didn’t sell my shares after six months so I didn’t make a lot of money. If I had sold my shares after six months, I would have been able to make a lot of money.
7. I took so many risks last year and I lost so much. If I hadn't taken so many risks last year, I wouldn't have lost so much.
8. The employees didn’t go on strike last month because the company improved their pension scheme. If the company hadn't improved their pension scheme, the employees would have gone on strike.
9. The accident happened because the driver in front stopped suddenly. If the driver in front hadn't stopped suddenly, the accident wouldn't have happened.
10. We didn’t have much free time so we couldn’t go out more often. If we had had more free time, we could have been able to go out more often.