Help!! Exercise 1. Use A, An, The or Nothing (zero article)
1. Britain is ….. island. 2. Bob is … student. 3. What is … largest city in Canada? 4. Don’t sit on … floor. It’s dirty. 5. We stayed at … small hotel. 6. Tom is in … bathroom. He is having … bath. 7. I don’t like … colour of your dress. 8. I’d like … umbrella. 9. We don’t like writing … letters. 10. Read ………. third chapter. 11. There were many dogs in the park. One dog was ___ Dalmatian. 12. Pandas and ___ tigers are both endangered animals. 13. She is wearing ___ blue dress with red earrings. 14. Hawaii is ___ island in the Pacific Ocean. 15. Christmas comes once ___ year. 16. ___ ant is __ insect. 17. The Nile is ___ river. 18. I went to the shop to get ___ bread. 19. He broke ___ glass when he was washing dishes. 20. You should take ___ umbrella.
They say that school years are the best time of your life. Are you sure of it?
Our neighbour doesn’t like when it’s noisy. So, please turn down your music.
It will be sunny tomorrow. Let’s go hiking!
What time did you come home yesterday?
When you rang yesterday we were making dinner.
You always come to school on time, don’t you?
We don’t have much chalk.
She is a very good student and doesn’t make mistakes often.
If you are seriously ill, you should go to the hospital.
What is Homecoming? It is a party in American schools and universities.
My new pair of jeans is grey.
You use this to draw a straight line. A ruler.
At what age do children in England begin schooling? At the age of five.
At what age do children in Russia begin schooling? At the age of six or seven.
Could you tell me the time, please?
You don’t know how to say «рюкзак» in English. You ask your teacher what is the English for «рюкзак»?
What is the Russian for “school-leaver”? Выпускник
How do you say in English “Я - ученик 7 класса”?
I’m in the seventh year.
I am a class seven student.
What happened with you last week? You looked very unhappy.
What are you afraid of? - spiders. They are my worst nightmare!
You look really tired. You should take care of yourself. Have a nice dinner, relax and go to bed.
How many subjects do you study at school?
What mark did you get in Chemistry yesterday?
Last week I paid 2000 roubles for my new pair of trousers.
Pyotr Chaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” is a wonderful piece of music.
There are money in my bag. Take 50 roubles and buy us some brown bread.
If you know the poem, you don’t have to learn it again.
At history lessons we learn about the people who lived in the past.
At music lessons we learn about famous composers.
1. “I read a book per month”.
James said he read a book per month.
2. “I go to the cinema on Saturdays.”
Peter said he went to the cinema on Saturdays.
3. “Teachers don’t like noise.”
Maria said teachers didnt like noise.
4. “We are very calm.”
They said they were very calm.
5. “We don’t want to watch TV.”
The children said they didn; want to watch TV.
6. “I don’t like horror films.”
Charles said he did't like horror films.
7. “I don’t like TV. I prefer cinema.”
Joshua said he didn't like TV. He preffered cunema.
8. “The church is just around the corner.”
Mrs. Robins said the church is/was just around the corner.
9. “This is my favourite film.”
Barbara said that was her favourite film.
10. “Sara likes to chew gum when she is at the cinema.”
Peter said Sara liked to chew gum when she was at the cinema.
11. “Girls prefer fashion magazines.”
He said girls preffered fashion magazines.
12. “Boys like to buy car magazines. They don’t like girlish magazines.”
Tom said boys liked to buy car magazines, The did't like girlish magazines.
13. “I buy this magazine every weekend.”
Brenda said she bought that magazine every weekend.
14. “We enjoy our classes.”
They said they enjoyed their classes.
15. “This place is absolutely fabulous.”
Samantha said that place was absolutely fabulous.
16. “These cars don’t work.”
Daniel said those cars didn't work.
17. “Today is my birthday.”
Carl said that day was his birthday.