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Exercise 30. Insert articles before predicative nouns and nouns in apposition where necessary.






1. Selina, …daughter of…Paddocks, had been surprised that afternoon by receiving…letter from her once intended husband. (Hardy) 2. My father became…rector of Burnmore when I was nine. (Wells) 3. Cashel was to go to sea, so that if his affairs became desperate, he could at least turn… pirate. (Shaw) 4. He was…particular friend of Sir John's. (Austen). 5. You are not…person you claim to be. (Dickens) 6. His mon­ey was…money I brought him as my marriage portion. (Sharif) 7. Mrs. Patterson, …lymphatic woman, was hold­ing her son Jim by the hand. (Lindsay) 8. …trained diplomat and statesman as he was, his stern aristocratic face was upside down with…fury. (Leacock) 9. I am not…good fisherman myself. (Jerome K. Jerome) 10. You were…dear little girl; I see it now, looking back. But not…little girl I had in my mind. (Jerome K. Jero­me) 11. He looked thin, and yellow as a guinea, and he had turned…miser. (Reade) 12. You should have been…woman enough to control yourself. (Hardy) 13. Martha, who was …poor apprentice at the milliner's, then told them what kind of work she had to do. (Dickens) 14. I am Anthony Anderson, …man you want. (Shaw) 15. He had just been appointed…Lord Justice of appeal. (Sпоw) 16. I was …fool enough toask her to live here still, and direct the affairs of the house for me. (E. Bronte)

 

Exercise 31. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those used in some syntactic patterns.

1. What sort of … family has he? 2. “Well, …boy, you are not going out tonight, are you? ” his mother asked. 3. Grant is indifferent to that kind of … thing. 4. The daffodils were in bloom, massed like an army, … shoulder to … shoulder. 5. He didn’t want to go home with any of … other fellows. 6. She had given the watch to Julia as … birthday present. 7. We sat … side by …side smoking and thinking. 8. What … long way you have travelled since your first book! 9. I recognized some of … facts. 10. What … kind of … place are your friends living in? 11. He was … man who wandered mysteriously from … hotel to … hotel. 12. Mrs. Warren bought one of … elm-shaded villas at … end of the High Street. 13. She would know … names of nearly all of … people who lived there. 14. In 1939 I began to write a story with a senior civil servant as … main character. 15. She kept the bills on the mantle piece, and none of … shopkeepers was allowed to wait … hour for his money. 16. While they went from … room to … room, Blair explained … purpose of his visit. 17. He turned to me and said, “What … extraordinary names these boys seem to have! ” 18. At the party, Katherine was acting as … hostess. 19. “Well, … men, what are you going to do now? ” Gabe asked. 20. At the end of the living-room there were bookshelves from … floor to … ceiling.

 


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