Exercise 41. Which is correct?

1 How did you get home / get to home after the party? (get home is correct)

2 I like to read in bed / in the bed before I go to sleep.

3 Shall we meet after work / after the work tomorrow evening?

4 I love swimming in sea / in the sea.

5 It's nice to travel around, but there's no place like home / like the home!

6 Sam likes to go to bed / go to the bed early, and get up early.

7 I didn't sleep well in the hotel. Bed / The bed was uncomfortable.

8 How long did it take to cross the ocean? How long were you at sea / at the sea?

9 What time do you usually start work / the work in the morning?

Exercise 42. Choose the correct form, with or without the.

1 I'm afraid of dogs / the dogs (dogs is correct)

2 Apples / The apples are good for you.

3 Look at apples / the apples on that tree! They're very big.

4 Women / The women live longer than men / the men.

5 I don't drink tea / the tea. I don't like it.

6 We had a very good meal. Vegetables / The vegetables were especially good.

7 Life / The life is strange sometimes. Some very strange things happen.

8 I enjoy holidays / the holidays bv the sea.

9 How much money does the government spend on education / the education?

10 Who are people / the people in this picture?

11 What makes people / the people violent? What causes aggression / the aggression?

12 All books / All the books on the top shelf belong to me.

13 Don't stay in that hotel. It's very noisy and rooms / the rooms are very small.

14 A pacifist is somebody who is against war / the war.

15 First World War / The First World War lasted from 1914 until 1918.

16 I don't like films / the films that don't have happy endings.

17 Someone gave me a book about history / the history of modern art / the modern art.

18 Rob and Louise got married, but marriage / the marriage didn't last very long.

19 Most people / The most people believe that marriage / the marriage and

family life / the family life are the basis of society / the society.

Exercise 43. Put in the or a.

1 When was ….. telephone invented?

2 Can you play ….. musical instrument?

3 Jessica plays ….. violin in ….. orchestra.

4 There was ….. piano in ….. corner of ….. room.

5 Can you play ….. piano?

6 Our society is based on ….. family.

7 Martin comes from ….. large family.

8 ….. computer has changed ….. way we live.

Exercise 44. Complete these sentences using the + the following: injured, poor, rich, sick, unemployed, young

1 The young have the future in their hands.

2 Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and took …….

3 Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for……..

4 Helen has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life caring for …….

5 In England there is an old story about a man called Robin Hood. It is said that he robbed and gave the money to …….