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a)

The butler was

.C

I suspected.

A) last person

B) a last person

C) the last person D) some last person

b)

Where

you borrowed last week?

A) is scissors

B) are the scissors

C) is some scissors

D) are scissors

c)

Why don't we go to the park

?

A) in the car

B) with a car

C) with car

D) by the car

d) Too much rubbish is being dumped in

A) sea

B) the sea

C) a sea

D) some sea

e)

This is exactly

I was looking for.

A) job

B) a job

C) some job D) the job

f)

Of all these cars, I think I prefer

A) a Japanese

B) some Japanese

C) the Japanese one

D) a Japanese one

g)

I try to go jogging at least four times

A) the week B) of the week

C) a week

D) of a week

h)

Sally spent six months out of

A) work

B) a work C) the work

D) some work

a) Some people say that the

9.

a)

Neil Armstrong made

...the

first footprint on

the

Moon.

b)

There was

accident yesterday at

corner of

street.

c)

I need

time to think about

offer you made me.

d)

recipe for

success is

hard

work.

e)

people who live in

glass houses shouldn't throw

stones.

f)

worst part of

living in a caravan is

lack of space.

g)

book you ordered

last week is now in

stock.

h)

dancing is

more

interesting activity than

reading.

i)

people we met on

holiday in

north of England sent us

postcard.

j)

little knowledge is

dangerous

thing.

only

The

only

problem

here

is

the weather.

b) There are no good films on this week.

cinema

There is nothing

this week.

Is

can swim?

d) I haven't been here before.

time

This is

been here.

The

a lot of wine.

f)

If you drive faster, it is more dangerous.

the

The

dangerous it is.

g)

It is difficult to discover what is true.

truth

The

discover.

h)

Are you a good pianist?

piano

Can you

well?

8 Put a/an or the in each space,

or leave the

space blank.

a)

What's the use in taking

/

- medicine for

?!

cold?

b)

Is

happiness of

majority more

important than

rights of

individual?

c)

It's

long way by

train to

north of

Scotland.

d)

philosophers seem to think that

life is

mystery.

e)

most cars start badly on

cold mornings.

f)

There was

time when I enjoyed

skating.

g)

Do you have

reason for

arriving late?

h)

When I arrive

home I feel

sense of

relief.

i)

end of

book is

by far

best part.

j)

friend always tells me

answers

to

homework we have.

Key p o i n t s

1

With some types of building, the meaning can change depending on the use of

the

article.

Helen is at school. (the purpose of the school is important - Helen is a

student or a teacher)

Helen

is at the school.

(the building itself is

important - it is the place

where we can find Helen)

All

-

When all

is used to show the quantity of something, it can be followed by of.

Jim was

there all (of) the time.

It is unusual to use all as a single-word subject or object. Instead we use

everything to mean all the things.

Everything has gone wrong!

(NOT All has gone wrong!)

No

• When no is used to show the quantity of something, it can mean not any.

There are no plates left.

No new students have joined the class.

- No can also be used with a comparative adjective.

It's no worse than before.

There were no less than 500 applications for the job.

- No is not normally used alone before an adjective. Compare:

This book doesn't have any interesting parts.

(usual)

There are no interesting parts in this book.

(unusual - very emphatic)

It is not interesting.

But there is an idiomatic use of no with good.

I tried hard but it was no good, I couldn't reach.

(no good = useless)

Another common idiomatic use is with -ing forms.

Remember, no cheating!

No smoking, please.

None

• We do not use no of. Instead, we use none of or none on its own.

None of the films that are showing in town look

very interesting.

I've checked all the films that are showing in town. None look very interesting.

In everyday speech none is often followed by a plural verb form. In formal

speech or writing it can be followed by a singular verb form.

None of these telephones work.

None of the members of the

committee has arrived yet.