3. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the noun in apposition:

1. ... girl was alone, ... rather short young woman of twenty-seven. 2. Her companion, ... handsome dark-haired youth, had left. 3. Last night we saw “An Ideal Husband”, ... play by Oscar Wilde. 4. She was seventeen then — ... beautiful young creature.

5. This is my friend, ... writer. 6. Beside him hung the portrait of his wife, ... thin woman in black. 7. Tokyo, ... capital of Japan, is one of the largest cities in the world. 8. Our Institute, ... grey four-storeyed building, is not far from the railway. 9. Shakespeare, ... great English playwright, lived in the 17th century. 10. Mr. Bennett, ... man of fifty, resembled my father. 11. I saw him speaking to a young man, ... Englishman.