EXERCISE III.
The definite article is used:
a) with the names in plural to indicate the whole family;
b) when we mean typical features associated with well-known names;
c) with the names, modified by a limiting attribute an indefinite article an is used.
Fill in definite or indefinite articles where necessary.
1. Her name is Nora Benson.
2. He is not the Bob I married twenty years ago.
3. The Browns are a very nice family.
4. I am reading an Agatha Cristie now.
5. She felt like an Alice in Wonderland.
6. Is he the Sheldon who is a writer?
7. Mozart was called a Raphael of music.
8. It was a letter from Susan, inviting me to visit them.
9. She is quite different from the rest of the Nortons.
10. If your ticket is lucky you’ll win a Zaporozhets.
11. There were a lot of books there and he saw The Steel.
12. The Smiths are a very cultured family.
13. He brought a very nice Picasso.
14. I saw that he was really a Brown.
15. She wasn’t the Mary he had known for these ten years.
EXERCISE IV.
You should use the definite articles with unions, provinces, some cities, oceans, seas, straits, channels, rivers, lakes, deserts, mountain chains and groups of islands, falls and mountain passes. Proper nouns are used without articles, But: the Hague — Гаага; the Argentina but Argentina.
Use the definite or the indefinite articles where necessary and di-vide the sentences into two groups.
1. … Brazil is situated in … Latin America.
2. The Netherlands is a very rich country.
3. The USSR was the largest country in the world in territory.
4. … Rome is the capital of Italy.
5. The Crimea is the southern part of … Ukraine.
6. The Hague is always chosen for international conferences.
7. … Asia is the largest continent in the world.
8. We crossed the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans.
9. The Ruhr is an industrial region of … Germany.
10. The Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are very warm.
11. … Elbrus is one of the highest mountains in the world.
12. … Cuba is a very beautiful green island.
13. The Sahara is the hottest desert.
14. I always spend holidays in … Haiti.
15. The Niagara Falls attracts a lot of tourists.
16. The Bermudas is a very mysterious place.
17. … Lake Baikal is one of the most beautiful places on our planet.
18. … California is my favourite place to visit.
19. The Balkan Peninsula is a place of different problems nowadays.
20. The Mississippi is described by Mark Twain.
