Exercise 14, Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with names of hotels, streets, ships, and newspapers.)

1. She nodded __ command to __ footman, and they drove off westward, down __ Strand, and so into __ little side street by __ Charing Cross. (Bennett) 2. I am going to Folkestone to-day, and shall stay at __ Metropole. (Bennett) 3. They were excited because they had been dining with __ editor of __ Times, and had been given __ glimpse of next day's paper. (Snow) 4. She sat in her superb private drawing room at __ Hotel Cecil. 5. __ boys loved him because he told them that __ Navy had borrowed him from __ U. S. Army just in time to blow taps on __ Maine as she was sinking, and he remained long after everyone including — captain had abandoned __ ship. (Wilson) 6. He began to walk very rapidly up towards __ Trafalgar Square. (Greene) 7. He went out and ate __ ices at __ pastry-cook's shop in __ Charing Cross; tried __ new coat in __ Pall Mall; and called for __ Captain Cannon, played eleven games at __ billiards with __ captain, and returned to __ Russell Square. (Thackeray) 8. __ street was empty, unlighted save by __ reflection from __ Grandlieu Street behind them... (Faulkner) 9. In 1905 __ revolt broke out on __ Potem- kin, one of __ battleships of __ Black Sea Fleet. 10. Yet, in — bright drawing room in __ Lord North Street, all he was thinking of... was what __ Telegraph, __ Guardian, the popular press, would say next day. (Snow)

Exercise 15. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with nouns modified by proper nouns.)

1. I often go to __ Pushkin Theatre. 2. I am very fond of — Pushkin's short tragedies. 3. __ Tretyakov gallery was founded nearly __ century ago by Pavel Tretyakov. __ Tretyakov's devotion to __ art and his indefatigable efforts had __ magnificent results and furthered __ development of __ Russian painting. 4. I am __ medical student and have held __ post of house surgeon at one of __ London hospitals for some time. (Marryat) 5. __ Fox apartment had __ spacious old-fashioned feeling. 6. Towards __ end of __ year 1913 several young students living in Moscow founded __ small group known as __ Students' Drama Studio. It was from that group that __ Vakhtangov Theatre sprang. Vakhtangov was __ tireless innovator. Some of Vakhtan- gov's pupils became __ capable producers. 7. __ sets of furniture were imitations of one of __ Louis periods. (Dreiser) 8. __ Pulkovo Observatory is over __ hundred years old. 9. __ chin of __ founder of __ Forsyte clan was settled comfortably between __ widely separated points of. __ old-fashioned collar. (Galsworthy) 10. He had known all __ pretty Montjoy sisters scattered over — Society, but of them all Diana was __ youngest, __ prettiest, most tasteful and wittiest... (Galsworthy)

Exercise 16, Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with set expressions.)

1. I trust you to tell me __ bare truth, whatever it is. (Snow) 2. The maid, looking to right and left, spoke in __ low and hurried voice. (Galsworthy) 3. On his trip round __ world with Fleur he had often put his nose out and watched the dancing on — deck. (Galsworthy) 4. He decided that he would not at __ present explain to her who he was. (Bennett) 5. I saw __ good deal of him during __ war. (Snow) 6. He has taken his death very much to __ heart indeed. (Collins) 7. What did her education and her accomplishments amount to? She could keep __ house. (Bennett) 8. AH seemed perfectly at their ease, by no means in __ hurry. (Dickens) 9. Somebody important must have been arriving from Europe by __ air... (Greene) 10. Am I dealing, young people, with __ case of __ love at __ first sight? (Galsworthy) 11. We've had some tea already on __ board __ yacht. (Shaw) 12. Rosa was well aware that she had never taken __ trouble to get to know Annette. (Murdoch) 13. You will go to _ sea and forget ail about me in __ month. (Galsworthy) 14. He was about to start on __ long journey, __ difficult one, by __ sea, and no soul would know where he was gone. (Eliot) 15. It is __ pleasure to see you. (Galsworthy) 16. He held __ very guarded conversation with her on his way home, for fear that she would take __ additional offence. Argument was out of __ question. (Dreiser) 17. On __ other hand, if he was beaten he took it with complete good humour. (Maugham) 18. He is beginning to lose __ heart, they say. (Reade) 19. She burned like __ fire from __ head to __ foot. (Hardy) 20. I got into conversation with him by __ chance at __ concert. (Shaw) 21. She's taken quite __ fancy to you, Ridgeon. (Shaw) 22. __ furniture was all sent round by __ water. (Austen) 23. I returned at once, and found Ada sitting at __ work by __ fireside. (Dickens) 24. He played __ flute. (Miller) 25. Somewhere __ great many men were singing. (Greene) 26. He was chronically in __ debt... (Snow) 27. __ woman I fixed my eye on was __ woman who kept __ house for me at my cottage. (Collins) 28. It is __ pity to worry her if she has __ talent for __ uneasiness. (Galsworthy) 29. He has given __ permission to go up and see her there. (Priestley) 30. Behind __ house was __ large garden, and in summer, __ pupils almost lived out of __ doors. (Ch. Bronte) 31. __ rain had stopped, and we went on __ foot to __ Ebury Street. (Snow) 32. They started at __ dawn, and __ boy I sent with them didn't come back till next day. (Maugham) 33. On being informed... that her departure would be delayed... she had flown into __ violent passion. (Collins) 34. All of __ sudden, his face had become stony. (Snow) 35. Dear, dear! It seems only __ other day since I took you down to school at Sloughl (Galsworthy) 36. Mr. Byron Waller could play __ violin. (Lee)

Exercise 17. Translate into English.

1. Он всегда говорит очень тихо. 2. На днях я случайно встретила Нину. 3. Если вы ей так ответите, она придет в ярость. 4. По правде говоря, я так и не поняла, почему она обиделась. 5. Она читает с утра до ночи. 6. Я люблю путешествовать морем. 7. Вы по ошибке принесли не тот журнал. 8. Мы всегда заставали его за работой. 9. Приходите ко мне завтра.—Об этом и речи быть не может, я очень занята. 10. Он даже не потрудился встретить нас на вокзале. 11. Жаль, что вы не можете пойти с нами в театр. 12. Мы уже' можем читать Диккенса и Теккерея в оригинале. 13. Мой брат очень хорошо играет на скрипке.

Exercise 18. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with predicative nouns and nouns in apposition.)

1. Ostrovsky commenced __ clerk in __ Moscow Commercial Court. 2. Selina, __ daughter of __ Paddocks, had been surprised that afternoon by receiving __ letter from her once intended husband. (Hardy) 3. My father became __ rector of Burnmore when I was nine. (Wells) 4. Cashel was to go to sea, so that if his affairs became desperate, he could at least turn __ pirate. (Shaw) 5. He was __ particular friend of Sir John's (Austen). 6. You are not __ person you claim to be. (Dickens) 7. His money was __ money I brought him as my marriage portion. (Shaw) 8. That meeting had occurred at __ house of __ high official of __ British Museum, __ scholar with whom Arthur was on friendly terms. (Bennett) 9. Mrs. Patterson, __ lymphatic woman, was holding her son Jim by __ hand. (Lindsay) 10. __ trained diplomat and statesman as he was, his- stern aristocratic face was upside down with __ fury. (Leacock) 11. I am not __ good fisherman myself. (Jerome K. Jerome) 12. Ever since then I haven't been able to suppress — gnawing thoughts in my mind. I'm not strong enough to suppress them. I'm too weak. I'm not __ man enough. (Caldwell) 13. You were __ dear little girl; I see it now, looking back. But not __ little girl I had in my mind. (Jerome K. Jerome) 14. He looked thin, and yellow as __ guinea, and he had turned __ miser. (Reade) 15. You should have been __ woman enough to control yourself. (Hardy) 16. Martha, who was __ poor apprentice at __ milliner's, then told them what kind of __ work she had to do. (Dickens) 17. What __ charming house you have, Lady Chiltern! (Wilde) 18. I am Anthony Anderron, __ man you want. (Shaw) 19. Only, his forehead and mouth betray an extraordinary steadfastness; and his eyes are __ eyes of __ fanatic. (Shaw) 20. He had just been appointed __ Lord Justice of appeal. (Snow) 21. His clothes are not __ clothes, nor his anxious wife __ wife of __ prosperous man. (Shaw) 22.-1 was __ fool enough to ask her to live here still, and direct __ affairs of __ house for me. (E. Bronte)