Supply pronouns and underline the words which they replace

1. The fax has arrived. ... is on your table. 2. — Who told him the news? — Not .... 3. — Who's that? — ... is my sister. She works here. 4. — Helen has had a baby. — Is ... a boy or a girl? 5.I have a car, but I really don't need .... 6. Let's you and ... do it together. 7. Please take these food scraps and give ... to the dog. 8. He was loyal to whoever trusted .... 9. Everybody has a right to ... own opinion. 10. What a sweet child ... is; ... seems the image of your friend Jack. 11. Maggie has got into a mess again! I sure wouldn't want to be ... tonight. 12. William and I smiled at each other. ... smile was as affectionate as ... . 13. She laughed gaily, in that special way of ... . 14. The offer we made solved her problems as well as .... 15. They think that ... is the best team. 16. — You are my destiny, Anastasia! — Yes, and you are... . 17. ... is an informational culture. We worship information. 18. My friend Pierre is as intelligent as ....

4. Insert the required prepositions:

1. Some towns are engaged — coal-mining; some — export of coal... 2. But you must not suppose that he was capable — a gross selfishness... 3. "You seem to think more — painting than — anything now, Philip?" 4. ...Maggie could not bear to insist immediately — their parting. 5. "You agree — me — not liking Corinne, then?" 6. Tom, meantime, had shown no disposition to rely — anyone but himself... 7. He was different — all the other boys. 8. She moved to the window, and busied herself — a bowl of flowers. 9. It was awfully rude — him to keep her waiting! 10. Passing the swing-door — the bottom, she ran — the stairs... 11. I did not see Elliott till he came — London — the end of June — the following year. 12. I've attended lectures — the Sorbonne. 13.— the next four weeks I saw little of Elliott and his relatives. 14. — the first time — forty years Elliott was not spending the spring — Paris. 15. It seemed — the boy that this lady somehow did not approve — them. 16. "Ah! don't be cross —me!" 17. He seemed so intent — the play that she did not speak, but watched his face... 18. He did not turn... but she felt that he was aware — her. 19. For twelve years she had longed — the mountains every summer... 20. "I am surprised — you Grata..." 21. Agnes sang — great sweetness and expression... 22. They walked on — some time — the most crowded and densely inhabited part of the town... 23. ...raising her eyes, she saw her standing — the doorway. 24. Bart opened the door and jumped out — the platform. 25. They stopped — a cottage door. 26. Larry was very silent — the way home. 27. She looked at me — a moment — a seriousness I had not often seen in her. 28. She was used to wandering — the fields — herself, and was less timid there than — the high road. 29. Maggie soon got out of breath — running...

Вариант № 2

Choose the right words to fill in the blanks.

1. a) When Scott reached the ... Pole, he saw the Norwegian flag already there. b) Antarctica is in the ... Hemisphere. (south, southern) 2. a) This novel is based on a ... story. b) I think Linda is a ... person. (true, truthful) 3. a) It was a great, yes, it was a ... change for the country. b) They played their part in the ... process. (historic, historical) 4. a) He rents a flat in ... London. b) These cliffs and grounds are in the ... Hemisphere. (north, northern) 5. a) This fish is so bony! I find it ...! b) These beautiful fungi are ... . They are poisonous. (uneatable, inedible) 6. a) — John is as ... as a girl. — Yes, he is very touchy. b) — On the other hand, he is a ... boy. — Yes, I would say he is intelligent. (sensible, sensitive) 7. a) The country is having great ... difficulties. b) This car is very ... . It needs little petrol. (economic, economical) 8. a) This chronicle gives a ... presentation of events. b) The discovery of penicillin was a ... event. (historic, historical) 9. a) The handwriting was ..., but I recognized it as Mark's. b) It may be a good novel, but I find it ... . (unreadable, illegible) 10. a) In our new flat we have an ... cooker. b) Accumulator gave off a sudden ... discharge. (electric, electrical)

Fill in appropriate articles where necessary.

1. It was only ... fifth of July, and no meeting was fixed with Fleur until ... ninth. 2. June walked straight up to her former friend, kissed her cheek, and ... two settled down on a sofa never sat on since the hotel's foundation. 3. He'd catch ... two o'clock train back to New York. 4. She is quite aged for ... seventy, isn't she? What I would call ... old seventy. 5. The letter bored him, and when it was followed next day by another, and the day after by ... third, he began to worry. 6. Philip looked at his uncle with disapproval when he took ... second piece of cake. 7. He walked along thoughtfully. He wasn't going to be one of ... lucky ten who were going to be taken back. 8. "Miss Luce will be ... second mother to the children," she said. 9. They talked of ... thousand things, and they all talked at once. 10. James looked at her sideways, and placed ... second piece of ham in his mouth. 11. The phone rang almost immediately ... third time. 12. The phone, ringing for ... fourth time, interrupted his thoughts. 13.... three times I have already done that. Everything! Then this time will make ... fourth. 14. That question, too, he had asked himself ... thousand times. 15. Once more he had used the service stairs from ... eighth floor to ... ninth. 16. ... back of ... collar and ... upper part of ... shoulders were grey with ... dust. 17. That isn't ... sort of ... thing she likes. 18. She wore ... jersey sweater and ... tweed skirt and her hair was brushed back like ... boy's. 19. ... top of ... carriage was up and there were ... drops of ... water on ... driver's coat. 20. She was still kneeling, trying to take ... hook out of ... mouth of ... fish.