Topic. Independence of Uzbekistan

Musical instruments use ‘the‘.
“She plays the piano.”

Sports don’t have an article.
“He plays football.”

Illnesses don’t have an article.
“He’s got appendicitis.”
But we say “a cold” and “a headache”.

Jobs use ‘a’.
“I’m a teacher.”

Countries
We don’t use ‘a’ if the country is singular. “He lives in England.” But if the country’s name has a “plural” meaning, we use ‘the’. “The People’s Republic of China”, “The Netherlands”, “The United States of America”.

Continents, towns and streets don’t have an article.
“Africa”, “New York”, “Church Street”.

Theatres, cinemas and hotels have ‘the’.
“The Odeon”, “The Almeira”, “The Hilton”.

Abbreviations use ‘the’.
“the UN”, “the USA”, “the IMF”.

We use ‘the’ before classes of people.

“the rich”, “the poor”, “the British”.

Task 1. Fill in the proper article

1. 
   I like___ blue T-shirt over there better than____ red one.
   
2. 
   Their car does 150 miles_____  hour.
   
3. 
   Where's_____ USB drive I lent you last week?
   
4. 
   Do you still live in_____ Bristol?
   
5. 
   Is your mother working in______ old office building?
   
6. 
   Carol's father works as______ electrician.
   
7. 
   The tomatoes are 99pence_____ kilo.
   
8. 
   What do you usually havefor______ breakfast?
   
9. 
   Ben has________ terrible headache.
   
10. 
    After this tour you have______ whole afternoon free to explore the city.
    

Task 2. Fill in a, an, the or (-) if no article is needed.
1. He doesn't know____ people well who live nearby.
2. I need____ new laptop because this one is broken.
3. Do youknow_____ longest river in_____ world?
4. She called me_____ hour ago.
5. She was in_____ hospital last week.
6. Last Monday was____ coldest day of____year.
7. Have you already had____ breakfast?
8. They live in___ small bungalow in____country.
9. They lived in_______ Vancouver some years ago.
10. He didn't have_____umbrella with him.
Task 3.Fill in the blanks.

1) I went sailing around ______lake Geneva.
2) I've been living in_____London for six years.
3) ___Danube runs through many European cities.
4) Wild horse live in____ Gobi Desert.
5) ____Pacific Ocean has many different types of fish. 6) She stayed in______ Belgrade for several weeks.
7) Her husband comes from______California.
8) They studied the geology of_______ Sahara Desert
9) She lived in_____ Asia for several years. 10) I spent a year travelling around____Europe.  Task 4. Fill in the gap

Hi John,
I arrived in____ USA last Monday. We left_____ Rome, flew over____ Alps and made a quick stopin____ London. There we went shopping at_____ Harrods,visited_____ Tower and enjoyed a sunny afternoon in____ Hyde Park. On the following day we left for____ New York.____ time on board wasn't boring as there were two films to watch on____monitor.._____people on____plane were all____ Italian. Before we landed at___ JFK airport, we saw____ Statue of Liberty,____ Ellis Island and___ Empire State Building.____ hotel I stayed in was on___corner of____ 42nd Street and____ 5th Avenue. I don't like____ hotels very much, but I didn't have____  time to rent an apartment.

Please say hello to Peter and Mandy.

Yours,
Peter

Professional topic: Caricature

Vocabulary: caricature, rendered, simplified, exaggerate, sketching, pencil strokes, artistic drawings, exaggeration, oversimplification.

Reading: Caricature

Writing: fill in the blanks

Caricature

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