Exercise 1. Put in a/an, the or “–”.
1. Rome is capital of Italy.
2. Don’t sit on chair. It’s dirty.
3. Peter and Mary have two children, boy and girl. boy is seven years old and girl is three.
4. What is name of this village?
5. I live in old house on the outskirts. It’s two miles from city centre.
6. In North Street you will see three houses: red two-storey house, blue three-storey house and nice white house. I live in white house.
7. Tim lives in small village in country.
8. Close door, please. I’m cold.
9. My eyes are dark blue and my sister’s eyes are dark blue. They are same colour.
10. Can you play piano?
11. My birthday is in September.
12. Angela is only child in her family.
13. Today is Wednesday.
14. I’m fond of Smiths. They are very interesting people.
15. His mother’s holiday is in summer.
16. Jill likes playing guitar.
2.Specialized councils confer (present simple) candidate and doctoral degrees.
3.The system of education in Russia is going (pres cont) through a transitional period.
4.The state has funded (pres perfect) all secondary schools, institutes and universities.
5. Russians have always shown (pres perf) a great concern for education.
6. Sport became (past simple) an essential part of students' life and they did (past simple) any sport thye liked (past simple) .