4. Revision

Ex. 14. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with class nouns).

1. Not _____ word was spoken in _____ parlour. 2. _____ room itself was filling up, so was _____ staircase. 3. Though _____ earth was cold and wet, _____ sky was clear and _____ Sun rose bright and beautiful. 4. He made them provide not one car, but half _____ dozen. 5. _____ compass was invented in ancient China. 6. Not _____ word was spoken, not _____ sound was made. 7. _____ sky outside _____ window was already dark, secretaries had gone home, all was quiet. 8. Edward remained _____ week at _____ cottage. 9. I tell you, he is as brave as _____ man can reasonably be. 10. Danny looked up at _____ house; and suddenly saw _____ face in _____ window of _____ dining-room. 11. You know I never cared for _____ drama. 12. He looks older than he is, as _____ dark men often do. 13. Roger looked at him, without _____ word, took out his wallet and gave him _____ ten-shilling note. 14. As _____ man sows, so shall he reap. 15. It was Sunday afternoon, and _____ sun, which had been shining now for several hours, was beginning to warm _____ earth.

16. I have _____ long story to tell you. Come and sit down on _____ sofa and let us have _____ comfortable chat. 17. It was _____ cottage built like _____ mansion, having _____ central hall with _____ wooden gallery running round it, and _____ rooms no bigger than _____ closets. 18. And what _____ beautiful moth there is over there on _____ wall. 19. She had _____ key of her own. 20. He was _____ short, plump man with _____ very white face and _____ very white hands. It was rumoured in London that he powdered them like _____ woman. 21. _____ old couldn't help _____ young. 22. To him she would always be _____ loveliest woman in _____ world. 23. _____ strongest have their hours of depression. 24. Her aunt, in _____ straw hat so broad that it covered her to _____ very edges of her shoulders, was standing below with two gardeners behind her. 25. _____ rich think they can buy anything. 26. _____ room has three doors; one on the same side as _____ fireplace, near _____ corner, leading to _____ best bedroom. 27. Thank you, Stephen: I knew you would give me _____ right advice. 28. Sometimes _____ visitors rang _____ wrong bell. 29. I just wanted to have _____ look at _____ place, and ask you _____ question or two.

30. _____ woman will only be equal of _____ man when she earns her living in _____ same way that he does.

31. He arrived half _____ hour before dinner time, and went up to _____ schoolroom at _____ top of _____ house, to see _____ children. 32. There is something in _____ very expression of his face that tells me so. 33. Far away in _____ little street there is _____ poor house. One of _____ windows is open and through it I can see _____ woman sitting at _____ table. She is _____ seamstress. 34. _____ man who entered was short and broad. He had black hair, and was wearing _____ grey flannel trousers with _____ red woollen shirt, open at _____ neck, whose collar he carried outside _____ lapels of his dark tweed jacket. 35. Then it was night and he was awake, standing in _____ street looking up at _____ dark windows of _____ place where he lived. _____ front door was locked and there was no one in, _____ house. 36. I believe I can tell _____ very moment I began to love him. 37. "I must do it", said Adam; "it's _____ right thing". 38. Mr. Boythorn lived in _____ pretty house with _____ lawn in front, _____ bright flower garden at _____ side and _____ kitchen-garden in _____ rear, enclosed with _____ wall. _____ house was _____ real old house.

39. _____ bartender was _____ pale man in _____ vest and _____ apron, with _____ pale, hairy arms and _____ long, nervous nose. 40. _____ face to _____ face, he was as warm and easy-natured as he had ever been. 41. During _____ country house parties one day is very like another. _____ men put on _____ same kind of variegated tie, eat _____ same breakfast, tap _____ same barometer, smoke _____ same pipes and kill _____ birds. 42. Almost at _____ very moment when she had returned Aileen had appeared. 43. _____ old man quitted _____ house secretly at _____ same hour as before. 44. We are told that _____ wicked shall be punished. 45. _____ arm in _____ arm we walked on, sometimes stumbling over _____ hump of earth or catching our feet in _____ rabbit-holes.

46. Clare was _____ most vivid member of _____ family. She had dark fine shingled hair and pale expressive face, of which _____ lips were slightly brightened. _____ eyes were brown, with straight and eager glance, _____ brow low and very white. Her expression was odd for _____ girl of twenty, being calm and yet adventurous.