Exercise 160. Use articles where necessary:



A. 1. ___primitive man was ___ slave to ___ nature. 2. I want you to tell ___ truth. 3. Can I see ___ picture, ___ one he gave you ___ minute ago. 4. It cost her ___ hundred and ___ fifty pounds. 5. ___ lecture lasts ___ hour and ___ half. 6. We called them once, then ___ second and ___ third time and thought we had dialed ___ wrong number. 7. There are ___ few points I'd like to clear up. 8. ___ number of ___ 1st year students has significantly increased this year. 9. He decided to spend ___ few pounds he had on ___ books. 10. There's ___ little juice in the bottle, you can drink it. 11. "Well, is ___ wrong side ___ left side or is ___ wrong side ___ right side? Because I got out on ___ right side, so how can it be wrong?" asked Michael. 12. ___hour passed, ___ second hour passed. 13. Mr. Kelada was chatty. He discussed ___ plays, ___ pictures, ___ politics.



B. 1. What ___ fine day! 2. What is ___ date today? 3. What ___ day is it today? 4. What ___ beautiful weather we are having today! 5. What ___ warm welcome they showed. 6. Look, what ___ lovely present I've received. 7. What's ___ news?

1. _The__primitive man was _a__ slave to _the__ nature. 2. I want you to tell _the__ truth. 3. Can I see _the__ picture, _the__ one he gave you _a__ minute ago. 4. It cost her _a__ hundred and ___ fifty pounds. 5. __the_ lecture lasts _an__ hour and _a__ half. 6. We called them once, then __the_ second and __the_ third time and thought we had dialed __a/the_ wrong number. 7. There are __a_ few points I'd like to clear up. 8. _the__ number of __the_ 1st year students has significantly increased this year. 9. He decided to spend _a__ few pounds he had on ___ books. 10. There's __a_ little juice in the bottle, you can drink it. 11. "Well, is __the_ wrong side _the__ left side or is _the__ wrong side __the_ right side? Because I got out on _the__ right side, so how can it be wrong?" asked Michael. 12. _An__hour passed, _a__ second hour passed. 13. Mr. Kelada was chatty. He discussed ___ plays, ___ pictures, ___ politics.1. What _a__ fine day!  2. What is _the__ date today? 3. What ___ day is it today? 4. What ___ beautiful weather we are having today! 5. What _a__ warm welcome they showed. 6. Look, what __a_ lovely present I've received. 7. What's _the__ news?

1) _The__primitive man was _a__ slave to _the__ nature. 2) I want you to tell _the__ truth. 3) Can I see _the__ picture, _the__ one he gave you _a__ minute ago. 4) It cost her _a__ hundred and ___ fifty pounds. 5) __the_ lecture lasts _an__ hour and _a__ half. 6) We called them once, then __the_ second and __the_ third time and thought we had dialed __a/the_ wrong number. 7) There are __a_ few points I'd like to clear up. 8) _the__ number of __the_ 1st year students has significantly increased this year. 9) He decided to spend _a__ few pounds he had on ___ books. 10) There's __a_ little juice in the bottle, you can drink it. 11) "Well, is __the_ wrong side _the__ left side or is _the__ wrong side __the_ right side? Because I got out on _the__ right side, so how can it be wrong?" asked Michael. 12) _An__hour passed, _a__ second hour passed. 13) Mr. Kelada was chatty. He discussed ___ plays, ___ pictures, ___ politics.1. What _a__ fine day!  2. What is _the__ date today? 3. What ___ day is it today? 4. What ___ beautiful weather we are having today! 5. What _a__ warm welcome they showed. 6. Look, what __a_ lovely present I've received. 7. What's _the__ news?