III. Insert the right article paying attention to proper names:

1. The hunters got lost in ___ Rocky Mountains. 2. ___ Buckingham Palace, ___ Trafalgar Square, ___ Houses of Parliament, ___ Tower of London, ___ Tower Bridge, ___ National Gallery are the usual sights in ___ English capital. 3. The six island countries of ___ West Indies are ___ Bahamas, ___ Barbados, ___ Cuba, ___ Dominican Republic, ___ Haiti and ___ Jamaica. 4. In the mornings she used to read ___ “Vogue” and he usually read ___ “Mirror”. 5. ___ Berlin she had been born in, and where she had grown up, no longer existed. 6. ___ Low Countries include ___ Netherlands, ___ Belgium, and ___ Luxembourg. 7. ___ Colorado River flows through ___ Grand Canyon. 8. The names of the following streets have the definite article: ___ Mall, ___ Strand, ___ Wall Street, ___ Unter den Linden. 9. ___ England of the 21st century will be very different from ___ England of our days. 10. This producer got ___ Nika for this film. 11. Chaucer would have had difficulty in recognizing ___ London of Queen Elizabeth, just as Shakespeare would have been lost in ___ brick-and-stone London of D.R. Johnson, while Dickens, well as he knew ___ London, would have been bewildered by ___ steel and concrete London of today.

IV. Insert some or any where necessary:

1. My teacher lives ___ distance away from the school. 2. You should buy ___ new clothes for the New Year, I think. 3. Ruth still has ___ doubts about her marriage, but her boyfriend John hasn’t got any. 4. Mum was sure we had ___ honey left. At breakfast it turned out we didn’t have ___. 5. — Has there been ___ discussion of the project? — Yes, ___ people are against it, I’m sorry to say. 6. There must be ___ way to get in touch with them, but so far I haven’t found ___. 7. – Is there ___ reliable source of information you’ll use in your investigation, inspector? – I definitely have ___, though I am not going to reveal ___ to you, sir. 8. ___ people hate seafood. 9. Let’s talk about it ___ other time. 10. There aren’t ___ markets on Monday. 11. – There is ___ dust on the furniture. – Oh, I haven’t got ___ time for this. 12. – Do you speak ___ French? – No, but I speak ___ English.

V. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:

1. People usually have some free time on weekends. 2. Some of my friends also teach English. 3. There is some snow in the streets. 4. Wait, I’ll make some coffee for us. 5. There’s some soup left. 6. I think I need some help. 7. She has some relatives in England. 8. Some people are so annoying! 9. We have some new contracts this year. 10. I can get you some bread when I go shopping.

VI. Use some-, any-, every-, no- + one / body / thing / where:

1. Never trust ___ with such manners. 2. Let me see if there is ___ we can do for you. 3. Is there ___ at home? 4. If ___ happens to the car, how shall I get to the country? 5. There should be ___ behind all this. 6. Barbara was a teacher from ___ near Newcastle. 7. Emily refuses to have ___ to do with Jim. 8. Shall I bring you ___ to drink? 9. Nobody can find out ___ about that man. 10. Yesterday we couldn’t find you ___. Where were you? 11. Hardly ___ knew how to respond to this. 12. Many people think that the bad weather has ___ to do with all the satellites in space. 13. You’re wrong. There’s ___ strange about the man. He is a decent chap. 14. — What’s the matter? – ___ is the matter. 15. We looked for a policeman, but there was ___ around. 16. – Do you have any clue to this? – ___ whatsoever. 17. I answered every single question. My opponent answered ___. 18. ___ of us understood the play. 19. Mind, I’m having ___ of that language here! 20. Don’t be so nosy! It’s ___ of your business. 21. ___ comes to those who hustle while he waits. 22. ___ should believe in ___. 23. Kindness, I’ve discovered, is ___. 24. Considering how dangerous ___ is, ___ is really very frightening.