Exercise 1.
Match the names of the shops with the definitions.
1. department store
2. bakery
3. butcher
4. greengrosser
5. ironmonger’s
6. newsagent
7. chemist
a. a shop that sells tools and other metal goods
b. a shop that sells medicine
c. a place in the street where you can buy newspapers and magazines
d. a building where bread, cakes etc are made or sold
e. someone whose job is to sell meat
f. a shop where you can buy fruit and vegetables
g. a very big shop that sells a lot of different things
Exercise 2.
Fill the gaps with a/an/the, where necessary.
Yesterday I bought ___ pair of ___ shoes. Unfortunately ___ shoes are too tight.
We had ___ dinner in ___ restaurant ___ last night. – What is ___ name of ___ restaurant?
Tony has two children: ___ boy and ___ girl. They are ___ twins. ___ girl is in ___ France now.
Would you like another piece of ___ cake? – No, ___ cake is too fat for me.
His office is on ___ Floor 5. And I live on ___ tenth floor.
Exercise 3.
Write in was / were.
The third day _______ Wednesday. The boys _______ in the swimming-pool. Steve _______ the fastest swimmer! On Thursday we _______ at the circus! The bears _______ funny! The fifth day _______ Friday. In the morning we _______ in the zoo.
Match the names of the shops with the definitions.
1. department store
2. bakery
3. butcher
4. greengrosser
5. ironmonger’s
6. newsagent
7. chemist
a. a shop that sells tools and other metal goods
b. a shop that sells medicine
c. a place in the street where you can buy newspapers and magazines
d. a building where bread, cakes etc are made or sold
e. someone whose job is to sell meat
f. a shop where you can buy fruit and vegetables
g. a very big shop that sells a lot of different things
Exercise 2.
Fill the gaps with a/an/the, where necessary.
Yesterday I bought ___ pair of ___ shoes. Unfortunately ___ shoes are too tight.
We had ___ dinner in ___ restaurant ___ last night. – What is ___ name of ___ restaurant?
Tony has two children: ___ boy and ___ girl. They are ___ twins. ___ girl is in ___ France now.
Would you like another piece of ___ cake? – No, ___ cake is too fat for me.
His office is on ___ Floor 5. And I live on ___ tenth floor.
Exercise 3.
Write in was / were.
The third day _______ Wednesday. The boys _______ in the swimming-pool. Steve _______ the fastest swimmer! On Thursday we _______ at the circus! The bears _______ funny! The fifth day _______ Friday. In the morning we _______ in the zoo.
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1. department store g. a very big shop that sells a lot of different things2. bakery d. a building where bread, cakes etc are made or sold
3. butcher e. someone whose job is to sell meat
4. greengrosser f. a shop where you can buy fruit and vegetables
5. ironmonger’s a. a shop that sells tools and other metal goods
6. newsagent c. a place in the street where you can buy newspapers and magazines
7. chemist b. a shop that sells medicine
Yesterday I bought __a_ pair of ___ shoes. Unfortunately _the__ shoes are too tight.
We had ___ dinner in __a_ restaurant ___ last night. – What is _the__ name of _the__ restaurant?
Tony has two children: __a_ boy and _a__ girl. They are ___ twins. _The__ girl is in ___ France now.
Would you like another piece of ___ cake? – No, _the__ cake is too fat for me.
His office is on ___ Floor 5. And I live on _the__ tenth floor.
The third day __was__ Wednesday. The boys __were__ in the swimming-pool.Steve _was___ the fastest swimmer! On Thursday we __were___ at the circus!The bears ___were__ funny! The fifth day _was__ Friday. In the morningwe _were___ in the zoo.