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Your name and surname + your telegram nick (@ivanivanov) *
Complete the sentences with a/an or the, or write - if no article is needed.
1. There was ____ knock on ____ door. I opened it and found ____ small dark man in ____blue overcoat and ____ woollen cap. *
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2. He said he was ____ employee of ____ gas company and had come to read ____ meter. *
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3. But I had ____ suspicion that he wasn't speaking ____ truth because ____ meter readers usually wear ____ peaked caps. *
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4. However, I took him to ____ meter, which is in ____ dark corner under ____ stairs (____ meters are usually in ____ dark corners under ____ stairs). *
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5. I asked if he had ____ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ____ meters by ____ light of ____ match. *
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6. I remarked that if there was ____ leak in ____ gaspipe there might be ____ explosion while he was reading ____ meter. *
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7. He said, 'As ____ matter of ____ fact, there was ____ explosion in ____ last house I visited; and Mr Smith, ____ owner of ____ house, was burnt in ____ face.' *
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8. 'Mr Smith was holding ____ lighted match at ____ time of ____ explosion.' *
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9. To prevent ____ possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ____ torch. *
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10. He switched on ____ torch, read ____ meter and wrote ____ reading down on ____ back of ____ envelope. *
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11. I said in ____ surprise that ____ meter readers usually put ____ readings down in ____ book. *
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12. He said that he had had ____ book but that it had been burnt in ____ fire in ____ Mr Smith's house. *
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13. By this time I had come to ____ conclusion that he wasn't ____ genuine meter reader; and ____ moment he left ____ house I rang ____ police. *
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14. Are John and Mary ____ cousins? ~ No, they aren't ____ cousins; they are ____ brother and ____ sister. *
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15. ____ fog was so thick that we couldn't see ____ side of ____ road. We followed ____ car in front of us and hoped that we were going ____ right way. *
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16. I can't remember ____ exact date of ____ storm, but I know it was ____ Sunday because everybody was at ____ church. On ____ Monday ____ post didn't come because ____ roads were blocked by ____ fallen trees. *
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17. Peter thinks that this is quite ____ cheap restaurant. *
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18. There's been ____ murder here. ~ Where's ____ body?~There isn't ____ body. ~Then how do you know there's been ____ murder? *
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19. Number ____hundred and two, - ____ house next door to us, is for sale.It's quite . - . nice house with ____ big rooms. ____ back windows look out on ____ park. *
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20. I don't know what ____ price ____ owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are ____ agents. You could give them ____ ring and make them ____ offer. *
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