Вставить артикль, где необходимо: 1. many years ago _ rivers began to speak against _ sea. _ rivers came to _ sea and said "we bring _ sweet water to you, and you make it salt. _ people can't drink this _ water. why do you do that? " "if you do not like _ salt water", answered _ sea, "run to _ some other place". 2. once _ two friends were in _ thick wood, when they met _ bear. one of _ men was very much frightened by _ bear. he ran to _ high tree and got up into it. _ other man understood that he could not stand up against _ big bear. he lay down on _ grass. "_ bear will think that i am dead", he said to _ himself. _ man thought that _ bears do not atack _ dead people. _ bear came up to _ man on grass, sniffed at _ his nose and went away. _ other man got down from _ tree. "what did _ bear say in _ your ear? " he asked him. "he told me", was _ answer, "not to go into _ woods with _ bad friend who will not help you in _ danger." 3. _ man built _ house for _ himself. _ house was nice, but very small. he invited _ friends to see it. _ friends came and looked at _ house. every man said something bad about it. "_ front of _ house is not nice." "_ windows are very small." "_ roof is not good, _ rain will come in." "_ rooms are not large enough for _ man." _ man listened and answered, "you may be right. _ house is small, but it is big enough for _ me and i have no _ good friends to invite to _ my house."

1.many years ago a rivers began to speak against a sea. the rivers came to the sea and said "we bring   sweet water to you, and you make it salt.   people can't drink this   water. why do you do that? " "if you do not like salt water", answered the sea, "run to some other place. 2. once two friends were in a thick wood, when they met a bear. one of the men was very much frightened by the bear. he ran to a high tree and got up into it. the other man understood that he could not stand up against the big bear. he lay down on grass. "the bear will think that i am dead", he said to himself.   the   man thought that bears do not atack   dead people. the bear came up to the man on grass, sniffed at his nose and went away. the other man got down from the tree. "what did the bear say in your ear? " he asked him. "he told me", was   answer, "not to go into woods with bad friend who will not help you in danger." 3. a man built a house for himself. the house was nice, but very small. he invited friends to see it. the friends came and looked at the house. every man said something bad about it. " a front of the house is not nice." " windows are very small." "a roof is not good, rain will come in." " rooms are not large enough for man." the man listened and answered, "you may be right. the house is small, but it is big enough for me and i have no the good friends to invite to my house." a/an неопределенный, то есть используется, когда предмет  впервые упоминается в тексте. в дальнейшем говоря об этом предмет нужно использовать the определенный артикль. a/an не используются с неисчисляемыми и перед существительными во множественном числе.

1. he said bernard shaw had been given the noble prize for literature in 1925.( можно оставить was given как факт). 2. she asked when the music festival would take place in edinburgh. 3. he said he wouldn’t be able to attend the meeting the following day. 4. they asked me if i was going to visit my parents on sunday. 5. my friend told me to wait for him/her a little. 6. the teacher asked us how long we had done our homework. 7. my friend told me he knew that i was going to take part in their scientific conference. 8. she said she had already met that man. 9. my brother asked me if i could help him to translate that article. 10. the students said they had passed their exams in history. 11. he asked me if i had bee. born in moscow. 12. the teacher told us to bring our dictionaries for the next lesson. 13. he said he hadn’t watched tv the previous day. 14. he told us not to tell anybody about it. 15. she asked me what foreign languages i studied at my school. 16. they said they hadn’t read that day’s newspaper yet.

1. He was  driving a car when he reached the airport.

2. We had pack already packed all our bags when they phoned us.

3. It was snowing and no plane was able to take off.

4. Our guide had organized our trip before we talked to him.

5. She washed up after her mother came home.

6. They had been looking / had looked forward to this holiday before they managed to find it.

7. Mark had already been to Africa twice before he got married.

8. We had booked our flights weeks before we left .

9. The scientist were  preparing the article at 5 o’clock yesterday.

10. I had cooked breakfast by 5 o’clock.

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