Exercise 2. all these sentences are negative. use the right words: no/nobody/anybody/nowhere/anywhere, etc. 1. there are … colour pencils in my box. 2. there’s … in the room. 3. … knew that boy. 4. i can go … . i don’t have … whom i know in this city. 5. i don’t find … interesting in this book. 6. i find … interesting in this film. 7. … met her at the station. 8. i can’t find my purse … . 9. i have … friends here. 10. there’s … interesting in this film. 11. … learnt the rule on monday. 12. there’s … money in this box. 13. we couldn’t find this book … .

1 no
2 nobody
3 nobody
4 nowhere, anybody
5 anything
6nothing
7 nobody
8 anywhere
9 no
10 nothing
11 nobody 
12 no
13 anywhere

1. But I WILL BE good tomorrow. I DO everything you tell me.

2. «My dear girl. You’re all right, aren’t you?» «It’s just a headache». «You WILL BE fit enough for this afternoon, WON`T you?

3. «Queenie, WILL you GO with me tomorrow?»

4. I WON`T SAY anything to make him mad, I promise.

5. «What on earth are you doing?» She laughed : «I WILL EXPLAIN it all tomorrow. About six, then?»

6. The baby was still asleep. «I WILL COME in half an hour», Annabel said. «You go and get his things ironed.»

7. I must say something to the press now, or it WILL BE too late for the morning papers.

8. Tell them to come back in half an hour. I WILL TALK to them, then.

1 b (The Smiths have a dog and a cat.  )

2 a (He knows how to work on a computer.  )

3 c (She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel.)  

4 c (Go down_ Kingston Street and turn left into Oxford Street.)  

5 a (I don’t like milk in _ tea.)

6 b (At the end of a busy day, sleep is the best way to restore your energy.)  

7 c (We’ll go for a walk if the weather is fine.  )

8 a (Could you give me the information I asked for in my letter? )

9. b (War is a terrible thing. )

10 b (I spent a very interesting holiday in England.)

2. Fill in the correct article.  

1. "Is this your _ friend?” — "No, it isn’t my_ friend, it is my sister”.  

2. I have a sister. My_ sister is a teacher. My sister’s _ husband is a pilot.  

3. I have no _ car.  

4. She has got a terrible _ headache.  

5. They have a dog and two _ cats.  

6. My _ cousin says he is going to be a manager one_ day.  

7. Would you like an apple?  

8. This is a tree. The tree is green.  

9. I can see three _ children. The children are playing in the yard.  

10. I have a car. The car is white. My _ friend has no _ car.  

3. Fill in the articles in the proverbs if necessary.  

1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.  

2. Appetite comes with eating.  

3. A good beginning makes a good ending.  

4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  

5. Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.  

6. Brevity is the soul of wit.  

7. A cat has nine lives.  

8. Charity begins at home.  

9. Clothes make the man.  

10. Curiosity killed the cat.