Exercise 1. Change the nouns into the plural. Use some (any) where necessary and make the other necessary changes.
1. A kitten likes to play. 2. A violet does not smell so sweet as a lily of the valley. 3. Have you bought an apple for your child? 4. Here is a letter to be posted. 5. He ate a spoonful of broth and a sandwich. 6. I must buy a postcard. 7. She did not bring me a magazine, she brought me a newspaper. 8. She made a step towards him. 9. In the bedroom a candle was burning. 10. Did she ever lend you a book?
Exercise 2. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with class nouns.)
1. Not __ word was spoken in __ parlour. (Caldwelt) 2. __ room itself was filling up, so was __ staircase. (Snow)3. I think that __ man's life is worth saving, whoever it belongs to. (Shaw)4. Though __ earth was cold and wet, __ sky was clear and __ sun rose bright and beautiful. (Dickens)5. He made them provide not one car, but half __ dozen. (Snow)6.. __ compass was invented in ancient China. 7. Not __ word was spoken, not __ sound was made. (Dickens)8. __ sky outside __ window was already dark, __ secretaries had gone home, all was quiet. (Snow)9. Edward remained __ week at __ cottage. (Austen)10. I tell you, he's as brave as __ man can reasonably be. (Snow)11. After that they would meet, perhaps, two or three times __ year. (Galsworthy) 12. Dinny looked up at __ house; and suddenly saw __ face in __ window of __ dining-room. (Galsxnorthy) 13. You know I never cared for __ drama. 14. "It is not __ large house," I said. "We don't want __ large house." (Jerome K. Jercme) 15. He looks older than he is, as __ dark men often do. (Dickens)16. Roger looked at him and, without __. word, took out his wallet and gave him __ ten-shilling note. (Snow)17. As __ man sows, so shall he reap. 18. This morning __ tobacconist was at his door. (Bennett)19. It was Sunday afternoon, and __ sun, which had teen shining now for several hours, was beginning to warm __ earth. (Murdoch)20. I have __ long story to tell you. Come and sit down on __ sofa and let us have __ comfortable chat. (Marryat)21. __ arm in __ arm, they walked toward home. (/. Shaw)22. It was __ cottage built like __ mansion, having __ central hall with __ wooden gallery running round it, and __ rooms no bigger than __ closets. (Hardy)23. And what __ beautiful moth there is over there on-----wall. (Murdoch)24. She had __ key of her own.
