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The head of the State Service for Geology and Mineral Resources of Ukraine said that in
order to start … of these perspective areas Olesky deposit needs USD 150-200 m to be
invested in 1.5-2 years, Yuzivsky – USD 250-300 m. In case expected amount of reserves is
correct, Yuzivsky area should … 8-10 billion m3of gas annually, Olesky area – 2-3 billion m3
of gas. To start producing gas in such … it would take no less than 5-7 years. Naftogaz of
Ukraine expects that Ukraine could start commercial production of shale gas in 2015. And by
2020 annual volumes of this gas extraction could … 4-5 m3.

Task VI. Read the text again and write out 10 adjectives in different degree of comparison.

Grammar focus
The Article
Exercises
I. Put in the proper articles where necessary.
a)
Once … Frenchman was traveling in … Sweden. He stopped at … hotel in … small Swedish
town. It was … evening,… man was tired, so he went to … bed at once. In …morning he had
…breakfast in …hotel restaurant. After … he went for … walk. He walked along … streets
of… town, visited … museum and … shops. Presently he felt hungry and dropped into …café
for lunch. He sat down at …table, called … waiter and ordered … mushrooms. But …
Frenchman didn’t know … Swedish and … waiter didn’t know French. Nobody in … café
could speak French. Then … Frenchman took … piece of … paper and … pencil and drew
the picture of … mushroom. …waiter looked at … picture and left … room at once. Five
minutes later he returned with … umbrella.
b)
1. I see you have … pleasant forest here. - Oh, yes … forest is nice. We like to take walks
when … weather is fine.
2. Who will wash … dishes? - Father will. He likes washing … dishes.
3. Please, don’t close … window. It’s hot here. But close … door.
4. Don’t go out into … rain without your coat on.
5. This … boy is … student of … group 3.
6. Read … first sentence, please.

II. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles:
1. Ann is ... nice little girl. She is in ... garden. 2. Mr. Black lives in ... flat 10. 3. Thank you
for ... trouble you took. 4. I often get … letters from my friend. 5. Take ... bus N 9. It goes
down Shevchenko Street. 6. I like ... meat and my wife likes ... fish. 7. I am ... first-year
student of ... Polytechnic Institute. 8. Please, give me ... pen and some paper. 9. I have ...
girlfriend. 10. ... friend in need is ... friend indeed. 11. He was well-dressed, … best-dressed
man in ... room. 12. How did you like ... film? 13. This is ... house that Jack has built. 14.
Thanks ... lot. 15. Kopernik proved that ... Earth goes round ... Sun. 16 … tiger is a big cat-
like animal. 17. He saw a familiar face in second row. 18. ...Trafalgar Square is famous for its
Nelson's Column.

III. Fill in the blanks with articles where it is necessary:
a)
1. All ... best. 2. You are ... very man I am looking for. 3. ... island of ... Great Britain is
washed by ... North Sea in ... east and by ... Atlantic Ocean in ... west. 4. … Ukraine has
become ... sovereign state. 5. ... Browns were not invited for our evening party. 6. Probably

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