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Ex. 13. Complete this paragraph from a magazine article. Use “the” or no article.
Today Melissa Livingstone is a popular actress and star of the TV soap opera 'Round the Corner'. But as a child she was very unhappy. She didn't do well at ___ (school), and she never went to ___ (college). Her greatest pleasure was going to ___ (cinema). Her family lived in an unattractive town and their home was next to___ (station). Melissa's father, Tom, was a sailor, and he spent months at___ (sea). He was hardly ever at___ (home) and when he was, he didn't do very much. Sometimes he spent all day in___ (bed). Melissa's mother, Susan, had to get up at five o'clock every day to go to ___ (work). When Tom lost his job he stole a gold cup from ___ (church) Susan used to go to. He had to go to ___ (prison) for a year. Melissa's mother was horrified at the shame he had brought on the family.
Ex. 14. Put in the words and use “a/an” or “the” if you need to.
(1)___ (meals) we had weren't very good. We had (2) ___ (breakfast) in the hotel, and that wasn't too bad. We usually went out for (3) ___ (lunch) because (4) ___ (lunch) they served in the hotel was always the same. And (5) ___ (dinner) we had at the hotel on our first evening was pretty awful, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had (6) ___ (marvelous meal) in (7) ___ Chinese restaurant. I wish we'd discovered (8) ___ place a bit sooner.