Exercise 2. Read the sayings, translate them and fill in the gaps with the correct articles where necessary. 1. … Bad news travels fast. 2. … Beauty is only skin-deep. 3. Better die with … honor than live with … shame. 4. … Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 5. … Business before … pleasure.
6. After a storm comes … calm. 7. …Crime does not pay. 8. All is fair in … love and … war.
9. … Diligence is the mother of … good fortune. 10. … Laughter is … best medicine.
11. … Experience is the mother of … wisdom. 12. … Failure teaches … success. 13. … Faith will move mountains. 14. … Familiarity breeds … contempt. 15. … Fear is stronger than … love. 16. … Love is blind. 17. Give … credit where … credit is due. 18. Many hands make … light work. 19. … Goodness is better than … beauty. 20. … Honesty is … best policy.
21. … Necessity is the mother of invention. 22. No news is … good news. 23. … Ignorance of … law excuses no man. 24. Nothing succeeds like … success. 25. … Patience is a virtue.
26. … Practice makes perfect. 27. … Revenge is sweet. 28. … Silence is golden. 29. … Time cures all things. 30. … Variety is the spice of life. 31. … Virtue is its own reward. 32. Ask … advice only of your equal. 33. … True love never grows old. 34. … Trust is the mother
of… deceit.
3a
a. 1) do you have children? – no, I don't.
2) I don't like this photo. it's terrible.
3) do you want a coffee? – no, I don't drink coffee.
4) I don't have brothers and sisters.
5) do you work here? – no, I don't.
6) do you like my coat? – yes, I do.
b. 1) i don't like football.
2) do you want a magazine?
3) I live in a small house.
4) do you study english?
5) I have two sisters.
6) I don't want a british car.
7) do you live near here?
8) I don't have a mobile phone.
3b
a. 1) do you want coffee or tea?
2) they don't have cereal for breakfast.
3) do you like chocolate?
4) we eat a lot of rice in japan.
5) do you drink coffee in the evening?
6) we don't like Chinese food.
7) they have salad for lunch.
8) do they drink tea in Russia?
b. 1) don't listen
2) have
3) do your children watch
4) don't speak
5) drink
6) do you work
7) like
8) do you read
3c
a. 1) he read magazines.
2) my sister teaches me.
3) does he speak English?
4) my brother doesn't eat fish.
5) does she like birds?
6) Andrew has two brothers.
7) my mother doesn't watch TV.
8) Simon studies french at school.
b. 1) listens
2) do you eat
3) does she live
4) doesn't like
5) do they have
6) watches
7) does he want
8) doesn't open