a) One morning a little boy is sitting in the bus on his way to the school. He's sniffing all time and making such a noise with his nose that other people in the bus begin to shake their heads. At last gentleman who's sitting next to him says: "a little boy, haven't you got a handkerchief?" "Yes, I've got a clean handkerchief in my pocket," says a little boy, "but I can't let you have it. My mother says it's not polite to ask anybody for a handkerchief. You must use your own."
b) The Englishman and the American were taking their dinner at one table without being introduced to one another. During a meal the American asked the Englishman to pass him a salt. "Here's a waiter, sir", replied sternly v. Englishman. "Oh, I beg your pardon, I was mistaken," said the American. "What? You were mistaken, sir, you took me for a waiter?" "Oh, no", answered the American. "I considered you gentleman".
c) Waitress: Some coffee, an orange juice, an egg sandwich and a cheese sandwich. You: Thank you. Some coffee and an egg sandwich are for me, an orange juice and a cheese sandwich are for my friend.
d) Teacher. Are these your things, Peter? A pen, The English dictionary, a notebook, a camera and a bag. Peter: a camera and a bag are mine, but not a pen, the dictionary, or a notebook.
The velveteen rabbit.
A boy had a toy. It was a velveteen rabbit. Boy loved so much. And they never parted with him. But sometimes he was put with the other toys in the nursery and could listen to their stories about Real Things. «What is Real?» he asked the Wooden Horse who had lived a very long life.
«Real isn’t how you are made. It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child really loves you for a long time, then you become Real. It doesn’t happen all at once. It takes a long time. But once you are real, you’ll never become unreal again», explained the Wooden Horse.
And once when the Boy was called away to go out to some tea, the Rabbit was left alone on the law. Boy couldn't find him and was crying all night.
«Fancy all this fuss for a toy!» said his mother. «He isn’t a toy! He’s real!»
The little Rabbit heard him say that magic word and he knew that what the Wooden Horse had said to him had become true at last.
But once boy become ill with a Scarlett fever. Time passed and the Boy got better and was allowed to get up. It only remained to carry out the doctor’s orders.
All the books and toys that the Boy had played with had to be burnt. So, the little Rabbit was put into a sack with old books and a lot of rubbish. He felt so lonely and so miserable that a tear, a real tear fell to the ground.
Use the proper article:
a) One morning a little boy is sitting in the bus on his way to the school. He's sniffing all time and making such a noise with his nose that other people in the bus begin to shake their heads. At last gentleman who's sitting next to him says: "a little boy, haven't you got a handkerchief?" "Yes, I've got a clean handkerchief in my pocket," says a little boy, "but I can't let you have it. My mother says it's not polite to ask anybody for a handkerchief. You must use your own."
b) The Englishman and the American were taking their dinner at one table without being introduced to one another. During a meal the American asked the Englishman to pass him a salt. "Here's a waiter, sir", replied sternly v. Englishman. "Oh, I beg your pardon, I was mistaken," said the American. "What? You were mistaken, sir, you took me for a waiter?" "Oh, no", answered the American. "I considered you gentleman".
c) Waitress: Some coffee, an orange juice, an egg sandwich and a cheese sandwich. You: Thank you. Some coffee and an egg sandwich are for me, an orange juice and a cheese sandwich are for my friend.
d) Teacher. Are these your things, Peter? A pen, The English dictionary, a notebook, a camera and a bag. Peter: a camera and a bag are mine, but not a pen, the dictionary, or a notebook.