Английский с заданиями
Ex. 7 Fill in with the articles wherever necessary.

He told me … dinner was at twelve and … supper at six. You really must stay to ... supper. You'll get …very nice wine from Sicily. … fat brown goose lay at one end of ... table, and at the other end lay ... great ham, stripped of its outer skin and beside this was a round of ... spiced beet. Ever since they had come she had taken … cream and … fruit to them twice a week. "I must go home now", she said. "... tea was lovely, and thank you!" "You haven't finished ... toast."-"I'm due to eat... large and substantial dinner in an hour". There was ... tea in a great silver urn, and ... coffee, too and on ... heater, piping hot, ... dishes of scrambled eggs, of ... bacon, and another of ... fish. There was ... little clutch of ... boiled eggs as well and ... porridge in ... silver porringer. On another side-board was ... ham, and ... great piece of ... cold bacon. There were ... scones, too, on ... table, and ... toast, and ... various pots of ... jam, ... marmalade, and ... honey, while ... dessert dishes, piled high with ... fruit, stood at either end.

Ex. 8 Fill in the blank spaces with prepositions.

Lunch.
1 Everything ... London stops ... midday ... lunch. Most offices and small shops close ... an hour, say ... one ... two o'clock. The streets, squares, crossings are full ... people who are ... their way ... cafes ... factories, plants employees get their lunch ... canteens.
2 Lunch is a meal taken the middle ... the day, ... breakfast and dinner. The English lunch usually . consists ... two courses - a meat or fish course ... vegetables and dessert. ... his lunch an Englishman may have chops, steaks, cutlets, fried fish accompanied ... vegetables. A cup ... coffee, fruit or fruit puddings are usually taken ... the sweet course. Some people call this meal dinner, they don't have any larger meal ... lunch. Thus, the English word lunch can hardly be translated or explained as "the second breakfast" the more so as there is a special word ... everyday use to denote "the second breakfast", - it is "elevenses".