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Exercise 2. Fill the gaps in this story, using a, an, some, a lot of, lots of or the – or a “zero article” (0). The first one is done for you as an example:

Last week I went to …an… exhibition of …0… paintings at …the… Tate Gallery in London. I’m not really …… great art lover but I’d read …… good reviews of …… exhibition and I was keen to see it. When I arrived, there were already ……. people waiting outside for …… doors to open. I joined …… queue and in …… end …… doors opened and we went inside to see …… show.
Now, I must be honest and admit that many of ….. paintings disappointed me. Although I spent …… time looking carefully at …… each one, I had …… difficulty in understanding what …… artist was getting at. Finally, as I was looking at one of …… paintings and trying to decide if it was …… right way up or not, …… old gentleman came up behind me and started to explain …… whole thing to me. He kindly answered all of …… my questions and we talked for over …… hour. Then he said he had …… appointment and had to go, so we shook hands and said goodbye. I went round …… gallery once more and now I found that all …… paintings seemed really beautiful.
It was only as I was leaving …… gallery that I found out who …… old man was his self-portrait was on …… posters advertising …… exhibition!

Exercise 3. Supply the correct articles where necessary.

1. Passengers for … flight 452 to London, please collect your hand luggage and go to … gate four.
2. Can I check in for … flight to London here?
3. It’s … non-stop flight.
4. The price for … goods was 500 £.
5. Now English people don’t go to … cinema and to … theatre as often as some years ago. They usually stay at home and watch television and VCR.
6. There will be … new cinema in our district next month.

Exercise 4. Divide the following words into two groups:

a) nouns used only in singular;
b) nouns used only in plural.
Example: money – singular;
Knowledge, contents, opera-glasses, wages, news, clothes, trousers, scissors, spectacles, mathematics.