Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with (a) little (of), the little; (a) few (of), the few.

1. Although the play is set in Italy, ____ the characters are Italian. 2. Jim, Bill, Sue and Gill were just ____ those who came to say goodbye. 3. I saw him first ____ after midnight. 4. Unfortunately, much of the early history of Zimbabwe is still known. For example, we know ____ about the early patterns of settlement. 5. Because it was cheep, and we didn’t have much money, ____ us used to go to the cinema every Saturday morning. 6. It will take ____ time, but I’m sure you’ll learn the rules of cricket eventually. 7. Stephen and ____ his friends were waiting for us in the park. 8. The play was poorly attended, but ____ people who came had a very good evening. 9. Many questions were asked, but ____ were answered. 10. The soldiers seemed to have ____ idea who they were fighting against or why. 11. After the plane crashed in the desert, the survivors divided ____ water they had left between them.

Exercise 6. Insert articles where necessary.

1. ____ mother and I are planning to go to ____ country for ____ few days. 2. It was ____ cold, windy evening and there were ____ few people in the street. 3. ____ few words that I have to add to what I have written, are soon penned. 4. We needn’t take ____ porter. We have ____ little luggage. 5. ____ little I have to say can be said in ____ few minutes. 6. I am commonly ____ man of ____ few words. 7. Harriet closed her coat quickly and walked ____ little faster. 8. We can’t disguise from ourselves that there is ____ little hope. 9. I seem to have forgotten ____ little I ever knew. 10. I see very ____ few women; but those are ____ women of rank. 11. He was one of ____ few men of science who never terrified me. 12. Very ____ few people live to the age of one hundred. 13. ____ few people who are over one hundred must be taken great care of. 14. Mary offered to lend ____ little she had. 15. I know ____ few people who are over ninety. 16. Please, make haste, there is ____ time left. 17. ____ spare time I have after work is always spent on reading. 18. There is ____ time left, so we can have a short rest. 19. There are ____ books on chemistry in our library. ____ books on chemistry I have read are very difficult. 20. I have ____ mistakes in my composition.

Exercise 7. Insert articles if necessary.

1. ____ room 215 is on ____ fifth floor. 2. The car stopped at ____ corner of ____ Fifth Avenue and ____ 112^th Street. 3. I was very thirsty and took ____ second cup of tea, then ____ third and only after ____ fourth I felt that I had enough. 4. We have made ____ first step, but it should be regarded only as ____ first step, as the beginning. 5. We had better get on ____ 24. ____ route #9 will take us much more time. 6. “Conductor, where do I get off to change to ____ bus 5?” 7. They went by ____ seven o’clock train. 8. I want two tickets for ____ two-fifteen. 9. In passing the house we noticed ____ two old women in the front garden talking animatedly. On our way back we found ____ two women still chatting. 10. The train for Odessa leaves from ____ platform 1, ____ track 3. 11. Can ____ two of you help me? 12. Take care, Caroline. I’ve proposed twice now. I shall not propose ____ third time. 13. ____ two people would have to hold ____ chair, and ____ third would help him up on it, and ____ fourth would hand him ____ nail, and ____ fifth would pass him up ____ hammer.

Exercise 8. Insert the right article if necessary.

1. Today in court we are listening to _____ case 243. 2. _____ second part of the book was much more interesting than _____ first one. 3. _____ participle one is used for building up progressive tenses. 4. _____ second participle is used to build up Passive forms. 5. _____ flight 579 starts at five sharp. 6. The planes came again for _____ second attack. 7. Let's regard it as _____first step, just _____ beginning. 8. It was _____ first-night and the actors were nervous. 9. _____exercise 27 begins at _____ page 44. 10. _____ year passed, then _____ second, and _____ third, but there was still no news. 11. They agreed to meet on _____ Fifth Avenue near _____ building # 112. 12. _____ two years in Africa taught him a lot. 13. _____ flat 55 is on _____ fifth floor. 14. This style was in fashion in _____ eighties. 15. It was _____ fifty-fifty deal. 16. She was _____ third-year medical student

Exercise 9. Write the correct article in the space.

1. This is ____ second rainstorm we have had this year. 2. Clear the table ____ first. Then, do the dishes. 3. ____ first czar of Russia was Ivan the Terrible. 4. I think “Tom Sawyer” is Mark Twain’s ____ second best novel after “Huck Finn”. 5. Dr. Smith, ____ first word in ____ question two is hard to read. 6. Chapters ____1, ____4, and ____ 6 deal with articles. 7. After you win a gold medal in the Olympics, what do you do ____ next? 8. My name begins with ____ “L”. 9. The teacher wrote____ “X” on the blackboard. ____ “X” was two feet high. 10. ____ first, work. ____ second, save. ____ finally, invest your money. 11. Thank you! This is ____ first prize that I have ever won. 12. I’m not disappointed at all; ____ Second Prize is good enough for me. 13. I’ll tell you what to do ____ first, ____second, and ____ third. 14. ____ third prize that you won was ____ Third Prize. 15. All of the statements are true except for____ 7, which is false.

Exercise 10. Write the correct article in the space.

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