Question

Помогите, пожалуйста, расставить артикли: 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!

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

The Correct Use of Articles in the Given Text

In the given text, the correct use of articles is as follows:

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

Explanation of Article Usage

1. "An" is used before "exhibition" because it is the first mention of the exhibition. 2. "0" is used before "paintings" because it is a specific number of paintings. 3. "The" is used before "Tate Gallery" because it is a specific gallery. 4. "A" is used before "great art lover" because it is a general statement about the speaker. 5. "Some" is used before "good reviews" because it refers to an indefinite number of reviews. 6. "The" is used before "exhibition" because it refers to a specific exhibition mentioned earlier. 7. "Some" is used before "people" because it refers to an indefinite number of people. 8. "The" is used before "doors" because it refers to specific doors mentioned earlier. 9. "The" is used before "queue" because it refers to a specific queue mentioned earlier. 10. "The" is used before "end" because it refers to a specific end mentioned earlier. 11. "The" is used before "show" because it refers to a specific show mentioned earlier. 12. "Some" is used before "time" because it refers to an indefinite amount of time. 13. "Each" is used before "one" because it refers to each individual painting. 14. "Some" is used before "difficulty" because it refers to an indefinite level of difficulty. 15. "The" is used before "artist" because it refers to a specific artist mentioned earlier. 16. "An" is used before "old gentleman" because it refers to an unidentified old gentleman. 17. "The" is used before "whole thing" because it refers to a specific thing mentioned earlier. 18. "All of" is used before "my" because it refers to all the questions asked by the speaker. 19. "An" is used before "hour" because it refers to an indefinite period of time. 20. "An" is used before "appointment" because it refers to an unidentified appointment. 21. "An" is used before "old man" because it refers to an unidentified old man. 22. "His" is used before "self-portrait" because it refers to a specific self-portrait mentioned earlier. 23. "The" is used before "posters" because it refers to specific posters mentioned earlier. 24. "The" is used before "exhibition" because it refers to a specific exhibition mentioned earlier.

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