EXERCISES: USE OF ARTICLES   Do you know when to use the definite (‘the’) and indefinite (‘a’, ‘an’), and zero (Ø) articles? NO? Check out the Use of Articles YES?Try the exercises! We recommend that you do the exercises in the sequence below. COUNTABLE vs. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS        Explaining Uncountable Nouns 20 min.      Recognizing Uncountable Nouns 20 min.      Choosing articles in definitions 15 min.      Quantifiers and countability 20 min.      Two-way Nouns 25 min.      Identifying "Counters" for Uncountable Nouns 20 min.   DEFINITE vs. INDEFINITE        Task 8-9: Special adjectives and nouns 15 min      Task 8-10: Recognizing previous mention, modifiers following the noun, and generics 15 min      Task 8-11: Previous mention, modifiers following the noun, and generics 15 min      Task 8-12: Shared knowledge and implied uniqueness 15 min

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