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The document contains 20 quotations with gaps that need to be filled with either "a/an", "the" or nothing. The key provides the correct articles to fill in the gaps for each quotation. For most quotations, "the" is used to refer to a specific instance, while "a/an" is used for nonspecific instances. A few quotations are left with no article.

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Article Exercises 2

The document contains 20 quotations with gaps that need to be filled with either "a/an", "the" or nothing. The key provides the correct articles to fill in the gaps for each quotation. For most quotations, "the" is used to refer to a specific instance, while "a/an" is used for nonspecific instances. A few quotations are left with no article.

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Read these famous quotations and complete the gap with a/n, the or
1. It is better to ask some of ______ questions than to know all _____ answers.
2. ______ 'C' students run ______ world.
3. To succeed in _____ life, you need two things: _____ ignorance and _____ confidence.
4. Go to _____ Heaven for _____ climate, _____ Hell for _____ company.
5. Dont let _____ school interfere with your education.
6. _____ golf is _____ good walk spoiled.
7. _____ life is tough, but its tougher if youre stupid.
8. It is _____ wasted day unless you have learned something new and made someone smile.
9. It is better to have _____ permanent income than to be _____ fascinating.
10. You cant be _____ real country unless you have _____ beer and _____ airline. It helps if
you have some kind of _____ football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at _____ very least
you need _____ beer.
11. _____ foundation stones for _____ balanced success are _____ honesty, _____ character,
_____ integrity, _____ faith, _____ love and _____ loyalty.
12. Tomorrow is often _____ busiest time of _____ year.
13. _____ President has kept all of _____ promises he intended to keep.
14. Never accept _____ failure no matter how often it visits you. Keep on going. Never give up.
Never.
15. There is no sincerer _____ love than _____ love of food.
16. Show me _____ sane man and I will cure him for you.
17. Few things are harder to put up with than _____ good example.
18. _____ Happiness is _____ good health and _____ bad memory.
19. I think there is _____ world market for maybe five computers.
20. There are only two ways to live _____ life. One is as though nothing is _____ miracle.
_____ other is as though everything is _____ miracle.

Beatriu Cardona i Prats. Universitat de Valncia. Page 1

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Key
1. It is better to ask some of __the___ questions than to know all __the___ answers.
2. ______ 'C' students run __the____ world.
3. To succeed in ____ life, you need two things: _____ ignorance and _____ confidence.
4. Go to _____ Heaven for __the___ climate, _____ Hell for __the___ company.
5. Dont let _____ school interfere with your education.
6. _____ golf is __a___ good walk spoiled.
7. _____ life is tough, but its tougher if youre stupid.
8. It is __a___ wasted day unless you have learned something new and made someone smile.
9. It is better to have __a___ permanent income than to be _____ fascinating.
10. You cant be __a___ real country unless you have __a___ beer and __an___ airline. It helps
if you have some kind of __a___ football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at _the___ very
least you need __a__ beer.
11. _The__ foundation stones for __a___ balanced success are _____ honesty, _____
character, _____ integrity, _____ faith, _____ love and _____ loyalty.
12. Tomorrow is often __the___ busiest time of __the___ year.
13. __The___ President has kept all of _the___ promises he intended to keep.
14. Never accept _____ failure no matter how often it visits you. Keep on going. Never give
up. Never.
15. There is no sincerer _____ love than _the____ love of food.
16. Show me __a___ sane man and I will cure him for you.
17. Few things are harder to put up with than __a___ good example.
18. _____ happiness is _____ good health and __a___ bad memory.
19. I think there is __a___ world market for maybe five computers.
20. There are only two ways to live _____ life. One is as though nothing is __a___ miracle.
__The___ other is as though everything is __a___ miracle.
Beatriu Cardona i Prats. Universitat de Valncia. Page 2

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