Names of Buildings and Institutions

Exercise 1. Insert articles where necessary.

1. He took her to __ National Gallery, and __ Tate, and __ British Museum, and she really enjoyed it almost as much as she said. (W.S. Maugham)

2. You’re strangely like Titian’s portrait of Francis I in __ Louvre. (W.S. Maugham)

3. They went out very little: to an occasional play, or to dinner at __ Ritz or __ Princeton Club. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

4. Larry had reserved __ table at__ Maxim’s. (W.S. Maugham)

5. Jack could not get to the dinner. He waited for the others in front of __ Hollywood Theatre. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

6. Afternoon at __ Plaza, with winter twilight hovering outside and faint drums downstairs. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

7. So they stored the furniture, gave instructions to sublet, and shook hands gloomily in __ Pennsylvania Station. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

8. She was glad to go back to __ Gausse’s Hotel. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

9. They were meeting the others in two minutes, and Rosemary reconstructed herself once more as they got out of the taxi in the Rue Guynemer, across from __ Luxembourg Gardens. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. Widgett was overemphasizing his ts and ss as if he was Laurence Olivier on stage at __ Old Vic. (H. Fielding)

11. When he was twenty-two, he was admitted to __ Harvard Law School. (S. Sheldon)

12. “Everything you hear here stays here, understood? Or you’ll be taken to __ Tower.” (H. Fielding)

13. She crossed the road to get a better view of the campy grandeur of the Versace mansion and the art deco hotels – whites, pinks, lilacs, oranges – __ Pelican, __ Avalon, __ Casa Grande. Curves and funnels suggesting trains and ocean liners. (H. Fielding)

14. __ Manhattan Central Hospital was a dilapidated, ugly-looking building located on the East Side between 68^th and 69^th Streets, and it took up an entire block. (S. Sheldon)

15. __ Prince Charles shows a combination of arty films and films that were on release ages ago. (M. Gayle)

16. __ Festival Hall was crowded with music aficionados. (S. Sheldon)

17. The ballroom at __ Waldorf Astoria was crowded with patrons of __ Carnegie Hall. (S. Sheldon)

18. It’s early evening and I’m just coming out of __ Wood Green Station to meet Caitlin for the first time in nearly fifteen years. (M. Gayle)

19. The next day, Simon Piperstock made several calls from the first-class lounge at __ Kennedy International Airport. (C. Bushnell)

20. Carrie was at __ Rockefeller Center, thinking about the ghosts of __ Christmas Past. (C. Bushnell)

21. “My mother taught me until I was fourteen, and then they sent me to study at __ Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.” (S. Sheldon)

22. When Lara was fifteen, she entered __ St Michael’s High School. (S. Sheldon)

23. They had supper at __ Bali restaurant on Leidsestraat. (S. Sheldon)

24. __ White’s Club was situated at the top of St. James’s Street, near Piccadilly. (S. Sheldon)

25. One of Elizabeth’s favourite haunts was __ Red Lion Inn at Porto Cervo. (S. Sheldon)

26. The financing for __ Cameron Towers went smoothly. (S. Sheldon)

27. I don’t think that __ Pope Julius and Michelangelo came to a similar kind of arrangement about __ Sistine Chapel. (S. Fry)

28. And in Chicago, Lara started construction on her second hotel, __ Chicago Cameron Plaza. (S. Sheldon)

29. There are two ways into the famous Green Room of __ Theatre Royal, Barton Spa.

30. He got up and left the cinema, and roamed __ streets of Amsterdam. He visited __ Rijksmuseum, and he strolled through __ Botanical Gardens of __ Free University, and window shopped along P.C. Hooftstraat. (S. Sheldon)

31. He had studied in France. He made references which suggested __ Sorbonne, but he was not specific. (H. Fielding)

32. “Where are you staying?”

“At __ Palmer House.” (S. Sheldon)

Exercise 2. In the following fragment about Cork, one of Ireland’s main towns, insert all the missing articles.

Cork city is major metropolis of south; indeed with population of about 135, 000 it is second largest city in Republic. Main business and shopping centre of town lies on island created by two channels of River Lee, with most places within walking distance of centre. (The buses tend to be overcrowded and the one-way traffic system is fiendishly complicated.) In hilly area of the city is famous Shandon Steeple, bell-tower of St Anne’s Church, built on the site of church destroyed when the city was besieged by Duke of Marlborough. Back across River Lee lies city’s cathedral, imposing 19th century building in French Gothic style. Cork has two markets. Neither caters specifically for tourists but those who enjoy atmosphere of real working market will appreciate their charm. Crawford Art Gallery is well worth visit. It regularly mounts adventurous exhibitions by contemporary artists. The fashionable residential districts of Cork city overlook harbour. There are other residential areas on outskirts.