2. Complete the rules with a/an, the or Ø (zero article). 1. We use in front of the superlative adjectives. 2. We use with meals: have breakfast/lunch/dinner; before/after/ for breakfast. 3. We use in front of nationality nouns to refer to "all the people in general”. 4. We often use + noun when we want to say what sb/sth is like.

A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.

Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.

The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards,, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.

No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.

We used to live in London years ago.

I didn't like London but I have already got used to living in London now.

Would you go cycling when you were five?

Tourists would not come here years ago.

I am used to hearing about the fantastic things he does. That's no suprise.

I have benn living in China for years. At first I didn't like the food but now i have already got used to eating their strange delicacies.

Years ago we used to see her a lot because she liven near us.

I am used to wearing glasses now but it took me a long time because i found it very uncomfortable.

When I was young, i used to visit my grandmother every summer.

While studying at the university, I used to go swimming twice a week.