Exercise 3 (articles) Charles Dickens, a great English writer, was born on the 7th of February 1812 in a small English town. He was the weak child and didn’t take a part in noisy and active games. The little boy was very capable. He learned to read at early age and read many books in his childhood. When he was about six, someone took him to the theatre for the first time. He saw a play by Shakespeare and liked it so much that he decided to write a play himself. When it was ready, he performed it with some of his friends. Everybody enjoyed the performance and the little writer felt very happy. When Charles was nine years old, his family moved to London where they lived in a very old house. Charles’ father was a poor clerk. Life of the family was very hard. There were several young children in the family besides Charles, future writer couldn’t even go to school. At that time his father was put in a prison because his couldn’t pay his debts. His wife and all the children went into the prison too. Those were the most unhappy days in Charles’ life. At the age often he had to start working. The boy worked from morning till night. When his father was out of the prison, the young Charles was sent to school where he remained three years. When he was fifteen he had to leave the school and start earning his own living again. He spent his spare time reading in the British Museum. In few years he became a newspaper reporter. Did I use the articles correctly?