The use of articles with geographical names
Выполнила: учитель английского языка
МБОУ СОШ № 7
Антонова О.В.
With geographical names we use the definite article
THE
or no article
We use NO ARTICLE:
- With the names of continents
EUROPE
ASIA
AFRICA
ANTARCTICA
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
AUSTRALIA
With the names of countries
- Russia
- Spain
- Italy
- China
- France
- Germany
- Japan
- Norway
- Portugal
- Sweden
With the names of cities
- Paris
- Rome
- Moscow
- Madrid
- London
- Berlin
BUT: the Hague (Гаага)
With the names of lakes
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Superior
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Geneva
- Lake Erie
With the names of mountain peaks and separate islands
- Everest
- Kilimanjaro
- Mount Fuji
- Mont Blanc
- Borneo
- Sicily
- Java
- Sumatra
With the names of streets, road and squares
- Trafalgar Square
- Red Square
- Wall Street
- Regent Street
- Park Lane
- Piccadilly
BUT: the Arbat, the High Street, the Strand
We use ARTICLE THE:
With the names of countries in plural forms:
- The Netherlands
- The Philippines
With the names of countries that have word “kingdom”, “republic”, “union”, “federation”:
- The United Kingdom
- The Kingdom of Denmark
- the Czech Republic
- the Russian Federation
With the names of oceans, seas and rivers
- The Atlantic Ocean
- The Thames
- The Volga
- The Ob
- The Arctic Ocean
- The Severn
- The Seine
- The Don
- The Red Sea
With the names of mountain chains and groups of islands
- The Alps
- The Urals
- The Himalayas
- The Andes
- The British Isles
- the Apennines
- the Bahamas
- the Azores
REMEMBER:
ARTICLES ARE NOT USED ON MAPS!