Презентация на тему: «Артикли с географическими названиями» Выполнила Кудрявцева Е.В., учитель МОУ «СОШ № 5»

Articles with geographical names

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We do not usually use articles with geographical areas, e.g. Eastern Europe Eastern Europe Western Europe Western Europe Central America Central America Siberia Siberia

But “the” is used with: the Far East the Far East the Middle East the Middle East the North Pole the North Pole the South Pole the South Pole

We do not use articles with names of countries. But we use “the” with the names of countries if they include words such as: state state republic republic kingdom kingdom federation federation

Russia Russia

The Russian Federation The Russian Federation

Great Britain Great Britain

The United Kingdom The United Kingdom

Exceptions: The Netherlands The Netherlands The Ukraine The Ukraine The Sudan The Sudan The Vatican City The Vatican City

We do not use articles with the names of cities, towns, villages.

Moscow Moscow

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg

Rome Rome

Exceptions: The Hague The Hague

“The” is also used with of-phrases, e.g.

The city of Moscow The city of Moscow

The city of Saint Petersburg The city of Saint Petersburg

We do not use articles with the names of streets streets avenues avenues highways highways squares squares

Sixth Avenue Sixth Avenue

Red Square Red Square

We do not use “the” with the names of languages when they are not followed by the word language English English but but the English language the English language