1. ARTICLES WITH GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES
Презентация к УМК «New Millennium English» для 9 класса (Раздел 4. Урок 1)
Автор: Абашина Н.И., учитель английского языка МБОУ СОШ № 151 города Красноярска
г. Красноярск, 2013

2. CONTINENTS, COUNTRIES, CITIES
Part 1.
CONTINENTS, COUNTRIES, CITIES

3. Read the story of the woman. Pay your attention to the use of articles
Hello! My name’s Emily. I’m from the United States. My
husband and I like travelling. We have already been to
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and South America. You
know my family is taking a trip.
We are going to Jamaica. We
are going to fly from Boston
to Jamaica.
I‘ve never been to Russia.
Actually I’d like to visit this
great country and see Moscow,
St. Petersburg and some other
Russian cities and towns.

4. What have you noticed? Do we need THE/ A before the names of CONTINENTS, COUNTRIES, CITIES?
QUESTION:

5. REMEMBER! We don’t need any articles before the names of CONTINENTS,
COUNTRIES,
CITIES,
TOWNS,
VILLAGES
THE

6. LOOK and READ Russia Canada France Spain Japan China Mexico Brazil
India
Australia

7. BUT there are some exceptions:
1. We useTHE with some names with the words republic, kingdom, union, federation, states (the Russian Federation, the United States of America)
2. the Netherlands (Нидерланды - мн.число);
3. the Hague (город Гаага - исключение)
4. the Ukraine (государство Украина – исключение)

8. What countries and cities would you like to visit?
QUESTION:

9. RIVERS, OCEANS, SEAS, LAKES
Part 2.
RIVERS, OCEANS, SEAS, LAKES

10. Look at the map on page 50 and find the names of rivers, oceans and seas. Could you pronounce them?

11. Do we need THE/ A before the names of RIVERS, OCEANS and SEAS?
QUESTION:

12. REMEMBER! We ALWAYS need THE before the names of RIVERS, OCEANS, SEAS
CANALS!!!
BUT: We don’t need THE with the names of LAKES
for example: Lake Baikal, Chudskoe Lake
NOTE! a group of LAKES (множ.число) – with THE:
for example: the Great Lakes
THE!

13. What’s the English for «Чёрное море». река Енисей -. река Лена -
QUESTION:

14. Part 3.
geographical REGIONS

15. Read the sentences. Pay your attention to the use of articles
The Far East of Russia is rich in seafood.
The UK consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
My uncle is going to visit Central Africa.
It is usually very hot in the south.
The Bermuda Triangle is one of the most mysterious places on Earth.

16. Do we need THE before the names of GEOGRAPHICALREGIONS?
QUESTION:

17. REMEMBER!
We don’t need THE before the names of REGIONS with the name of the country:
for example: Central America,
Northern Ireland
We always need THE:
- in the north, in the south, in the west,
in the east;
- unique regions and regions without the name of the country:
for example: the Bermuda Triangle,
the Middle East

18. Part 4.
ISLANDS and MOUNTAINS

19. ISLANDS - LOOK AND COMPARE
One island
THE ???
Group of islands
THE ???

20. MOUNTAINS - LOOK AND COMPARE
THE ???
One mount
THE ???
Mountain range

21. Do we need THE before the names of ISLANDS and MOUNTAINS?
QUESTION:

22. LOOK and LEARN! Islands: Groups of islands: Mountains:
ZERO ARTICLE
with THE
Islands:
Sakhalin,
Corsica,
Sicily
Groups of islands:
the Kuriles
the Bahamas,
the Canary Islands,
the British Isles
Mountains:
Mount Everest,
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Etna
Mountain ranges:
the Urals,
the Alps,
the Himalayas

23. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!

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