Articles
The main difference
Articles with geographical names
Articles with streets,squares
Articles with theatres, concert halls, museums, galleries, cinemas, hotels, palaces, restaurants
Articles with unique monuments, pictures, books
Articles with airports, stations, bridges
Articles with schools,colleges,universities
Articles with churches, cathedrals
Articles with political institutes, organisations, parties,historical events
Articles with newspapers
Articles with sport events
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Articles with Geographical Names

1.

Articles
with
Geographical Names

2. Articles

Nouns
A
The
Zero Article

3. The main difference

A
THE
Zero
With
countable
nouns in
singular
form
With
countable
nouns and in
some
phrases
- Any object,
not a
concrete one
- A concrete
object, the
only one
Usually with
names,
uncountable,
abstract
nouns, nouns
in plural
form
Article

4. Articles with geographical names

THE
Zero article
Continents, countries
• 1.Continents,
with the words: republic,
countries: Europe,
union, kingdom,
Russia,North(South)
federation, states,
America
dominion
The USA, the
• 2. States, provinces,
Russian Federation,
cities,
villages:
the UK, the Irish
Moscow, California,
Republic
Quebec, Peredelkino
• In plural
• The Netherlands, The
Philippines,The United
Arab Emirates

5.

• THE
• parts of the world,
poles, regions
• The South,
• The North Pole,
• The Far East
• The Crimea
• The Caucasus
• The Hague

6.

• THE
• Oceans, seas, rivers,
groups of lakes,
gulfs, streams, falls.
• The Atlantic Ocean,
The Red Sea, the
Thames, The Great
Lakes, the Gulf of
Mexico,, The Niagara
Falls.
• ZeroArticle
• Lakes, islands,
mountains,
hills,bays,peninsulas:
Lake Geneva,LakeBaikal,
Java, Mount Elbrus,
Hudson,Cyprus,Haiti,
Kamchatka
But with groups of lakes,
islands, mountains—
the
The Great Lakes, the
British Isles, the Andes

7.

• THE
• Plains, valleys,
deserts.
• The Great Plains,
the Mississippi
Valley,
the Sahara Desert
• Zero Article
• 4.With the words:
north(ern), ancient,
old, central,
medieval, etc.
Central America
• Nothern Africa
• Southern France

8. Articles with streets,squares

• THE
( some streets in
London)
The High Street
The Mall
The Strand
• Zero article
• Tverskaya Street
• Regent Street
• Fifth Avenue
• Trafalgar Square
• Hyde Park

9. Articles with theatres, concert halls, museums, galleries, cinemas, hotels, palaces, restaurants

• THE
• The Bolshoi Theatre
• The Opera House
• The Hermitage,The
Pushkinsky
• The Ritz, The Winter
Palace, The Taj
Mahal,
• Zero article
• Covent Garden
• Grand Opera
• Buckingham Palace
• Maxim’s

10. Articles with unique monuments, pictures, books

• THE
• The Great Pyramid
• The Mona Liza
• The Moonlight Sonata
• The Bible
• The Koran

11. Articles with airports, stations, bridges

• THE
• Zero article
• The Brooklyn Bridge • Heathrow
• The Bridge of Sights • Vnukovo
• Victoria Station
• Taganskaya Station
• Tower Bridge

12. Articles with schools,colleges,universities

• THE
• The Sorbonne (exc)
• Zero article
• Oxford University
• Moscow University
• The University of
London (official
name)
• London University

13. Articles with churches, cathedrals

• Zero article
• St. Paul’s Cathedral
• St. Basil’s Cathedral
• Westminster Abbey

14.

Articles with ships, trains
•THE
• The Titanic
• The Orient Express
• The Victoria

15. Articles with political institutes, organisations, parties,historical events

• THE
• The Senate, The State Duma, The
Cabinet, The Supreme Court,The
Government, The British Council,
The Pentagon, The Second World
War, The Democratic Party
• Parliament, Congress,Whitehall

16. Articles with newspapers

• THE
• The Times
• The Sun
• The Star
• The American
Scientist
• Zero article
(Russian papers)
Arguments and
Facts
Moscow News

17. Articles with sport events

• THE
• The Olympic Games
• The World Cup
• The World Championship
• (Wimbledon)

18. Test “Articles with geographical names”

• Put “the” where necessary.
1. Last year we visited __Canada.
2. __Africa is much larger than __Europe.
3. Do you know what __Hague is?
4. We saw __Silicon Valley.
5. He worked in __Middle East.
6. We will ski in __Swiss Alps.
7. __Malta is a republic.
8. __Nile is a long river.
9. We study the history of__United Kingdom
10.Have you ever been to __Vatican?
11.We live in __Russian Federation.
12.We swam in __Black Sea.
13. It is in __South of England.
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