Артикли с географическими названиями.

Артикли с географическими названиями.

Определенный артикль the употребляется:

1. Части света the South, theEast

2. Некоторые страны (если в названии есть нарицательное существительное): theUSA, the UK, the Russian Federation

3. Океаны, моря, реки, озера, каналы (но Lake Baikal, Lake Michigan) the Baltic sea, theAtlantic ocean, the Volga

4. Горные цепи, пустыни: the Alps, the Rocky Mountains, the Sahara Desert.

Определенный артикль не употребляется:

1. Страны: Europe, America

2. Материки: Asia, Europe

3. Города: Moscow, London

4. Штаты: California, Ohio

5. Улицы: Queen Street

6. Планеты: Venus, Mars

7: Горные вершины: Everest, Ben Nevis

Употребите артикль, где необходимо:

1. Last year we visited… Canada and … United States.

2…. Asia is much larger that… Europe.

3. We went to… Spain for our holidays and swam in… Mediterranean.

4. Next year we are going skiing in… Swiss Alps.

5…. Everest was first climbed in 1953.

6. Tom has visited most countries in… western Europe.

7…. Nile is the longest river in… Africa.

8…. United Kingdom consists of… Great Britain and … Northern Ireland.

9…. Grand Canyon is in… Arizona.

10. He visited…Pyramids while he was in…Egypt.

11. Anna comes from…Netherlands but she lives in…USA now.

12 …. Malta is in…Mediterranean.

13 …. Amazon is the longest river in the world.

14 …. Panama Canal joins…Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

15 …. Rocky Mountains are situated in the west of…North America.

16. I think …Lake Michigan is very beautiful.