Артикль с географическими названиями

Articles with

geographical names

Учитель английского языка

We do not use articles with continents, e.g.

• Europe
• Asia
• North America
• South America
• Africa
• Australia

We do not usually use articles with geographical areas, e.g.

• Eastern Europe
• Western Europe
• Central America
• Siberia

But “the” is used with:

• the Far East
• the Middle East
• the North 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
• republic
• kingdom
• federation

Russia

The Russian Federation

Great Britain

The United Kingdom

Exceptions:

• The Netherlands
• The Ukraine
• The Sudan
• The Vatican City

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

Moscow

Saint Petersburg

Rome

Exceptions:

• The Hague

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

The city of Moscow

The city of Saint Petersburg

We do not use articles with the names of

• streets
• avenues
• highways
• squares

Sixth Avenue

Red Square

We do not us е “the” with the names of languages when they are not followed by the word language

English

but

the English language