Articles with geographical names Учитель английского языка МОШИ «Лицей-интернат» г.Балашов Саяпина Виктория Владимировна
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We do not use articles with continents, e.g. Europe Asia North America South America Africa Australia
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We do not usually use articles with geographical areas, e.g. Eastern Europe Western Europe Central America Siberia
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But “the” is used with: the Far East the Middle East the North Pole the South Pole
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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
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Russia
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The Russian Federation
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Great Britain
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The United Kingdom
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Exceptions: The Netherlands The Ukraine The Sudan The Vatican City
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We do not use articles with the names of cities, towns, villages.
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Moscow
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Saint Petersburg
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Rome
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Exceptions: The Hague
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“The” is also used with of-phrases, e.g.
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The city of Moscow
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The city of Saint Petersburg
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We do not use articles with the names of streets avenues highways squares
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Sixth Avenue
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Red Square
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We do not usе “the” with the names of languages when they are not followed by the word language English but the English language