Articles with geographical names

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  Articles with
  geographical names
  
  
  
  
  
  Учитель английского языка МОУ «СОШ № 21 им.П.А. Столыпина» Либерман М.В.
  

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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.
  Western Europe
  Central America
  Siberia
  Eastern Europe
  

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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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  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