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Geographical Names

Olga Fadeeva

We generally use either 'the' or 'no article' with geographical names in English. There isn't a lot of logic! 

We just need to learn if we need 'the‘ or 'no article' for each kind of place.

We use 'no article' with:

•        Lakes: We visited Lake Geneva.

•        Mountains: I saw Mount Fuji from the aeroplane.

•        Continents: She loves living in Asia.

•        Most countries: She travelled to Chile last year. (But:

The USA / the United States, the Netherlands, the

Philippines, the United Kingdom / the UK.)

•        Counties, states, provinces, regions: They live in California.

•        Cities, towns, villages: He stayed in Paris for a week last year.

•        Islands: Bali is popular with Australian tourists.

We use 'the' with:

•        Rivers: The River Nile flows through Egypt.

•        Mountain ranges: We ski in the Alps every year.

•        Deserts: She travelled across the Sahara.

•        Oceans and seas: We sailed around the Mediterranean.

•        Groups of islands: They went to the Canary Islands.

Choose ‘the’ or ‘no article’.

1.              I went sailing around _____ Lake Geneva 

2.              I’ve been living in _____ London for six years 

3.              _____ Danube runs through many European cities 

4.              Wild horses live in _____ Gobi Desert 

5.             

6.              I love swimming in _____ Mediterranean 

7.              We spent our holiday on the shore of _____ Lake Windermere 

8.              _____ Nile is a very beautiful river 

9.              She stayed in _____ Belgrade for several weeks 

10.     Her husband comes from _____ California 

11.     They studied the geology of _____ Sahara Desert       

12.     They crossed _____ Black Sea by boat 

13.     He has always wanted to visit _____ Rome 

14.     She lived in _____ Asia for several years 

15.     _____ Tuscany has many beautiful cities 

16.     I spent a year travelling around _____ Europe 

17.     Her village is near _____ Lake Titicaca 

18.     Would you like to visit _____ South America? 

19.     They live near _____ Thames 

20.     I think _____ Cornwall is a very beautiful part of England 

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