Form 6. Unit 4. Travelling. Article 'the'.

For each geographical name, decide whether you need the definite article ‘the’ before it or (-).

1)   Europe

2)     Himalayas

3)     River Danube

4)     Asia

5)   Alps

6)     Spain

7)     Panama Canal

8)     Pacific Ocean

9)   Northern Ireland

10)     Black Sea

11)     Atlantic Ocean

12)     Irish Republic

13)     Bahamas

14)   Mount Etna

Put in ‘the’ where necessary.

1 They visited a village in     [-, the] Andes.

2 They went to     [the, -] Philippines on their holidays.

3     [-, the] Republic of Korea is near Japan and China.

4 Have you ever seen     [-, the]Mount Fuji?

Put in ‘the’ where necessary.

5     [-, The] Azores are a group of islands in     [-, the] Atlantic Ocean.

6 She went to     [the, -] United Kingdom to study English.

7     [-, The] Australia is a really enormous place.

Put in ‘the’ where necessary.

8     [-, The]Greece gets very, very hot in the summer.

9     [-, The] Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

10 Does     [-, the] England have many big cities?

Decide whether to use the article ‘the’ or not (-).

Hi     [-, the] John,

I arrived in     [-, the] USA last Monday. We left     [-, the] Rome, ew over     [-, the] Alps and made a quick stop in     [the, -] London. There we went shopping in     [the, -] Harrods, visited     [-, the] Tower and enjoyed a sunny afternoon in     [the, -] Hyde Park. On the following day we left for     [-, the] New York.     [-, The] time on board wasn’t boring as there were two lms to watch on     [-, the] monitor.     [-, The] people on     [-, the]plane were all     [-, the] Italian. Before we landed at     [-, the] JFK airport, we saw     [-, the] Statue of Liberty,     [-, the] Ellis Island and     [-, the] Empire State Building.     [-, The] hotel I stayed in was on     [-, the] corner of     [-, the] 42nd Street and     [-, the] 5th Avenue. I don’t like     [-, the] hotels very much, but I didn’t have     [the, -] time to rent an apartment. Please say hello to     [-, the] Peter and     [-, the] Mandy.

Yours, Peter