L'ARTICLE 'THE' ET LES NOMS GEOGRAPHIQUES

 I° cas    On met l'article défini 'the' devant

    ----les noms de fleuves ou rivières:  the Nile , the Mississippi (river)

  the Thames

   ----les noms des mers et des océans: the Pacific (ocean), the Atlantic,  the English Channel, the Suez canal

  the Mediterranean sea

   ----les noms des chaînes de montagnes: the Rockies, the Andies

   the Alps

  ----les archipels: the British Islands, the Balearic Islands, the Philippines. Nom suivi de 'of': the Isle of Wight

   the Marquesas Islands

  ----les pays dont le nom n'est pas véritablement un nom propre ( en réalité un nom commun )

         et ceux dont le nom comporte le mot 'kingdom' ou 'republic': the United States, the United Kingdom,

         the Republic of Ireland (nom officiel)

   the Netherlands

  ----les déserts: the Gobi (Chine / Mongolie), the Negev (Israël), the Atacama desert 

   the Sahara

 2° cas    On ne met pas d'article devant

  ----les noms des continents

  ----les noms des pays (autres que ceux cités plus haut): France,Spain, Italy, Canada, Germany

  ----les îles (seules) : Malta, Sicily, Crete, Djerba

   Corfu (Greece)

  ----les noms de montagnes: Mount Whitney (Californie), Kilimanjaro

    Mount McKinley (Alaska)

  ----les noms de lacs: Lake Michigan, Lake Victoria, Loch Ness

   Loch Lomond

  ----les noms des villes: Mexico, Tokyo, New-York

   Beijing

  ----les parcs : Hyde Park, Central Park

   Versailles Park

  ----les rues

English exercise "The and geography" created by lili73 (06-11-2007) with The test builder
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1. Charlie Chaplin was born in the x England in 1889.
2. At the age of 23 he moved to the x USA where he had his major successes.
3. But ,in 1952, accused of un-American activities he returned to the x United Kingdom,
4. and finally made home in the x Switzerland.
5. the x strait of Gibraltar is the strait
6. that connects the x Atlantic Ocean
7. to the x Mediterranean Sea
8. and separates the x Spain
9. from the x Morocco.
10. There are 13km of ocean separating the x Europe
11. from the x Africa at the strait's narrowest point.
12. the x lake Baïkal
13. is in the x Siberia.
14. Like the x lake Tanganika it was formed in an ancient rift valley. It is the oldest and the deepest lake in the world.
15. The lake is completely surrounded by mountains and on the north shore are the x Baïkal Mountains.
16. It is fed by 300 rivers. The main ones are the x Selenga river
17. and the x Chikoy river.
18. It is drained through the Angara river into the x Ienissei
19. and at last the x Arctic Ocean.