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Article The and geography - English lesson

ARTICLE 'THE' AND GEOGRAPHY

1) ✔️ ADD AN ARTICLE BEFORE...

➡️ rivers: the Nile, the Mississippi (river)

the Thames

➡️ seas and oceans: the Pacific (ocean), the Atlantic, the English Channel, the Suez canal

the Mediterranean sea

➡️ mountains: the Rockies, the Andies

the Alps

➡️ archipelagos: the British Islands, the Balearic Islands, the Philippines.
A noun followed by 'of' : the Isle of Wight

the Marquesas Islands

➡️ names which are not proper nouns or use "kingdom/"republic" : the United States, the United Kingdom,

the Republic of Ireland (official name)

the Netherlands

➡️ deserts : the Gobi (Chine / Mongolie), the Negev (Israël), the Atacama desert

the Sahara

2° cas ❌ DON'T PU AN ARTICLE BEFORE...

➡️ continents

➡️ countries (excpet for the ones listed before): France,Spain, Italy, Canada, Germany

➡️ islands : Malta, Sicily, Crete, Djerba

Corfu (Greece)

➡️ mountain ranges: Mount Whitney (Californie), Kilimanjaro

Mount McKinley (Alaska)

➡️ lakes: Lake Michigan, Lake Victoria, Loch Ness

Loch Lomond

➡️ cities: Mexico, Tokyo, New York

Beijing

➡️ parks: Hyde Park, Central Park

Versailles Park

➡️ streets:

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Charlie Chaplin was born in England in 1889.

At the age of 23 he moved to USA where he had his major successes.

But, in 1952, accused of un-American activities he returned to United Kingdom,

and finally made home in Switzerland.

strait of Gibraltar is the strait

that connects Atlantic Ocean

to Mediterranean Sea

and separates Spain

from Morocco.

There are 13km of ocean separating Europe

from Africa at the strait's narrowest point.

lake Baïkal

is in Siberia.

Like lake Tanganyika it was formed in an ancient rift valley. It is the oldest and the deepest lake in the world.

The lake is completely surrounded by mountains and on the north shore are Baïkal Mountains.

It is fed by 300 rivers. The main ones are Selenga river

and Chikoy river.

It is drained through the Angara river into Ienissei

and at last Arctic Ocean.

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