Articles with geographical names Учитель английского языка МОШИ «Лицей-интернат» г.Балашов Саяпина Виктория Владимировна

We do not use articles with continents, e.g.

Europe
Asia
North America
South America
Africa
Australia

We do not usually use articles with geographical areas, e.g.

Eastern Europe
Western

But “the” is used with:

the Far East
the Middle East
the North Pole
the

We do not use articles with names of countries. But we

Russia

The Russian Federation

Great Britain

The United Kingdom

Exceptions:

The Netherlands
The Ukraine
The Sudan
The Vatican City

We do not use articles with the names of cities, towns,

Moscow

Saint Petersburg

Rome

Exceptions:

The Hague

“The” is also used with of-phrases, e.g.

The city of Moscow

The city of Saint Petersburg

We do not use articles with the names of

streets
avenues
highways
squares

Sixth Avenue

Red Square