Запомните правила употребления артикля
с географическими названиями:
Определенный артикль употребляется перед названиями рек, каналов, морей, заливов, проливов, океанов, архипелагов, горных цепей.
Артикль не употребляется перед названиями озер, отдельных горных вершин, отдельных островов, городов, стран, континентов.
Исключения:
the United States of America
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and
Northern Ireland the Netherlands
the Ukraine the Crimea
the Congo
Упражнение 33
Вставьте
артикль, где необходимо.
1.... Moscow
is situated on ... Moscow
River. ... Moscow is a river that
moves very slowly. There is ... canal called ... Moscow-Volga
Canal which joins ... Moscow
to ... Volga. ... Volga runs into ... Caspian Sea. 2. Several rivers run into ... sea at ... New York. ... most
important is ... Hudson River which empties into ... Atlantic
Ocean. Besides ... Hudson
there are ... two other rivers: ... East River and ... Harlem
River. 3. In
... Siberia there are many long rivers: ... Ob,
... Irtysh, ... Yenissei, ... Lena and ... Amur.
4. ... Altai Mountains are ... higher than ...
Urals. 5. There is ... splendid ... view of ... Lake Geneva
from this hotel. 6. My ... friends have travelled a lot. This ... year they are
going to fly to ... Canary Islands. 7. Which
river flows through ... London?
—... Thames. 8. Of which country is ... Washington ... capital? —
... United States. 9. ... United Kingdom
consists of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.
10. Chicago is on ... Lake
Michigan.