Articles with geographical names

Articles with geographical namesУчитель английского языкаМОУ «Щегловская СОШ» Муравьева Т.В. 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 Europe Central America Siberia But “the” is used with: the Far East the Middle East the North Pole the South Pole We do not use articles with names of countries. But we use “the” with the names of countries if they include words such as: state republic kingdom federation 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, villages. Moscow Saint Petersburg Rome Exceptions: The Hague [Heig] “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 We do not usе “the” with the names of languages when they are not followed by the word language English but the English language