Методическая разработка по английскому языку на тему: Употребление артикля с географическими названиями

Article with geographical names

артикль НЕ УПОТРЕБЛЯЕТСЯ с названиями:

• континентов (South America)

• городов (New York)

• отдельных горных вершин (Mt. Everest)

• островов (Jamaica)

• озёр (Lake Union)

• большинства стран (France, Russia)

НО: the Ukraine

the Crimea

the Congo

артикль УПОТРЕБЛЯЕТСЯ с названиями:

• горных цепей (the Alps)

• групп островов (the Hawaiian Islands)

• групп озёр (the Great Lakes)

• рек, каналов, заливов, проливов (the Volga, the Panama Canal, the Gulf of Mexico, the Straits of Gibraltar)

• пустынь (the Gobi Desert)

• океанов и морей (the Atlantic Ocean? The Caspian Sea)

• регионов (the Midwest)

• стран, в которые входят слова союз, федерация, королевство, штат (the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the Russian Federation)

• стран, имеющих форму множественного числа (the Netherlands)

устойчивые словосочетания:

in the north / to the north

in the south / to the south

in the east / to the east

in the west / to the west

Употребление артикля с географическими названиями

Exercise 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.

Exercise 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.

Exercise 3.

1. In ___ Siberia there are many long rivers: ___ Ob, ___ Irtysh, ___ Yenissei, ___ Lena and ___ Amur. 2. ___ Altai Mountains are ___ higher than ___ Urals. 3. There is ___ splendid ___ view of ___ Lake Geneva from this hotel. 4. This year my friends are going to fly ___ to Canary Islands. 5. Which river flows through ___ London? - ___ Thames. 6. Of which country is ___ Washington the capital? - ___ United States. 7. ___ United Kingdom consists of ___ Great Britain and ___ Northern Ireland. 8. Chicago is on ___ Lake Michigan.

Exercise 4.

1. ___ Thames is ___ short river. 2. ___ Russia is washed by ___ Arctic Ocean in ___ north. 3. Kiev is to ___ south of ___ Moscow. 4. ___ Europe is ___ continent. 5. ___ Moscow is the capital of ___ Russia. 6. Is ___ Asia ___ island or ___ continent? 7. ___ Black Sea is in ___ south of our country. 8. ___ White Sea is in ___ north of our country. 9. ___ Philippines are situated to ___ southeast of ___ Asia.

Exercise 5.

1. ___ Neva flows into ___ Gulf of ___ Finland. 2. ___ Pacific Ocean is very deep. 3. ___ Urals are not very high. 4. ___ Kazbek is ___ highest peak of ___ Caucasus. 5. ___ Alps are covered with ___ snow. 6. ___ Crimea is washed by ___ Black Sea. 7. ___ Lake Baikal is ___ deepest lake in ___ world. 8. ___ Paris is the capital of ___ France. 9. ___ Europe and America are separated by ___ Atlantic Ocean. 10. Gogol was born in ___ Ukraine in 1809.

Exercise 6.

1. ___ Russia occupies ___ eastern half of ___ Europe and ___ northern third of ___ Asia. 2. It is warm in ___ Crimea and ___ Caucasus. 3. ___ Washington is the capital of ___ United States of America. 4. I want to go to ___ New York some day. 5. ___ Red Sea is between ___ Africa and ___ Asia. 6. ___ St Petersburg is one of ___ largest cities in ___ Russia. 7. Three men came to ___ New York. 8. ___ Caucasus separates ___ Black Sea from ___ Caspian Sea. 9. ___ North Sea separates ___ British Isles from ___ Europe. 10. ___ Baltic Sea is stormy in winter. 11. There are many small islands in ___ Pacific Ocean.