THE USE OF ARTICLES WITH GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES
THE
OCEANS
the Atlantic (ocean), the Pacific Africa, Latin America, (Central) Asia
SEAS
the Black Sea, the Mediterranean
RIVERS
The Mississippi, the Neva
CHANNELS / CANALS (каналы)
the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal
STRAITS (проливы)
the Bering Strait, the Gibraltar strait
LAKES (without the noun lake)
the Baikal – _Baikal lake
But the Lake of Baikal
––
CONTINENTS, REGIONS
COUNTRIES
Great Britain, China
CITIES / TOWNS & VILLAGES
London, Texas, Minsk
But 1) the city of Minsk
2) In his books W. Scott described
the England of the Middle Ages.
(There is a particularizing attribute.)
3) the + state, union, kingdom,
republic, federation (the United State,
the Russian Federation, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain)
!Exceptions: the Netherlands
(Нидерланды), the Hague (Гаага), the
Crimea (Крым), the Caucasus (Кавказ),
the Riviera (Ривьера), the Transvaal
(Трансвааль), the Lebanon (Ливан), Congo
(Конго), the Vatican (Ватикан), the Sudan
(Судан), the Senegal (Сенегал), the
Cameroon (Камерун), the Far East
(Дальний Восток), the Middle East (Ближний
Восток), the Artic (Арктика), the Antarctic
(Антарктика), the North Pole (Северный
полюс), the South Pole (Южный полюс)
BAYS (заливы)
Hudson Bay, Buffin Bay
But the Bay of Hudson
SEPARATE MOUNTAIN PEAKS &
VOLCANOES
Elbrus, Everest, Vesuvius
SEPARATE ISLANDS
Madagascar, Sicily, Alaska
PENINSULAS (полуострова)
Kamchatka, Alaska
!Exceptions: The Great Lake, the But the Kamchatka Peninsula, the
Great Bear Lake, the Great Salt Lake, Alaska Peninsula
the Lake District (Озёрный край), the
Great Lakes (Великие озёра)
DESERTS (пустыни) & VALLEYS CAPES (мысы)
(долины) Cape Horn, Cape Chelyuskin
the Sahara, the Nile Valley, the Valley
of the Kings But the Cape of Good Hope
!Exceptions: Death Valley (Долина
Смерти), Silicon Valley
(Силиконовая долина)
MOUNTAIN CHAINS
the Urals, the Rocky Mountains, the
Alps
GROUPS OF ISLANDS
the British Isles, the Bahamas
FOUR CARDINAL POINTS OF
THE COMPASS
the South, the North, the East, the
Western Hemisphere (полушарие), the
Eastern Hemisphere, the West

But from East to West, from North to

South, go to South!
PARTS OF LONDON
the City, the East End, the West End

But Westminster
WATERFALLS (водопады) can be used with or without the definite article
the Victoria Falls / Victoria Falls, the Niagara Falls / Niagara Falls

THE USE OF ARTICLES WITH NAMES OF PLACES, BUILDINGS,

ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS, NEWSPAPERS, VEHICLES AND
 HOLIDAYS
THE
Historical events (события) and periods
the French Revolution, the Stone Age
Sports events
the Olympic Games, the World
Championship
Public and political organizations,
parties
the United Nations, the House of
Parliament, the Democratic Party
!Exceptions: NATO, UNESCO,
Greenpeace, Parliament, Congress,
Whitehall
Theatres, cinemas, museums,
galleries in the common case
The Bolshoy, the British Museum, the
Tretyakov Gallery
!Exceptions: Carnegie Hall, City Hall,
Avery Fisher Hall, Radio City Music
Hall, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts
Hotels, restaurants in the common
case
The Studio Café, the Hilton Hotel
Public and historical buildings,
churches, monuments in the
common case
the Winter Palace, the Hermitage, the
––
Businesses (фирмы) and chains of
shops (сети магазинов)
General Motors, Sony
But: the General Motors Company
Streets, squares (площади)
Oxford Street, Red Square, Fifth
Avenue
But: the Rue de Rivoli, the Via
Manzoni (names of streets in foreign
countries)
!Exceptions: the High Street, the Mall,
the Strand, the Arbat, the Cathedral
Square
Bridges (мосты)
London Bridge, Tower Bridge
!Exceptions: the Brooklyn Bridge, the
George Washington Bridge, the
Golden Gate Bridge, the Seven Bridge
Theatres, cinemas, museums,
galleries in the possessive case
Hotels, restaurants in the possessive
case
MacDonald’s, Brown’s Restaurant
Public and historical buildings,
churches, monuments in the
possessive case
Nelson’s Monument, St.Paul’s
 White House Cathedral

!Exceptions: Westminster Abbey

(Вестминстерское аббатство), Trinity
Church (Троицкая церковь), Buckingham
Palace (Букингемский дворец), Stonehenge
(Стоунхендж), Scotland Yard (Скотленд-
Ярд)
Newspapers issued in English Newspaper of non-English-speaking
the Times, the Washington Post countries
Komsomolskaya Pravda, Belarus
!Exceptions: USA Today, Time Today
Ships and trains Parks and gardens
the Titanic, the Orient Express Hyde Park, Gorky Park

!Exceptions: the Botanical Gardens,

the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the
London Gardens, the Montreal
Botanical Garden, the Tivoli Gardens,
the Green Park
Metros Stations and airports
the London Metro, the Minsk Metro Heathrow, Sheremetyevo, Waterloo
Station
Schools, colleges and universities
Manchester Grammar School,
Carnegy College, Oxford University

But: the University of London

Zoos
London Zoo
Holidays
Christmas, Halloween, New Year’s
Day

THE USE OF ARTICLES WITH NAMES OF PERSONS

A/AN THE –
 A NAME DENOTES
ONE MEMBER OF A
FAMILY
Rebecca’s mother was a
Montmorency.
NAMES OF PERSONS
INDICATE TYPICAL
FEATURES OF A
WELL-KNOWN
NAME (имена указывают
типичнык характеристики
известного имени)
She felt like an Alice in
Wonderland.
NOTHING IS KNOWN
ABOUT THE PERSON
EXCEPT THEIR
NAME (ничего не известно о
человеке, кроме его имени) The shy Liz couldn’t
I was surprised when a
Mr. Latimer, a very
fashionably dressed
young man, came up to
my room.
*Names can be
modified by the
adjective “certain”
(некий).
I heard it from a
(certain) Mrs. Cusack.
THE NAME IN THE NAMES OF PERSONS
PLURAL TO IN GENERAL
INDICATE THE There was a letter from
WHOLE FAMILY Susan inviting me to a
(имена во мн.ч., обозначающие party.
целую семью)
He is very different from
the rest of the Kents.
THE NAME NAMES OF
MODIFIED BY A RELATIONSHIP
PARTICULARIZING FOLLOWED BY A
ATTRIBUTE PROPER NAME (имена
Is he the Nick we studied родственных связей, за которыми
следует имя собственное)
at school together?
Uncle Jolyon and Aunt
Polly are going to visit
us tonight.
THE NAME NAMES OF
MODIFIED BY A RELATIONSHIP
DESCRIPTIVE USED ONLY BY THE
ATTRIBUTE MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY (имена
raise her eyes. родственных связей,
используемые только членами
семьи)
But if the name modified She went into the hall:
by the following “Is Mother back?”
adjectives: old, young,
little, dear, poor, honest,
lazy, simple and lucky –
no article is used.
Young Sam was
standing by the piano.
A FOREIGN TITLE NOUNS DENOTING
FOLLOWED BY A POSTS, RANKS AND
PROPER NAME TITLES FOLLOWED
(иностранный титул, за которым BY A PROPER NAME
следует имя собственное) (имена, обозначающие
the Baron Munchausen, должности, звания и титулы, за
the Emperor Napoleon, которыми следует имя
собственное)
the Tsar Peter the Great Lord Byron, academician
Brown, general Burton,
President Brown
NOUNS DENOTING
PROFESSIONS AND
 OCCUPATIONS
FOLLOWED BY A
PROPER NAME (имена,
обозначающие профессии и
занятия, за которыми следует
имя собственное)
The painter Repin was
very talented.
WHEN NAMES OF PERSONS CHANGE THEIR MEANING AND
BECOME COUNTABLE COMMON NOUNS THE ARTICLES ARE
USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL RULES FOR
COUNTABLE NOUNS (когда имена людей меняют своё значение и становятся обычными
исчисляемыми существительными, артикли используются в соответствии с общими правилами для
исчисляемых существительных)
Do you have a Dickens in you library?