2. THEBRIDGES
The Golden Gate Bridge
The London Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge
The Alcantra Bridge
The Sydney Harbor Bridge
The Charles Bridge
The Millau Viaduct
The Great Belt Bridge
BUILDINGS
The Hilton Hotel
The White House
The Capitol,
The Duomo
The Alhambra
The Taj Maha
The Rose Bowl
The Alcazar
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3. LANDMARKS
The Statue of Liberty
The Eiffel Tower
The Egyptian Pyramids
The Colosseum
The Great Wall of China,
The Parthenon
The Great Sphinx of
Egypt
BUT NOT: Stonehenge
WITHOUT
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Notre Dame de Paris,
Wembley Stadium
Old Trafford (NOT
sports fields or
parks)
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4. PRACTICE
1______ Golden Gate Bridge spans the entrance to San
Francisco Bay.
2______ Capitol in Washington D.C. contains chambers
and offices of U. S Senators and Representatives
3______ Statue of Liberty is a colossal statue at the
entrance of New York harbor, welcoming the people of
the world with the torch of liberty.
4______ Eiffel Tower, located on the Champs de Mars in
Paris , France, was designed by Alexander Eiffel in the
late 1800s.
5_____ White House is the primary residence of the
President of the United States while he or she is in
office. It is located in Washington D.C.
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5. PRACTICE
6______Beverly Hilton Hotel attracts elegance, wealth,
movie stars and glamour . Some of the most glittering
events in this star-packed city have taken place in the
famed International Ballroom.
7______Museum of Modern Art in New York houses
displays modern works including paintings, sculptures,
drawings, illustrated books, architecture and design, as
well as photography.
8_____Great Wall of China is the largest and most
amazing landmark in the world.
9_____Windsor Castle is the principal home of the
British royal family.
10 _______Buckingham Palace is the London residence
for the British Monarchy.
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6. THE for some geographical
features:
WATER LAND FEATURES LAND REGIONS
CANALS PENINSULAS TERRITORIES REGIONS
RIVERS DESERTS ZONES DESERTS
*BAYSMT. RANGES AREAS EQUATOR
GULFS FORESTS STRAITS WEST
SEAS PLAINS ISTHMUS SOUTH
OCEANS PLATEAUS CAPES NORTH
CHANNELS VALLEYS ISLANDS EAST
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7. AND
THE – NOT USED
LAKES
MOUNTS
PEAKS
CANYONS
SINGULAR ISLANDS
*Proper names such
as San Francisco Bay do
not use the. (e.g. San
Francisco Bay is located in
northern California.) Use
an article when referring to
a specific bay: The San
Francisco bay is being studied
by biologists.)
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9. 1______ Chicago River runs through the heart of the
city.
2______ Rocky Mountains separate the West from the
rest of the U.S.
3._____Mojave Desert is an arid region of southeastern
California and portions of Nevada, Arizona and Utah,
occupies more than 25,000 square miles.
4. _____Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world,
it is also the world's largest single physical feature
5. ____Corinth Channel was cut from rock to allow
ships to pass through the isthmus of the Peloponnese.
6._____ Corinth Channel was cut from rock to allow
ships to pass through the isthmus of the Peloponnese.
7. I live on _____West Coast.
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10. 8. He lives in _____San Francisco Bay. (Note: He
swims in San Francisco Bay. (proper name) He
swims in the San Francisco bay. (the is used with
bay)
9. I live on _____Peninsula.
10. We went to _____Galapagos Island last year.
11. Mount St. Helens with the force of a nuclear
explosion on May 18, 1980.
12.______Lake Tahoe is located on the border
between California and Nevada.
13. .______ Alcatraz Island is in San Francisco Bay.
14. .______ Bryce Canyon is in Utah.
15.______ San Francisco Bay is excellent for
boating.
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11. COUNTRIES
The is used before a country name if the name contains of, or if
the country is an island country.
THE _____OF______ ISLAND COUNTRIES
The United States of
America
The Phillippines
The Republic of China The Netherlands
The Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
The Barbados
The Islamc Republic of Iran The Maldives
The Kingdom of Lesotho The Canary Islands
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12. 1.______Republic of
China
2. .______Dominican
Republic
3. .______Kazakhstan
4. .______Philipines
5. .______Japan
6. .______Netherlands
7. .______Greece
8. .______Ivory Coast
9. .______United Arab
Emirates
10. .______Ukraine
11. .______Islamic
Republic of Iran
12. .______Democratic
People’s Republic of
Korea (North)
13. .______Dijbouti
14, .______Republic of
Korea(South)
15, .______Cook
Islands
16. .______Republic of
France
17. .______Spain
18. .______Mexico
19. .______Canada
20. .______Brazil
PRACTICE
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Editor's Notes
All take THE
All take THE, except for 9 & 10, which take nothing.