| Continents:
Geographical areas:
Historical references:
Lakes:
Oceans/seas/rivers/canals/
channels/gulfs:
Bays:
Mountain Ranges:
Mountains:
Groups of islands:
Islands:
Deserts:
Countries:
States/ counties:
Political/administrative regions of countries:
Cities/villages/towns:
Streets/roads/squares:
Highways/motorways:
Parks:
Museums/galleries/
libraries:
Schools/colleges:
Universities:
Churches/cathedrals/
abbeys:
Bridges:
Cinemas:
Hospitals:
Hotels:
‘Places:’
Pubs:
Restaurants:
Shops:
Stations/airports:
Theatres:
Ships/trains:
Spacecrafts:
| Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica
Central Asia, Inner London, Lower Egypt, Outer Mongolia, Upper Austria
Ancient Greece,
Medieval Europe,
pre-war/post-war Germany, Roman Britain
Lake Constance, Lake Erie, Lake Geneva
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San Francisco Bay, Morecambe Bay
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Everest, Mont Blanc, Ben Nevis, Mount Fuji
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Christmas Island, Delos,
Easter Island, Ireland, Bermuda, Sicily, Borneo
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Most countries: Finland, Germany, Turkey, etc.
Bavaria, Ohio, Surrey, California
Kent, Hampshire
Most cities:
Denver, London, Lyons
Most streets:
London Road, Madison Avenue, Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus, Charing Cross, Park Lane
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Central Park, Hyde Park
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Manchester Grammar School, Dartmouth College
Cambridge University, Kent State University
St Peter’s Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral,
Westminster Abbey
London Bridge
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Guy’s (Hospital)
Brown’s Hotel
Death Valley, Heaven, Hades
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Leoni’s (Restaurant), Luigi’s
Selfridges
Marks and Spencer’s
Victoria (Station),
Waterloo (Station), Heathrow (Airport)
Her Majesty’s (Theatre),
Sadler’s Wells (Theatre)
smaller boats – with a zero article
Challenger, Apollo 17
| the African Continent
theArctic,the Balkans, the Equator, the Middle East, the North Pole, the West, the Midlands, the Crimea, the Punjab, the Dordogne
the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Stone Age
The Great Salt Lake,
the Lake of Geneva
the Pacific (Ocean), the Caspian (Sea), the Nile (or the River Nile), the Mississippi (or the Mississippi River), the Suez Canal, the English Channel, the Gulf of Mexico
the Bay of Biscay,
the Bay of Bengal
the Alps, the Himalayas
some names of foreign mountains: the Jungfrau,
the Matterhorn
the Azores, the Bahamas
the British Isles, the Orkney Islands/ the Orkneys
the Isle of Capri, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight
the Gobi (Desert), the Kalahari (Desert), the Sahara (Desert)
Unions and associations: the ARE (the Arab Republic of Egypt), the UK (the United Kingdom), the USA (the United States of America)
A few countries:
The Argentine (or Argentina), the Netherlands, the Philippines, (the) Sudan, (the) Yemen, (the) Cameroun, (the) Ukraine
The Vatican
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The City (of London),
the Hague
the High Street, the Strand, the Drive, the Mall
Note:the London Road (= the road that leads to London)
foreign streets and squares – keep the definite article: the Via Veneto, the Reperbahn, the Boulevard St Michel
the A1, the M1
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the British Museum, the Tate Gallery, the Library of Congress
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the University of Cambridge, The University of Wales, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
the Abbey of Cluny, the Dominican Abbey
the Golden Gate Bridge
The Odeon, the Gaumont
The London Hospital
The Hilton (Hotel),
the Ritz, the Royal Oak
The Everglades,
The Underworld
The White Horse
The Café Royal
The Scotch House
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The Globe, the Coliseum (Theatre), the Phoenix (Theatre), the Whitehall (Theatre)
The Titanic,
the Queen Elizabeth
the Orient Express
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