Article Exercises Advanced Series 2

Follow our series for Article Exercises to Avoid Silly Mistakes in grammar.

“The” is definite article.

When we talk about series of mountains, we use The before its name.

·         The Himalayas

·         The Eastern Ghats

When we talk about peaks of mountains, we don’t use articles.

·         Mount Everest

·         Mount Fuji

·         Mount Olympus

Before a river name, we use definite article (The).

·         The Ganga

·         The Thames

·         The Nile

Ex: London is on the Thames.

Before the names of oceans, sea, and gulf/bay, we use definite articles (The).

·         The Red Sea

·         The Pacific Ocean

·         The Bay of Bengal

(Note: We don’t use “The” before Hudson Bay)

We use “The” before group of islands.

·         The Andamans

·         The West Indies

Don’t use “The” before a specific island name.

·         Java

·         Sicily

·         Ceylon

 Use “The” before the name of canals, ships, planes, and trains.

·         The Manchester canal

·         The Qatar Airways

·         The Orient Express (train)

·         The Royal Caribbean (ship)

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