UNIT 16 LF ADVANCED

Welcome
to our class
Lucky Number
New York
The Rocky Mountains
Answer the question :
What is the name of our country in English ?
The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Answer the question:
Which river flows through Egypt ?
The Nile
You’re so lucky, lucky, lucky, …
Singapore
You’re so lucky, lucky, lucky, …
What is parts of speech of “ the ” ?
Article
The Nile
Geographical names
with and without "the"
UNIT 72
The Rocky Mountains
I. Geographical names without “the”
1. Continents
EX : Asia , Africa , Europe , South America
2. Countries and States
EX : Japan , Texas , France , Canada
3. Cities
EX : New York , Ha Noi , Tokyo , Paris
4. Islands : Individual islands usually have singular names
EX : Phu Quoc ( Vietnam ) , Sicily ( Italy ) , Corfu ( Greece )
5. Mountains: Individual mountains usually have names
EX : ( Mount ) Everest , Fuji , Etna
6. Lakes : Lakes usually have names
EX : Lake Superior , Lake Victoria , Lake West
Countries and States : Including words like : “ republic , kingdom , states ”
EX : The United States , The Socialist Republic of Vietnam , The people’s Republic of China , The United Kingdom
II. Geographical names with “the”
2. Islands : Island groups usually have plural names
EX : The Bahamas , the British Isles , the Virgin Islands
4. Mountains : Mountain ranges usually have plural names
EX : The Rocky Mountains , the Andes , the Alps
3. Regions :
EX : The middle East , The Far East , The north of France
But : northern France , southern Vietnam
5. Oceans / seas / Rivers / Canals
EX1 : The Pacific Ocean, The Atlantic Ocean
EX4 : The Panama canal , the Suez Canal
EX2 : The Mekong River , The Nile
6. Groups of lakes
EX : The Great Lakes
EX3 : The Red Sea , The Mediterranean sea
The Panama canal
II. Geographical names with “the”
You’ll take a flight across (1)……….Pacific Ocean, and your first stop in (2)……………United States is in (3) …..……… San Francisco, (4) ……………California, on (5)…………West Coast. Next, you’ll fly to (6)………..Rocky Mountain, and then to (7)………...Grand Cayon National Park and see (8) ........... Mount Trumbell. From there, you’ll fly to (9)………New York, where you can take another plane to (10)…………..Europe.
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Write “ the” in the blanks where it is needed.
Some sentences are correct, but some need “the”, perhaps more than once . Correct the sentences where necessary.
EX : 1. Everest was first climbed in 1953.
2. Milan is in north of Italy.
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-> Milan is in the north of Italy
Last year we visited Canada and United States.
Africa is much larger than Europe.
South of England is warmer than north.
We went to Spain for our vacation and swam in Mediterranean
Tom has visited most countries in western Europe
There are many different languages spoken in the Far East.
Next year we are going skiing in Alps.
The Nile is the longest river in Africa.
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We take / boat trip / along / the Red River / last week
-> We took a boat trip along the Red River last week.
2. Nile / flow/through / Egypt
3. Washington, D.C / capital / United States
4. Ha Noi / Capital / Socialist Republic of Vietnam
5. Netherlands / in / Europe
6. Jack / go skiing / Alps / every winter
7. There be / tidal waves / on South Coast / Pacific Ocean / last year
Make complete sentences with the following prompts.
2. Nile / flow/through / Egypt
3. Washington, D.C / capital / United States
4. Ha Noi / Capital / Socialist Republic of Vietnam
5. Netherlands / in / Europe
6. Jack / go skiing / Alps / every winter
7. There be / tidal waves / on South Coast / Pacific Ocean / last year
-> The Nile flows through Egypt.
-> Washington, D.C., is the capital of the United States.
-> Ha Noi is the capital of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
-> The Netherlands is in Europe.
-> Jack goes skiing in the Alps every winter.
-> There were tidal waves on the South Coast of the Pacific Ocean last year.
Homework

- Doing the rest of exercises.
- Prepare next grammar point.