Exercise 1. Use articles with geographical names.
1. ___ Pacific is much larger than ___ Arctic or ___ Indian ocean, 2. ___ Sahara is the biggest desert in ___ North Africa. 3. ___ Mont Blanc is the highest peak in ___ Alps. 4. ___ City of ___ London stands on ___ river Thames. 5. Is ___ Mississippi longer or shorter than ___ Rhine? 6. Portugal is a small country in ___ west of Europe; on one of its borders is ___ Spain, on the other ___ Atlantic Ocean 7. Who was the first to reach ___ North Pole? 8. ___ USA is the biggest country of ___ North America. 9. ___ Lake Ontario, or ___ Ontario, is one of the largest lakes in ___ north of ___ United States on the border with ___ Canada. 10. Greece is situated in ___ south of ___ Eastern Europe on the coast of ___ Mediterranean. 11. The official name of ___ Holland is the State of ___ Netherlands, or just ___ Netherlands; the latter word is used with an article because it literally means “low lands”. 12. The forests of ___ Eastern Siberia and of ___ Far East are the greatest forest resources in ___ east of ___ modern Russia. 13. ___ United Kingdom includes ___ Great Britain and ___ Northern Ireland; it occupies ___ British Isles. 14. In what country of ___ Northern Europe is ___ Hague situated? 15. The birthplace of our civilisation was the area situated between ___ Tiger and Euphrates rivers, which is now called ___ Middle East там свои найдёшь
- Hello! How are you?
- Fine. And you?
- I`m Ok. What are you doing this evening?
- Nothing. But I want to go to the theatre.
- I want to go with you! And what performance do you want to see?
- Let me think a bit... We can go to "Cinderella", "Princess" and to the children`s performance "Just do it". Tickets will cost 12 pounds.
- Let`s go to the performance "Princess". May be it`s interesting.
- Okey. Let`s go! It starts at 2 p. m.
- Where shall we meet?
- We can meet near the theatre "Lucsor", at 1 p. m.
- Can I go with you and with my sister?
- Yes, you can! Bye, see you latter.
- Good bye.
