1. Classify the following geographical names according to the given points: a)continents; b)countries, states, towns; c)oceans, seas, canals, rivers, lakes, channels; d)peninsula; e)deserts; f)mountains, islands; g)mountain peaks. Use articles where necessary.
_ Europe, _ Central Africa, _ France,_ England,_ USSR,_ Congo, _ Lebanon,_ Crimea, _Caucasus,_ Ruhr, _Riviera,_ Central Africa, _ Northern Europe, _ China,_ West Germany,_ Kameroon,_ Senegal,_ Argentine, _ Oslo,_ Rome,_ Pacific Ocean,_ Nile, _ Baikal,_ Lake Ontario, _ Northern Sea,_ Netherlands,_ Brazil,_ Tyrol,_ Sahara, _ Alps, _ Azores, _ Pamirs, _ Elbrus, _ Everest, _ Mont Blanc,_ Kamchatka,_ Gobi,_ Philippines,_ English Channel,_ Mississipi, _ Baltic Sea,_ Asia, _ USA, _ Panama Canal,
_ Balkan Peninsula, _ Hague,_ Bermudas.
a). Continents: Europe, Central Africa, Asia.
b). Countries, states, towns: France, England, the USA, the USSR, Brasil, China, West Germany, the Kameroon, the Senegal, the Lebanon, the Congo, the Crimea, the Caucasus, the Tyrol, Oslo, Rome, the Ruhr, the Riviera, the Argentine, the Hage, the Netherlands.
c). Oceans, seas, canals, rivers, lakes, channels: the Pacific Ocean, the Nile, the Baikal, Lake Ontario, the Northern Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Mississipi, the English Channel, the Panama Canal.
d). Peninsula: Kamchatka, the Balkan Peninsula.
e). Deserts: the Sahara, the Gobi.
f). Mountains, islands: the Pamirs, the Alps, the Philippines, the Azores, the Bermudas.
g). Mountain peaks: Elbrus, Everest, Mont Blanc.
2. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to geographic names.
1. He had _ pronounced views on what _ United States was doing for _ world.
2. _ weather over _ Baltic was said to be worsening every hour.
3. This captain, he said, had made marine history by passing through _ Bosphorus
and _ Dardanelles without _ aid of _ pilot.
4. Mr.Roberts sipped _ cup of _ coffee and looked out over _ Lake of Geneva.
5. His ship nearly sank in _ Pacific.
6. He told me how he had discovered _ statue, five hundred feet tall, bured in _ sand
of _ Sahara.
7. _ man from _ Kameroon carried his bags to _ car.
8. She showed me _ pictures taken in _ Swiss Alps.
9. You oughtn't to spend _ winter in _ London with that cough and your chest.
10. They stood for some time talking in quiet tones, comparing _ Thames with _ Seine.
11. This was not _ Paris that he had accepted thirty years ago as his spiritual home.
12. He was _ well known mountaineer scaling _ Andes.
13. There aren't many sharks in _ Mediterranean. It is down _ Red Sea that you get
them in numbers.
14. He retired to his hotel and sat in his shirt sleeves looking at _ Grand Canal.
15. They stayed in _ Venice for _ fortnight.
16. Where is he? - asked Ann. - He is in _ Buenos Aires.
17. She was going on _ cruise down _ Adriatic.
18. He was staring out across _ Nile at _ distant hills.
19. The firm made _ loans to _ Argentine and _ Brasil.
20. Michael looked quizzically at his parent. Did he quite understand _ England of
today?
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