I like geography. I like to know where places are. Tom Felton, English actor
Using articles is one of the most challenging aspects of the English language to a non-native speaker. Right this moment you may be 1. __ in frustration why we say the Adriatic Sea but Lake Jarun? Or London but The Hague?
Most place names are without the. Whether a place name has the depends on the kind of a place it is (a sea, lake, theatre, museum, park etc.) and its grammatical 2._, i.e. we use the if the name is an of-phrase (the City of New York, but New York City); if it contains an 3._ (the International School); or if it is in the plural (the Botanical Gardens). We do not use the before a 4. _ (Regent’s Park), but there are always 5. _ (Beverly Hills, Brussels).
Remember not to use the with names of cities, towns, 6. _ and villages. Your hotel, therefore, was in Kingswood, a suburb of Bristol. Roads, streets and parks are without the. So, your HQ might be in Wall Street; or you like to spend your Sundays in Central Park. You might be buying a flat on Madison Avenue, or walking along Broadway surrounded by paparazzi. However, by-passes and motorways have the (the York by-pass, the M25), as well as some roads with adjs or numbers in their names (the High Street, the Great West Road, the A1). Names of transport facilities, religious, educational and official buildings, palaces and houses are without the. So, you could ask a taxi driver to take you to Paddington Station or meet a friend at Heathrow (Airport); you could graduate 7. _ Cambridge (University) or get married in St Paul’s (Cathedral). How about visiting Buckingham Palace while in London, or spending an evening in Norwich Museum? However, the should be used if you are getting married in the Chapel of Our Lady (it is an of-phrase) or if you graduated from the Open University (the name has an adjective), or if you are planning to take your sweetheart to the Science Museum.
