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The United States of America

Referring to Country Names

 

 

 

Article Use with Country Names
NO ARTICLE THE 

With most countries, we do not use an article.

The is used before a country name if the name contains of, or if the country is an island country.

 SINGLE-NAME COUNTRY

Italy

 SINGLE-NAME COUNTRY

Ukraine

THE ___ OF ___

The United States of America

ISLAND COUNTRIES

  The Philippines

Australia

England

The Republic of China

*The Netherlands

Peru

Spain

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  The Barbados

Japan

Haiti

The Islamic Republic of Iran

  The Maldives

Turkey

Italy

The Kingdom of Lesotho

 The Canary Islands

France

Indonesia

   

Guinea

Brazil

   

Iceland

Uruguay

   

Cuba

Mexico

   

Austria

Ukraine

   

*not really an island country

The United Nations - Member States  http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html

 

 

 

 

Practice

Country Names with Articles

 

 

  1. Decide if these countries use "the" in front of the name.
  2. Select the correct article for each country.  Then click the check button to compare your answers.

# YOUR RESPONSE CHECK ANSWER
1. flag of China
2. flag of Dominican Republic
3. flag of Kazakhstan
4. flag of Phlippines
5. flag of Japan
6. flag of Netherlands
7. flag of Greece
8. flag of Ivory Coast
9. flag of United Arab Emiates
10. flag of Ukraine
11. flag of Iran
12. flag of Korea
13. flag of Djibouti
14. flag of South Korea
15. flag of Cook Islands
16. flag of France
17. flag of Spain
18. flag of Mexico
19. flag of Mexico
20. flag of Mexico