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The – Countries

Referring to Country Names

 

 

 

Article Use with Country Names
NO ARTICLE THE 

 Single-name countries

 The ___ of ___

 Island Countries


Italy


Ukraine


France


Indonesia


The United States of America


  The Philippines

Australia

England

Guinea

Brazil

The Republic of China

*The Netherlands

Peru

Spain

Iceland

Uruguay

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  The Barbados

Japan

Haiti

Cuba

Mexico

The Islamic Republic of Iran

  The Maldives

Turkey

Italy

Austria

Ukraine

The Kingdom of Lesotho

 The Canary Islands


*not really an island country

 

 

 

Map of U.S
The United States of America
"The" is used before a country name if:

 

 

 

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 FLAG
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