TOPIC: GEOGRAPHICAL

OUTLOOK. COUNTRIES AND

CONTINENTS
THE 8TH GRADE
THURSDAY, THE FIFTEENTH OF APRIL
CLASSWORK
 WARMING UP
LOOK AT THE WORDS IN RED COLOUR AND DECIDE WHAT THEY ARE: CAPITAL
CITIES, COUNTRIES OR CONTINENTS.

∙ ROME ∙ FRANCE∙ NORTH AMERICA ∙ WASHINGTON DC ∙ ITALY ∙ AFRICA ∙

SOUTH AMERICA ∙ CANBERRA ∙ KYIV ∙ AUSTRALIA ∙ ASIA∙ GERMANY ∙ PARIS ∙
EUROPE ∙ LONDON ∙ UKRAINE ∙ GREECE ∙ CHINA ∙

CAPITAL CITIES COUNTRIES CONTINENTS

ROME FRANCE NORTH AMERICA
WASHINGTON DC ITALY AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
CANBERRA SOUTH AMERICA
GERMANY
KYIV AUSTRALIA
UKRAINE
PARIS ASIA
GREECE
LONDON EUROPE
CHINA
 The Thames, Asia, Australia, the United States of
GEOGRAPHICAL America, Paris, the Nile, the Rocky Mountains,
PRACTICE the Adriatic Sea, Montana, Michgan, the
ARE YOU GOOD AT GEOGRAPHY? Netherlands or Holland, in Scotland, in Ireland,
FIND THE CORRECT ANSWERS IN THE BOX. the Indian Ocean

the USA
1. WHICH COUNTRY LIES BETWEEN MEXICO AND CANADA?
2. WHAT’S THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE? Paris
3. WHERE IS EDINBURGH? Scotland
4. Montana,
DO YOU KNOW ANY STATES IN AMERICA THAT START WITH THE LETTER ‘M’? Michigan
5. the
WHAT’S THE LONGEST RIVER IN AFRICA? Nile
6. WHAT’S THE LARGEST CONTINENT? Asia
7. WHAT’S THE SMALLEST CONTINENT? Australia
8. the Adriatic
WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE SEA BETWEEN ITALY AND CROATIA? Sea
9. WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE OCEAN BETWEEN AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA?
the Indian Ocean
10. WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE WEST OF NORTHthe Rocky Mountains
AMERICA?
In Ireland
11. WHERE IS DUBLIN?
the Netherland or Holland
12. WHERE DOES A PERSON WHO IS ‘DUTCH’ COME FROM?
13. WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE RIVER THAT FLOWS THROUGH LONDON?
the Thames
 GRAMMAR.
DEFINITE ARTICLE ‘THE’ WITH GEOGRAPHICAL
NAMES
• DO NOT USE ’THE’ BEFORE THE NAMES OF
• CONTINENTS (NORTH AMERICA, ASIA, AFRICA)
• MOUNTAINS (MOUNT RUSHMORE, MOUNT EVEREST)
• ISLANDS (SAINT LUCIA, ANTIGUA, GRENADA)
• STREETS (BROAD STREET, WILSON AVENUE)
• CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES (BIRMINGHAM, SEATTLE,
LAS VEGAS)
• STATES (ALABAMA, WASHINGTON, NEVADA)
• LAKES (LAKE ERIE, LAKE KISSIMMEE, LAKE RABUN)
• FALLS (NIAGARA FALLS)
• PARKS (HYDE PARK)
• COUNTRIES (AMERICA, GREECE, CHINA)
• COUNTIES, PROVINCES, REGIONS (CALIFORNIA)
• NAMES OF LANGUAGES (ITALIAN, FRENCH)
• WE USE ’THE’ BEFORE THE NAMES OF
• POINTS ON THE GLOBE (THE EQUATOR, THE NORTH POLE)
• MOUNTAIN RANGES (THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS, THE ANDES)
• ISLAND CHAINS (THE FLORIDA KEYS, THE PACIFIC ISLANDS)
• GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS (THE EAST, THE MIDWEST)
• RIVERS, SEAS, AND OCEANS (THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE NILE RIVER)
• DESERTS AND PENINSULAS (THE MOJAVE DESERT, THE BALKAN
PENINSULA
• GROUPS OF LAKES (THE GREAT LAKES), STRAITS (THE STRAIT OF
DOVER)
• UNIONS (THE EUROPEAN UNION)
• REEFS (THE GREAT BARRIER REEF)
• COUNTRIES WITH THE WORDS ‘STATE’, ‘REPUBLIC’, ‘KINGDOM’ IN
THE NAMES
• NAMES OF NATIONALITIES IN PLURAL (THE SWEDISH, THE
UKRAINIANS)
 the
GRAMMAR 1. …- LONDON LIES ON … RIVER THAMES.
PRACTICE 2. The -
… DANUBE IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN …
-
EUROPE. the

3. - FRANCE IS ALSO IN … EUROPEAN UNION.

…
EX. 3 P. 201
4. … SWITZERLAND HAS THREE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES:
- FRENCH,the
GERMAN AND
PUT IN ‘THE’ OR
ITALIAN. - -
NOTHING
5. the
… ODESSA IS A PORT ON … BLACK SEA.
IN THE SENTENCES. -
6. THE OCEAN BETWEEN … EUROPE AND …
AMERICA IS … ATLANTIC OCEAN.
7. MANY TOURISTS VISIT … MICHIGAN EVERY
YEAR.
 GRAMMAR PRACTICE
PUT IN ‘THE’ OR ‘-’ IN THE SENTENCES.
the -
1. THEY VISITED A VILLAGE IN … ANDES. 9. … BAFFIN ISLAND IS PART OF CANADA.
-
2. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN … MOUNT FUJI? the
10. I’VE NEVER BEEN TO … UNITED STATES.
3.
The
… AZORES ARE A GROUP OF ISLANDS IN THE
the
11. WE WENT TO … REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ATLANTIC. AND STAYED- IN … DUBLIN.
the 12. … -MOUNT EVEREST IS THE HIGHEST
4. SHE WENT TO … UNITED KINGDOM TO
STUDY ENGLISH. MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD.

5.
-
THEY DROVE ROUND … CORSICA.
the… ALPS.
13. SHE ALWAYS LOVED SKIING IN

- AUSTRALIA IS A REALLY ENORMOUS 14. HE USED TO WORK IN -… INDIA.

6. …
PLACE. - 15. I OFTEN GO ON HOLIDAY TOthe
… CANARY
ISLANDS.
7. WHAT COUNTRIES SHARE A BORDER WITH …
-
NORWAY? 16. DOES …-ENGLAND HAVE MANY BIG
CITIES?
8. … GREECE GETS VERY, VERY HOT IN THE
SUMMER.
 SUMMARY
FILL IN THE ARTICLES WHERE NECESSARY
- -
1) … NORTHERN IRELAND 8) … UNION JACK
the -
2) … STRAIT OF DOVER 9) … CARDIFF
3) the
… SCOTTS the
10) … SCOTTISH
4) …- BELFAST the
11) … IRISH SEA
the the
5) … ENGLISH CHANNEL 12) … ATLANTIC OCEAN
th
6) … BRITISH ISLES
e 13) …- WALES
th -
7) … UNITED KINGDOM 14) … IRELAND
e
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