1. Choose the country that can take the article "the" Republic of France France
2. Which is incorrect: the Indonesia the Philippines.
Okay what's the rule?
True or False 3. "The" can be used with the names of continents like the Europe, the Asia, A trueB false
4. "The" is never used with the names of individual cities like Boston or Paris A trueB false
5. How about its use with regions or the continents in plural like the Yukon, the Arctic, or the Americas A used B not used
Made up some more rules yet?
Which of these below normally takes the article "the"
6. For instance, how about lakes : A the Great Lakes B the Lake Superior
7. And mountains: A the Appalachian Mountains B The Mt Everest
8. What about parks: A the Yellowstone Park B the national parks
9. And islands: A the Canary Islands B the Nantucket Island
Can you make work up a list of rules now?
10. Choose the sentence that is incorrect: A The French is derived from the Latin B The English are known for their stiff upper lips.
Post Script: The Top score is 100 %
Bonus question: In which of these following sentences is the destination an institution?
I. We're taking him home. II. We're taking him to the home.
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Professor of English Ecole des Mines 75 cours fauriel St.Etienne FRANCE