Learn to use the definite article 'the' before country names that are plural or contain a noun indicating a type of state.
Aprender a usar el artículo definido 'the' antes de nombres de países que son plurales o contienen un sustantivo que indica tipo de estado.
| Task | We travelled to __ Netherlands last year. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 3 |
| a | a |
| b | an |
| c | the |
| d | — |
| comment | No article is used when we refer to a country with a single name (except The Gambia) or with merged single-named states Bosnia and Herzegovina: Japan, Mongolia, Canada, France, Egypt, etc. We use ‘the’ before countries (1) with plural names (the Philippines, the Maldives, the Netherlands); (2) with names containing a noun stating the kind of state (the Republic, the Democratic, the State(s), the Union, the Confederation, the Kingdom, the Commonwealth, the Principality). Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 3 (the). |
| topic | articles |
| level | 1 |
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