Speaking English – When to use “THE” with places

Thank you so much for your lesson which is very helpful.

tanphuc

It is good, I like it

befekadu antselo

Thank you for clarifying.

MamadoumDiallo

Wonderful Rebecca!!! Thank you.

Andrey Kalinkin

10 out of 10. such an easy and helpful lesson. I always had problems using the definite article “THE”. But from now on, it won’t be difficult anymore. Thanks a lot Rebecca.

Nabil

Thanks for the most informative broadcast.godless

Ricksz

thanks your lesson it’s so helpful to me ^^

Ulzii

Thank a lot.Rebecca

boysa2610

Thank you very much Rebecca!I love u & your way of teaching,now i’m able to understand the uses of article “THE” but still i’m a little confused,shouldn’t we use “THE” before singular country,such as,
Japan,china,India,Pakistan,Afghanistan,Srilanka etc

Magray

No you cannot use ‘THE’ for countries :)

thank you! I love your lesson.

vuhuunhu

helpful thanks

mr osama

Thanx rebecca

Asad ali

Thank you Rebecca, so I am recognize now when can I use the word the.

aysar70

Thank you!!!

bagmetv

your English language program is very easy and intrusting
i know many words of English, but i wanted to watch all program by numbers but that is very difficult for me to search all program by numbers please help me thank you very much for cooperation i m waiting for your mail or help
thanks a lot
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gohar ali gohar

gohar ali gohar Batkhela Khybar Pukhtunkhwa!!.
I´m glad I learn english, not urdu.

ilmeg

thanx alot …..

a.atef

thank you very much,your lesson help to me

Elif

gooooood~ Thank you ^^

vivian

Interesting topic, thanks !

Ben

Hi rebecca,

I’m a real fan of yours. You’re a great teacher and I love all your videos.

André

It’s very usefull to know this topic.

Hanna

HELLO REBECCA.HOW ARE YOU DOING?I HOPE YOU ARE GREAT.YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN A VERY NICE ENGLISH LESSON TO ME.IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING LESSON.I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR LESSONS A LOT.MY ENGLISH HAS IMPROVED SINCE I STARTED LISTENING TO YOUR LESSONS.THANKS A LOT REBECCA:

CARLOS ALBERTO SIMÕES

hi Rebecca
this is very good lesson for us… i m always say that u do work for humanity….. thanks a lot of u…..
i would like to ask a question that is there any other example where we can put “THE”?

hammad99101

Thanks for this great and 100% free site.
Very helpful to students.

yogendra11

Thank you it’s help me to understand much better.

Eda

Thank you very much for such a wonderful learning material.
I need your help to become a professional in speaking English.

Chaman

thenk you It’s very useful

marwaaiman

thanx rebecca good brief lesson i like it!

amber

Thank you. Usefull lesson.

DEN

no logic…..soooo.. difficuilt to understand ;-(

shayra.

Thanx rebecca

جوجو

its very helpful for me!

hamad2001

It’s very helpful to me. thanks a lot.

soadako

Thank you so much Rebecca. It help me a lot. Thanks again ^^ and I expect you’ll study a good lesson same this lesson continue.

Hayuki

Hi, Rebecca. Thank you so much. You give me knowledge ^^ I really like this lesson very much. I hope you always have a lot of lesson same it for all member. Thanks again

hayuki86

nice work.

kashif

Thank you so much.

rigelleengvid

Thank you so much!

bbzaa694

Talking about the mountains you say mount. Is it the same?

xewax

Thanks

praveengaddameedi

thanks you Rebicca

abouray

thanks, rabecca, it is too helpful~~~~~~~~~~~“

shahid

Your work and effort is very good for non-native speakers as me. I appreciate this. Each class is very interesting and useful. Congratulations. Thank you very much.

Miguel Angel

thank u so much … it’s too helpful…..

halim

I love your lesson however, I really don’t fully understand. When and how to determine to use “the”. anyway. I appreciate your lesson. Thank you so much.

aprilsmrs

Thanks a lot.This lesson was very helpful

shweta

Thanks u very much for your excellent efforts..I find very useful the way u come up with your innovatives and explaining methodology..I wana enhance my skill.pl do suggest any material or link so that I will perfect enough @ skill..pl do reply me asap

Abrar

woooooooooow
I had a full mark while I was answing the test

ILYA

Thanks a lot

fong

Thanks Rebecca

biyad

Rebecca and James are the best! Thank you very much for your helpful lessons

Konchesky

I learned a lot. Thank you so much

Terific

I came from ethiopia. so it is very helpful

konjit

Good class Rebecca

Congratulations

Thanks

Marcelo

Thank you

afaf1

I learn from that.
Thanks!

jessica

Thanks!Rebecca

rasha

Thanks from Turkey.

trabzon61

hi, i think it is practice. thanks

tregellas

Thanks a lot ,Rebecca.

milestone244

love the way you Teaching to us…ur great Teacher.god bless u

dlmej

thumbs up!!!

ganganatha

thank you so much… this video and quiz is very helping me :)

irene

thank you very much! your lessons are really helpful.thanks again ^^God bless you.

pucca.h2o

i thought when you learned how translate the words english in your own language its easy to speak in english but even the word “The” makes me confused mam, i hope i will memorized all your lessons god bless.. practice makes perfect i hope -_-

bobdacir15

9 up to 10 not bad

bobdacir15

WOW I learned it

mohitgovinda

thank you very much for you great effort , ur teaching is very wonderful in ( style , way , expression … etc ) I’ll wait from u most that

memento

this is great, thanks alot.

pramod

8 of 10 not very bad ^^

snabil

Nice site! I have learn a lot using “the” and where it is use..thanks

ronalyn

Very nice and very useful! I love your lessons! But I didn´t understand in the quiz, why I need use the with Philippines… It is a country, isn´t?

Sally S

Sorry! I´ve seen the video again and I understood: Philippines is plural country!!! Thank you for your teaching!

Sally S

Thank you so much!! It’s very useful! You helped me a lot!!

taya

Good website very useful thanks a lot………

jayaprakash

great, I got the reason why the areticle in English is difficult to remember. Good teacher:)

Robecca, could you please tell me how to use need, what is difrence from this peng need to fix, and this pen neend to be fixed? Thank you Donna

Donna

Thanks a lot Rebecca so great teacher you are. I got 9 out of 10. But just confuse in one answer is it Philippines or
Philippines.[it is a country]
Why use the Philippines.

Satpreet S

Thank you Rebecca, from Russia with love

Ivan

thank you

Hanody

thanx mam i like your way of teaching….can you tell me about IELTS writing task 1 (graph)

harleen

Hi! Rebecca..
I’m still diffiult to understand.
But, like you said. “practice and practice.”
Thank You.

Michelle

Dear Rebecca!

Thanks a lot for your compact and very understandable lessons. I like the way you communicate. I like the way you look like, I like the way you talk to us. It is very important that you make me wish to continue and to listen you more and more and to follow forward with you. Thank you teacher.

Elena

i got 8 out of 10

phanikumar

Hey Rebecca!

Thanks for your lesson!

I think my country is an exception because English people speak always about ‘The Netherlands’ even though they not mean our whole Kingdom but only the part in Europe!?
And when you will speak the whole name of my country you see ‘The’ twice:
THE Kingdom of THE Netherlands.
But you don’t say: The Kingdom of THE Sweden or The Kingdom of THE Great Britain and THE Northern Ireland it is just THE Kingdom of Sweden and THE Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Why it is? (We are special: JEAH!!!! :P )

Bye! Rick

rick1234

madam,
can we use the before the capitals of countries. 1)the delhi is the capital of india
2)delhi is the capital of india.
which one is right?

kaushik

Hi, Rebecca, the best teacher.
I live in salt( salt is name for city in Balqa( Balqa ia name for province in Jordan( the Hashimate kingdom Jordanian). that correct isn’t it?

hudhayfah27

hay :) thank you for this topic …it’s too helpful…

titima

Thanks from Latvia!

Inga

Gongratulations Rebecca

miloudi

very thank u

s t

wow so nice.the easy way to learn and seeking english thanx 4 all

arslan ahmed

It was very educational, thanks a lot. Greetings from little Belgium.

Tawniette

thank you

zohra

thank you verry much for your lesson

bichtrang093

thanks a lot! good lesson

ROZA

thank you, it is good

biology

I love your smile it makes me feel I’m good in English =D, thank you a lot for your knowledge.

Also I would like to tell you, the small quises are help me a lot, thanks again.

m552200

ssssssssssss thank you very much

shuda666

thank you very much.

mohsin99

Thanyou very much for wonderful explanation.

Maliha Fatima

thank you very much rebecaa .Really I love you so much

hadeer

you are a great teacher.you can easely read the students mind..you are the Dr.Rebacca.

roses

thank you alot

sayid

Wow, this is good. Thanks so much.

febs

This lesson can be useful not only for beginners. The topic of articles always drives me crazy. Thank you for your help Rebecca

juliange

hi mam, i got your many lessons but i am unable to understand either you are using american accent or uk’s? plz help me about this because i want to seek uk accent.thanks. tariq from pakistan

tariq

Rebecca has a North American accent. We may have teachers with an English accent on engVid in the future.

engVid

thank you

shoaibbaloch16

thank you!

yhienne

i had some confusions to use “the”. now i think somewhat cleared .
thanks rabecca…

anoopkrishna

hello. I don’t understand one thing. You didn’t spoke about objects, people, etc.

When do we use “The”?

The leader/The manager/The dog/The laptop/The windows/The air/The substance/The sex/The duty/The moral/The life…etc

This word, and all the others, when do we use “The” or when do we not use “The” ??? Can explain this?

Just me

Do we have to use ”the” article before Netherlands?

Tahoshka

thank you!

naeir

many thanks for your Quiz…. but i need more heheheh

mini poorest!

i like this lessons and I want to thank you about it

randa

Mam,

while teaching you often use would so please tell me about the use of would other than conditional and imaginary statents

jiss221

Thank You Very Much :))

afrozengvid

Well, this lesson kinda Hard. I’m confused…

Steve

thankkkkkkkkk youuuuuuuuuuu REBECCA BELLA

elwahchhh

I think you are good, kind teacher and I love your lessons. Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!

Qymbat

Thank you teacher.

mursaleen45

Thank you very much for the lessons I want be very clear it help with one lesson and I will keep going to learn more I am not American or Britain but I know a lot and my English is great but I have to learn more and I will open the website of I can thank you very much again

Sara

hi ! rebecca
im still confuse,
how to differentiate, to use “the” in
mountain, and plural mountain ranges ?

echa

Thanks a lot Rebecca.

Inad

merci bcp
wonderful

mouhammed

thanks madam
it was very good and helpfull lecture
thnaks again madam

aims khan

thanks mam
I enjoy ur class
Thank you evermuch

Maria Jones

thanks very much, it is very helpful even though I should remember more.

iriszzz

THANK YOU SO MUCH

mohammedalshaia

I like it so much thank >>>

kaka

Hi Rebbeca How are you,and yourway of teaching style is super it’s very usful for me thank a lot take care

rajamd85

dear teacher repecca
your lesson is fantastic

ahmed2008

you have skills of teaching

ahmed2008

Thank you

heka

Hello,
I wanted to know if I am using “the” correcting? Please look below and let me know please Thank you!

In a sentences, Can say like
“edit the year of something OR edit the title of something”

nicegal

Mrs.Rebecca
what does the phrase ‘pl.countries’ mean?

son

Plural countries:
The United States
The Netherlands
The Philippines
The United Kingdom
…and so on

McCree

thank you for your knowledge McCree

rodolfopbr

Thanks Rebecca mam

shanittech

She.s a
great teacher!Thanks

tanya

l realy like when my teacher rebecca explains the lessons,thankful mye teacher rebecca.

engieer3

very helpful.it was a big problem for me ,now i can recognize what are the differences between them and how should i use? thanks

saeed

Hi Teacher ,

Thank you for this lesson , i think this lesson is very important for speaking and writing

khaled

Thanks for your wonderful lessons. Could you please answer my question? Why don’t we use “the” with the word “Siberia” though it is a large area?

enigma

wow! that was aa wonderful lesson and quiz. Thanks!

nah

pl. countries mean plural countries like USA and UK!

nah

dear @nicegal, i think your sentence is correct.

nah

thanks from mongolia

uuganaa

Can we say the Australia or only Australia like Asia in continents category. Can u clear my doubt??

sriram

thanks ,more useful to me,thanks mom.

mvsamy184

I wonder if Rebecca is part Indian or not? Love your teaching.

Mesh

I am a student ho eager to learn native languages every day in my life.Your work is genuine and perfect.Thanks a lot.

A.M.Rinoz

Why Central Park goes without THE?

Andrew

thanks Rebecca , i get 10/10

gautamkumar66

Thank you for everything Rebecca

omer56

thank you.

dattatraya

thanks a lot.

cdeniz

thank you a lot teacher Rebecca

sara1987

thancs you my teather…

rachid0150

cool lesson, thank you..
koki from srilanka.

koki

respect the girls or respect girls which is crrct?

vin

thank you a lot teacher

sendrela jana

i got 9 :)
thank you so much rebecca
i’ll try again to get 10 :)

marwaadel

Very good article. Thanks Rebeca.

spakseeda

thanx so much

gege86

One interesting case is “The Republic of The Congo”.
“The” before “Republic” is the same case as with states.
But why there is “The” in front of “Congo”?
What I think, this is because “Congo” means “Hunters” in congo. So, it looks like “The Republic of The Hunters” and in this way it’s same case as “The Republic of The Philippines”.
Am I right?

dzung

It’s really nice ..!

Sarath Alokam

Thank you, why we use “the” with
the Sheraton Hotel?

Aekanta

Hi Aekanta. We use because the Sheraton Hotel is a building.

eucarol

I learn english.

imtiazyousaf

i learn english but it is very difficult.

imtiazyousaf

Thank you, but 1’ve a question.
In quiz 9, why was used ‘the’ with Philippines as ‘the Philippines’?

We can’t used ‘the’ with countries as mentioned in your video lesson.
Please help me.

western

Very useful lesson. If I ever have learned this rules, I forgot them long time ago…All ! :-)Thank you for the lesson, Mrs. Rebecca.

Swan1

Muchas gracias por la lección que es muy útil.

azdin87

Thank you

azdin87

great lesson, thanks a lot Mrs. Rebecca

zirak hameed abdo

thank you

biila

Hello Ma’am Rebecca I like the way you teach. your a great teacher than my prof and my high school teacher. Anyway regarding to question number 9. I didn’t use ” the ” ‘coz Philippines is a country. But the correct answer is Melanie is from the Philippines. I’m from Philippines too:) it is called ” Pilipinas” in our language.
I want to know why I have to use “the”. Thank You and God Bless

mskuletzzz

I think the answer is correct as Rebbeca said for plural countries ‘the’ must be used and as far as I know there are many islands in Philippines that s why its name plural

oguzilhan

Thank you,teacher. ^”^

Ted Lee

Hi Rebecca,
thanks for your lessen. It was interesting and informative
take care

cep62

choose the correct article
1)(the/a) bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
2)our team cannot win (the/none) matches
3)i take (an/the) egg for breakfast
4)we cut with (a/the) knife

mohan1991prabu

why shouldn’t we use ‘the’ before rivers but before lakes. Pls answer.

Bhavani Prabhakar

Thaaaaank you
your smils is nice

Mariam.Aug

thanks a lot.

mary.TA

Thank you Teacher ;)

loleta borini 93

Ms. Rebecca lessons was very helpful.
Thanks.

Claire Vasquez

Ms. Rebecca lessons was very helpful.
I learned a lot.

Claire Vasquez

It’s very hopeful,thank you a lot :)

Amel.SD

Hello miss Rabacca i hv no words to praise ur way of teaching thanks a lot

gannupriya85

Thanks lot, any differences between lakes and rivers?

hamchir79

Thanks Rebecca!

Josmer

Thank you a lot.

Nadir

Dear Rebecca,
Your whiteboard is very clear. It points very well when to use “the” in connection with places. Thanks you.
Best regards.

Peter

Thank you!

Nao Tsuboya

Rebecca, what about India? India has states too, like the USA? Should I say: either India or the India?

Medbrat

Thank you so much

Vivimi

Thank you very much! This information is very useful for me!

zimuldinova

thenks rebeeca for all lessons but I think you for gat the in kingdom
correct is the kingdom of saudi arabia ?

sulaiman8005

Rebeca
Thank you for your lesson.

remcruz

Thanks you so much.

Marta Lopez

maam, it is the ganga the holy river in india.

arun7890prasad

good…..Thanks you….Rebecca…^&^

SON YONGWON

thank you teacher

nagimbasher

Hi teacher
Thank you very much.

mrmehta93

Thank you Rebecca

kheireddine007

Hi! I loved your lesson! But I have a doubt: don´t I have to say ” THE Himalaya” ? Thank you.

Angela Escritora

I got 6/10! Thanks for the lesson!

robi75

Thanks Rebecca very much.

Alex-1956

You got 6 correct out of 10.

thank you..

M kartal

I GOT 7 OUT OF 10 THANK YOU NICE EXPLANATION

Dhruvag

Wow 10 to 10 I’m so happy,and I’m really enjoying this?

Vali123

Thanks Rebecca! I was trying to guess when I should use ‘the’ for places name and this class was very helpful!

Uliam

so useful.thanks

faas2020

Thanks a lot mam! Such a great lesson ma

Prasunan

Thanks a lot mam! Such a great lesson mam.

Prasunan

Thank you Rebecca madam.

MD SELIM MONDAL

Ma’am please me with this sentence.
‘Partaking in the amorous pleasure with my spouse.’
Should we use ‘the’ before amorous or not?
Please explain.

ayesha parveen

thanks a lot well done Rebecca

reza seyednasiri

thank u so much from India

rebekha

Thank you

Celumavar-@

In the second time I got it 90, thanks Rebecca you are a great teacher.

Celumavar-@

I watched this video twice on September 07, 2021, and took the quiz after watching it. I got seven out of 10.

ergn

omg!!! I get 10/10. Thank you a lot teacher Rebecca!

eucarol

thank you !

EMILIOS

Hi Rebecca.

I know there is a river called The River Gambia in the West African country called Gambia. However, I have heard people using Gambia and The Gambia interchangeably when referring to the country. For example, I have heard people say “He is from Gambia or He lives in The Gambia” when the country is only one and not many as in the case of the United States. What is the right way to use this tiny West African country in a sentence?

Thank you.