When to use ‘THE’ with country names

hi alex I’m a student of english and I want to improve my speaking of english so how can I do this?

simou380

Just remember:
” The more Listening,the better Speaking “.
P.S. Of course,Repeatable n Understandable Listening!
Have fun.

fatiima8

thank you but what do you mean by P.S and n?

simou

P.S. is an abbreviation meaning “also”. N is a often used short way of saying “and”. Hope this helps.

Saras

Hey there! the good tipe to improve your speaking is: finding someone who speaks well, for practing. Good luck!

vand

I like your lessons,well done!
All the best.

maciek007

I like thislesson, ı learnt easily,where the was important

emine hemsinli

Sometime it is confuse, so we have to be careful when we ned to use it.

arely

useful lesson,thanks

rabbani

i´m an english teacher and your lessons are useful and also I can learn about these relevant problems

koni

Thanks Alex.

Ozzy

I love your lessons. Everything gets simple.

anacarol

Lesson is informative, and I like it.

cring

Hi,

Alex,I have a request.Could you teach us active voice of causative verbs and their passive voice?

Could you tell me what is the difference between these two sentences?

1- I will come.
2-I would come.

Waiting for your reply.

Kinds Regards
Farooq

Farooq

Hi Alex. I’ve studied about the difference between “Guarantee” and “Warranty”, but I still have questions/doubts about it. Could you help me?

Asevedo Prynce

teacher Adam make lesson for this point ,, try to check out the lesson

hisham77

Thank uou, Aiex, it wos very useful for me!!!

Irina

Great oppertunity to learn.thanks

jag

I like your lesson , thanks u

Nguyen Huyen

good job engvid,thanks

jaren00

hello ALEX thanks for the lesson, could you please do lesson on (beaten & hit)?what is deference between them? ,and is this sentence are correct?,I fell on the floor and my head hits the floor,thanks a lot.

kemalumid

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SHIMAA

thankssssssssssssssssss

shimaalex

Thank u very much Mr Alex

Anass

Thankyou ALEX sar I take 70 marks Iam very hapy I

will take your class once again

Affan

Thanks. I scored 90. I considered Niagara Falls a landmark.

sara

So did I

Dev

I need help to understand one thing ’bout the word “Ever” in the following words:
Ever-deceptive, ever-present,…

What is the meaning of this ever when it comes in words like those ones.
Thanks

henry19

I like Valen’s teaching.She is a good teach and kind

najeebullah

Thank You for this lesson. Best wishes from country where You were born :-)

h4rn

Hi Alex :)
I notice you pronounce “the” sometime like “ze” and sometime like” tha”,so what is the difference?

khalidindo

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your lesson

rampek

thank you Alex

fadhila

Thanks Alex and Happy New Year!

We need comprehensive explanation about “the”, apparently where to you and where not to use.

If you ask me what is blocking you to feel confident in English. I would say the use of “the”. If I’m 100% clear about use of the I would say I’m 98% confident in English.

So, Please Alex and team help us to understand thoroughly the use of “the” . I hope other students around the world will agree with me.

Thanks.
Tamil Eelavan.

Tamil Eelavan

Splendid lesson

Ahmed Mohamed

thx a million

decembre25

Hi, Alex!
Thanks a lot for your lessons!
But Europe is not a continent, it’s a part of world. Eurasia is continent :)

Dmitry

P.S. And Asia is not a continent too :)

Dmitry

Even though it’s the same land, Europe is treated as its own continent, politically and linguistically. The dividing line (as you probably know) is the Ural Mountains.

engVid Moderator

thank u Alex, but why there isn’t any rule for that, it’s hard to remember…..:D
we just should exercise.

Dado

thank you very much

nhannguyen1992

wow..wonderful lessons, thanks. it helped me a lot

Rinzin Dorji

Profitable!
Tx.

fatiima8

hi teacher .sorry I have a query if you don’t mind …we say
to encourage or to encouraging
Is there really a difference between them ?
“to” Working with the verb infinitive
or
“to” prepositions, which works for the gerund
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to motivate and encourage them

or
to motivated and encouraging them
and thanks a lot

nino31

thank you Alex .this the first lesson to me … thank you again

ezzoo

This is a very good site to learn!!

Julianna Santos

hi, Alex. again, thank you so much. bye

Daniel C Herculano

Quiz 80%

siciidh

Thanks a lot Alex. Very useful lesson.

Carlos

Hi. First of all thanks for video. In this quiz i have a problem with 5th question. İ think it must be the niagara falls. Why do we say niagara falls? please help me

Abdullah ÇELİKÇİ

poor me i got only 5 score! i must listen to the video first before take the quiz! lol.. I’ll try again tho!

Amor

I WANT TO IMPROVE MY ENGLISH ,HOW CAN ATTEND UR CLASS PLEASE HELP ME

asim

Hi, thank you Alex for the free lesson you have been teaching for free on the net.

Steve77

This specil to listen only..?

Reema

“i have been to Niagara FAlls over a dozen times”why you dont need”the”there?:)everything else was perfect in the quiz, just i dont get this one, pls explain it to me…thx greetings from Hungary, u r awesome guys:)))

thun20

thanks a lot. i’m bad at grammar so i hope i can iprove my skills in these lesson >^_^

destiny

I am sorry, could you check my sentence please.

I have been studying for 12 years since I was in elementary school, now I am 20 years old.
It means, almost half of the rest of my life I have spent in school.

is that sentence correct?

Ary

Wooooooooooooooooooooooow …. 8 out of 10 …. Thanks Alex for your help.

jamalalsudan

Thanks Alex :)

zema12013

Could u make a lesson about that what the difference is between while, during, in the meantime and how to use them. I would appreciate that. Thank u

Mario H

That’s a good idea. I’ll add it to the list of lesson requests!

engVid Moderator

thanks

youcefi

First, thank you for the video.
Second,I want to ask one question : Are not Niagara Falls landmarks like (The Cairo Tower)?

sara

Thanks Alex, nice one.

lanre

Nice lesson. I got 100% again! Thank you Alex!

Sally S

Thanks Alex!!!

brc75

TO THE NIAGARA FALLS OR TO NIAGARA FALLS? I DON’T UNDERSTAND

XIMENA

thanx :)

alobaidi

good method to remember :)

minhchi0601

thanks a lot from Kazakhstan! I like your explaining!)

ilyas22

9 correct out of 10 – Thomas from Poland thx

7thomas7

9 correct out of 10 …. Tks for the class Alex

gabchris

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!

simegne46

Hi Alex. One question ..USA (United States of America) it’s a political name??….like a Republic or something like that?? I fail it…Thanks..

paolotosh

Hey Alex… Can I use “the” before USA? I was told I can’t. And now, what should I do?

felippelondon

Dear Alex, thank you!
But why is Niagara Fall without “the”? Isn’t it a landmark?

Sorry for this confusion.

kenzoll

Sorry, I’ve watched your 1st lesson and got my mistake!!! Sorry one more time!
Thank you!

kenzoll

Thanks a lot Alex for your excellent lesson.

robert1948

Thank you for this lesson .

Realy you are a good teacher.

mousa11

Thanks.

wiltoncleiton

All the best to you engvid

yury1

awesome lesson thanks

nguyen1112

Thank you!!!!

Ellie-sf

Alex i need your help because sometimes i have a problem with my spelling, written can you help me this is my Email Address: candykayombo38@yahoo.ie
thank you very much… i got 60/100

candy18

Thanks a lot, and I have a quetion about #5(I’ve been to Niagara Falls over a dozen times). I think Niagara Falls is a Landmark and according to this video, in terms of Landmarks we use ‘the’. Could you explain about that?

alswjd9012

oh, You already explain that in other video(When to use ‘THE’ with names of seas, oceans, and rivers). I got it! Thank you:)

alswjd9012

Hi Alex!
In the text about you, you not use THE Canada and alsow you type was born in Poland… Where THE with name of countries? Can you explain it?

Tamerline

Thanks Sir, I got 80%.

Abdul Qayum

2 mistakes in the 1 st and the 5 th questons o.O ..never mind .. i got 8/10

liona

I live in The republic of Korea~! :-P

Matilda03

Hi! Thanks for posting it. I do appreciate when people take time and make effort to help others learn a language.

Two comments from me:
– islands – the Philippines, the Bahamas have ‘the’ because they are grammatically plural, so the rule is quite consistent
– saying wrong examples (mistakes) out loud causes some confusion for the brain – people might think -‘oh, I’ve heard it on the website, so it must me correct’, so I wouldn’t recommend it (the Asia)! That’s all for now. Keep up the good work!! :)

Language Institute

thanks.

Iamhere.

Thank you very much Alex.

Nadir

Good lesson. Thanks alot

werawan

Thanks Alex.

Galina502

Thank you very much!

ali.abbas

Thanks Alex.

DEL

Thank you so much for teaching !

PHU TOO

Why we don’t use USA rather than the USA?

LeTranBaoKhoa

Hi Alex you guys are doing wonderful job. My sense is that we used the when we want to create and distiguish object. However, in case of unquie thing the same is not required eg nigira fall which unquie a creation of nature need no distinction however man made objects like statue of liberty need one.
Thanks for everything.God bless your entire team.