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BUILDINGS WITH THE Edinburgh Castle

• most names of buildings: the
the Hilton Hotel the Old Mill Restaurant
the Globe Theatre the British Museum
the Eiffel Tower the Taj Mahal
the Great Pyramid

EXCEPTIONS
• place-name + Airport, Station, Cathedral,
University, Palace, Castle, School:
Oxford Airport Glasgow Central Station
Exeter Cathedral Cambridge University
Buckingham Palace Didcot Junior School

• name + possessive 's:fi&
St Paul's Cathedral McDonald's

Q Put the before five of these buildings, and nothing (-) before three.

► Taj Mahal Halloran's Restaurant i ........... Old Steak House
2 ........... National Gallery of Modern Art 3 .............Central Museum
4 ........... Birmingham Airport 5 .............Sheraton Hotel 6 .............New Theatre
7........... Jenner's Hotel 8.............Canterbury Cathedral

Q Put in the or nothing (-).
i ............American English 2............ Asia 3.............Blue Train Restaurant
4........... Dominican Republic 5.............Florida 6.............Gobi Desert
7........... Lake Michigan 8.............Metropolitan Museum 9.............. Mississippi (River)
io........... Mount Kenya n .............New York 12.............North Sea 13.............Paris

14.......... Regent Street 15............ Rocky Mountains 16 Trafalgar Square
17........... Egypt is .............White House 19.............Whitehall Theatre 20............ Far East

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full ARTICLES: A/AN AND THE 161
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.