Unit 78. Names with and without the 2

Unit 78; Part A

Names without the
We do not use the with names of most city streets/roads/squares/parks etc. :
   Wall Street (not the ...)      Fifth Avenue       Hyde Park
   Queens Road             Broadway           Times Square

Names of important public buildings and institutions (for example, airports, stations, universities) are often two words:
   Manchester Airport        Harvard University

The first word is the name of a place ('Manchester') or a person ('Harvard'). These names are usually without the. In the same way, we say:
   Victoria Station (not the ...)      Canterbury Cathedral       Edinburgh Castle
    Buckingham Palace              Cambridge University       Sydney Harbour

Compare:
   Buckingham Palace (not the ...)    but   the Royal Palace
    ('Royal' is an adjective - it is not a name like 'Buckingham'.)

Unit 78; Part B

Most other buildings have names with the. For example:

hotels/restaurants    the Sheraton Hotel, the Bombay Restaurant, the Holiday Inn
theatres/cinemas   the Palace Theatre, the Odeon (cinema)
museums/galleries   the Guggenheim Museum, the Hayward Gallery
other buildings   the Empire State (Building), the White House, the Eiffel Tower

We often leave out the noun:
the Sheraton (Hotel) the Palace (Theatre) the Guggenheim (Museum)

Some names are only the + noun, for example:
the Acropolis the Kremlin the Pentagon

Unit 78; Part C

Names with of usually have the. For example:

     the Bank of England      the Museum of Modern Art
     the Great Wall of China      the Tower of London

Note that we say:
     the University of Cambridge    but    Cambridge University (without the)

Unit 78; Part D

Many shops, restaurants, hotels, banks etc. are named after the people who started them. These names end in -'s or -s. We do not use the with these names:
Lloyds Bank (not the ...) Brown's Restaurant Macy's (department store)

Churches are often named after saints:
St John's Church (not the St Johns Church) St Patrick's Cathedral

Unit 78; Part E

Most newspapers and many organisations have names with the:

newspapers      the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Sun
organisations   the European Union, the BBC (= British Broadcasting Corporation)
                      the Red Cross

Names of companies, airlines etc. are usually without the:
Fiat (not the Fiat) Sony British Airways
Kodak IBM Yale University Press

Exercises

1 Use the map to answer the questions.

Use the map to answer the questions. Write the name of the place and the street it is in. Use the if necessary. (Remember that on maps we do not normally use the.)

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2 Where are the following?

Where are the following? Use the where necessary.

Acropolis Broadway Buckingham Palace Eiffel Tower
Kremlin White House Gatwick Airport ~~Times Square~~

1      Times Square is in New York.
2     ______________ is in Paris.
3     ______________ is in London.
4     ______________ is in Washington.
5     ______________ is in Moscow.
6     ______________ is in New York.
7     ______________ is in Athens.
8     ______________ is near London.

3 Choose the correct form, with or without the.

Choose the correct form, with or without the.

1    Have you ever been to ~~British Museum~~ / the British Museum? (the British Museum is correct)
2    Hyde Park / The Hyde Park is a very large park in central London.
3    Another park in central London is St James's Park / the St James's Park.
4    Grand Hotel / The Grand Hotel is in Baker Street / the Baker Street.
5    Dublin Airport / The Dublin Airport is situated about 12 kilometres from the city centre.
6    Frank is a student at Liverpool University / the Liverpool University.
7    If you're looking for a department store, I would recommend Harrison's / the Harrison's.
8    If you're looking for a place to have lunch, I would recommend Ship Inn / the Ship Inn.
9    Statue of Liberty / The Statue of Liberty is at the entrance to New York Harbour / the New York Harbour.
10 You should go to Science Museum / the Science Museum. It's very interesting.
11 John works for IBM / the IBM now. He used to work for British Telecom / the British Telecom.
12 'Which cinema are you going to this evening?'   'Classic / The Classic'
13 I'd like to go to China and see Great Wall / the Great Wall.
14 'Which newspaper do you want?'    'Herald / The Herald.'
15 This book is published by Cambridge University Press / the Cambridge University Press.

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