4. Definite article 'the' is used before plural proper nouns

The Netherlands
The Midlands
The Himalayas
The Alps
The Rockies

5. Definite article 'the' is used before names of families

The Ashades
The Ayodejis
The Daniels

6. Definite and 'the' is used before the names of:

Canals - The Suez
Seas - The Pacific, The Mediterranean
Rivers - The Niger, The Benue

7. Definite article 'the' is used before tribes marked by language

The Yoruba
The English
The French
The Sudanese

Definite article 'the' is used before titles

The Governor
The President
The Vice-Chancellor
The Auditor-General
The Chief of Army staff

9. Of any two or more people or things, the one known better is has the before the name

I spoke to one Wole of Lagos City Hall and not to the Wole of the Novel Laureate Fame

Attempt

We left _ U.S.A, and crossed _ Atlantic ocean to _ Europe

A. the/the/....
B. ..../..../....
C. ..../...../the
D. the/..../a
E. .../an/...

A is correct 💯👍

Now let's go into Tenses

If this had happened to you, what ____?

A) would you do
B) have you done
C) would you have done
D) will you do
E) would you doing

Tenses refers to the relationship between an action and the time of its execution.

Present tense - go, is, am, has/have

Past tense - went, was, were, had

Past participle - This can be in various forms

en e.g beat - beaten
ed e.g walk - walked
unchanged e.g hit - hit
changed e.g - seek - sought

Future Tense

This is the tense carrying modal auxiliaries and lexical verbs

Will and Shall are the modal auxiliaries used especially for indicating future actions.

Only I and We can however be used with shall, while he, she, it, you, they cannot be used with Shall

Rule guiding Tenses

When as if is used, the following verb should be in past form

He walks as if he were a king (not is)

Rule 2

When supposed is used, the expression is

Subject + primary auxiliary+ supposed

Example
John is supposed to

John - subject
Primary auxiliary - is

Not:
John supposed to

Rule 3

When has, have or had is used, you should not indicate any definite time when the action was performed

He went yesterday (Correct)

He has gone yesterday (wrong)

But if you wish to use any of has/have/had with the time of action you must put for or since before the time indicated

Example
He has gone since five o'clock

He has gone for three hours

Rule 4

When has/have/had is used, the verb that follows it must be a past participle one

He has eaten, not: He has ate

We have written our notes, not: We have write

Rule 5
When mind, minded, help, like, being kept, etc are used

I couldn't help laugh + ing yesterday

Not: I couldn't help to laugh yesterday

We do not mind singing

Not: We do not mind to sing

Rule 6

Wish + Subject+ Past tense verb

I wish I knew you

I wish I were you