AROUND THE WORLD (CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS)

AROUND THE WORLD

A.       Choose the correct geo-political word in A, B or C to complete each of these sentences.

1	Japan, Korea and the Philippines are all in the _____________________
	A	Near East	B	Middle East	C	Far East
2	The South Pole is situated in the _____________________
	A	Arctic	B	Antarctic	C	Antarctica
3	New Zealand is part of _____________________
	A	Australia	B	Australasia	C	Austria
4	Bangladesh is part of _____________________
	A	the Indian Subcontinent	B	India	C	Indiana
5	Nicaragua is a country in _____________________
	A	North America	B	South America	C	Central America
6	Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Panama and Honduras all form part of _____________________
	A	Latin America	B	Spanish America	C	South America
7	Apartheid was abolished in _____________________ in the 1990s
	A	southern Africa	B	North Africa	C	south Africa
8	The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland form a group of islands known as _____________________
	A	Great Britain	B	England	C	The British Isles
9	The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland form part of
	A	Continental Europe	B	Mainland Europe	C	Europe
10	Kuwait, Oman  and the United Arab Emirates form part of what is known as _____________________
	A	the West Indies	B	the Gulf States	C	the European Union
11	Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark are known collectively as _____________________
	A	the Baltic Republics	B	the Caribbean	C	Scandinavia

                                            

B.        Change each country/area below into the nationality and/or language spoken of the people who come from the place (for example: Britain=British). Write each word in the appropriate space in the table.be careful, because usually we add or remove letters to/from the name of the country before we add the ending.

Greece	Portugal	Ireland	Belgium	Finland	England	Wales
Scotland	The Netherlands		Lebanon	Malaysia	Norway	Sweden
Thailand	Peru	Bangladesh	Israel	Japan	Russia	Iran
America	Canada	Spain	Turkey	Kuwait	Switzerland	Arabia
Denmark	Yemen	Iraq	Australia	Malta	Philippines	Poland

-ese (e.g., China = Chinese)	-(i)an (e.g., Brazil = Brazilian)	-ish (e.g., Britain = British)	-i (e.g., Pakistan = Pakistani)	-ic (e.g., Iceland = Icelandic)	Others (e.g., France = French)

C.       A quick quiz. answer these questions

1	What do we call a variety of language spoken in a particular area? Is it an accent, a dialect or an idiom?
2	What is your mother tongue?
3	What do we call a person who is able to speak (a) two languages and (b) three or more languages fluently?
4	With regard to your country, what is (a) the name of the continent in which it is located, (b) the main language spoken and (c) the nationality of the people.

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