COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES (27) ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)

        COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES (27)

A

Continents and countries Continent Country Continent Country North America Canada the USA/the US Australia Australia New Zealand South America Argentine brazil Chile Colombia Peru Asia China India Japan Pakistan Thailand Europe Germany Italy Poland Spain the UK Africa Egypt Morocco South Africa Tunisia Antarctica It is not possible to show all the countries of the world on a small page. If your country is not included, check its English name with your teacher or on the Internet. Common mistakes All the nouns and adjectives for continents, countries and nationalities always begin with a capital letter, for example Africa [NOT africa].

B

Nationalities notes adjective most country adjectives end in (i)an American, Argentinian, Australian, Brazilian, Canadian, Colombian, Egyptian, German, Indian, Italian, Moroccan, Peruvian, South African, Tunisian many country adjectives end in ish British, English, Finnish, Irish, Polish, Scottish, Spanish a few country adjectives end in ese Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese exceptions Pakistani, Thai, French Tip Remember that words for languages are often the same as the ‘people’ adjective, e.g. French, Spanish, Japanese and Thai. One exception is Arabic.

Exercises

27.1	Which countries do these letters make? 1 HINAC china 4 OCRMOOC 2 ZIRALB 5 ANJAP 3 PINSA 6 DALTHINA
27.2	Match these capital cities to their countries and make sentences. Argentina  Australia  Colombia  Egypt  Germany  Italy  Japan  Poland  Spain  the UK 1 Tokyo Tokyo is the capital of Japan 2 Rome 3 Canberra 4 Bogota 5 Cairo 6 London 7 Berlin 8 Warsaw 9 Buenos Aires 10 Madrid
27.3	Which country is different? (Think of the languages they speak there.) Write sentences. 1 Australia, Canada, England, Iceland In England, Canada and Australia they speak English but in Iceland they speak Icelandic. 2 Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain 3 Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland 4 China, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia 5 Canada, France, Scotland, Switzerland
27.4	What is the adjective for these countries? 1 Indian Indian 6 Spain 2 Thailand 7 Peru 3 Germany 8 China 4 Egypt 9 Australia 5 Argentine 10 Poland
27.5	Write down: 1 the name of your country. 2 the names of the countries next to your country. 3 the name of your language. 4 the name for people from your country. Over to you In which continents are these places? Use the Internet to help you. Mount Everest Asia The Sahara The Amazon Wagga Wagga The Volga Mount Kilimanjaro The Mississippi Mount Fuji Lake Titicaca

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