COUNTRY, NATIONALITY, AND LANGUAGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 5 COUNTRY, NATIONALITY, AND LANGUAGE

 

A Who speaks what where? *the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) I come from Argentina, so I’m Argentinian and my first language is Spanish. The capital is Buenos Aires, which has a population of more than 10 million people. B Parts of the world The continents in the world are Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Australia [Australia and New Zealand] and Antarctica. We also use these terms for different parts of the world: the Middle East (e.g. United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia), the Far East (e.g. Thailand, Japan), the Caribbean (e.g. Jamaica, Barbados), Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland). C The people When we are talking about people from a particular country, we add ‘s’ to nationalities ending in ‘-i’ or ‘-(i)an’, but we need the definite article (the) for most others. EXERCISES 5.1 Answer the questions. 1 What nationality are people from Poland? ______ Polish __________ 2 What nationality are people from Thailand? ____________________ 3 What language is spoken in Spain? ____________________ 4 Where do people speak Hebrew? ____________________ 5.2 What parts of the world are these countries in? Write the continent, e.g. Europe, or the area, e.g. the Far East. 1 Germany ___ Europe ____ 2 Japan _____________ 3 Saudi Arabia _____________ 4 Italy _____________ 5 Jamaica _____________ 6 Argentina _____________ 5.3 Underline the main stress in the words in the box, and practise saying them. Use the pronunciation in the index to help you. 5.4 Write the answers. 1 Bangkok is the capital of ___Thailand__ 4 Moscow is the capital of ___________ 2 Ankara is the capital of ___________ 5 Buenos Aires is the capital of ___________ 3 Seoul is the capital of ___________ 6 Athens is the capital of ___________ 5.5 Complete the sentences with the name of the people from the country on the right. 1.  I’ve worked a lot with ______ the French _________ 2. I know lots of ____________________ 3. We do a lot of business with ____________________ 5.6

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