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Exercise 8. What association first comes to your mind when you see or hear the words given below?

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World around us

Part 2: Countries and nationalities

Vocabulary study

Fill in the table below and practice reading the proper names. Be sure you pronounce all the words correctly.

Country Capital Nationality Language
Afghanistan      
America      
Australia      
Austria      
Belgium      
Bulgaria      
Canada      
China      
Croatia      
Cyprus      
Czechia (The Czech Republic)      
Denmark      
Egypt      
England      
France      
Germany      
Greece      
Holland # the Netherlands[1]      
Hungary      
Iceland      
Iran      
Iraq      
Ireland      
Israel      
Italy      
Japan      
North Korea # South Korea      
Macedonia      
Mexico      
Monaco      
Norway      
Poland      
Russia      
Scotland      
Sweden      
Switzerland      
Syria      
Thailand      
Turkey      
Ukraine      
Wales      

Exercises

Exercise 1. Sum up the information in the table.

  1. What nationality are most of the people living in the countries mentioned above?
  2. What language(s) is (are) spoken in the countries mentioned above?
  3. Name the capitals of the countries.

Exercise 2. Imagine that you are going on a trip. Use a map of the world and answer the questions below.

Choose the shortest possible land route to travel between the cities given below. Name all the countries you will have to pass through on you way. What nationalities live in those countries? What language do they mostly speak? What are the capitals of those countries? Name at least four countries for each trip.


1. From Tel Aviv to Ankara.

2. From Kabul to Katmandu.

3. From Bucharest to Dresden.

4. From Lusaka to Entebbe.


Exercise 3. Complete the sentences below.


1. Bangkok is the capital of ___________.

2. Buenos Aires is the capital of ___________.

3. Ankara is the capital of ___________.

4. Seoul is the capital of ___________.

5. Cairo is the capital of ___________.

6. Riyadh is the capital of ___________.

7. Athens is the capital of ___________.

8. Tel Aviv is the capital of ___________.

9. Stockholm is the capital of ___________.

10. Lisbon is the capital of ___________.

11. Paris is the capital of ___________.


Exercise 4. Answer these questions.


1. Name at least three countries where the first language is English.

2. What language is spoken in Brazil?

3. What are people from Holland called?

4. What languages are spoken in Switzerland?

5. What language is spoken in Saudi Arabia?

6. What nationality are people from Sweden?

7. What language is spoken in Mexico?

8. What are people from Egypt called?

9. What is the first language in Israel?

10. Where do people speak Mandarin?


 

Exercise 5. Complete these sentences with the name of the people from the country in brackets.

1. I’ve worked a lot with ____________________________ (Germany).

2. I’ve spent a lot of time with _________________________ (France).

3. We do a lot of business with ___________________________ (Japan).

4. ____________________________ are usually hard-working (Israel).

5. I have always found ________________________ very friendly (Brazil).

6. People often say that __________________ are reserved (Britain).

7. ________________________ are very organised (Switzerland).

8. I met a lot of ____________________ on my trip to Athens (Greece).

 

Exercise 6. Mark the main stress on the words listed, and practise saying them.


  1. Japan – Japanese
  2. Brazil – Brazilian
  3. Egypt – Egyptian
  4. Arab – Arabic
  5. Italy – Italian
  6. Austria – Austrian
  7. Australia – Australian
  8. China – Chinese
  9. Portugal – Portuguese
  10. Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian

What do you notice about the stress on words ending -ia, -ian, -ese?

Exercise 7. In which countries would you find these dishes most often? And what nationality would most of the people eating them be?


  1. couscous
  2. kebabs
  3. white chocolates
  4. brown cheese
  5. kangaroo-tail soup
  6. chicken livers in port
  7. pastries with nuts and dried fruit
  8. borzch
  9. frogs’ legs
  10. pasta

 

Exercise 8. What association first comes to your mind when you see or hear the words given below?


1. Danish

2. German

3. French

4. Irish

5. Japanese

6. Chinese

7. American

8. Greek

9. New Zealand

10. English

11. Russian

12. Egyptian


 

Exercise 9. What nationality do you associate with the things listed below?

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