4 I can say countries and nationalities 6)

Where arc you rrom? Where do you come from?

(I come from ... ):, Area in the world

Europe

Asia Asia/The Far East

North America

Central America South America

The Middle East Africa Australasia

Country

The Czech Republic France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Poland Portugal Russia Spain Switzerland Turkey India China Japan South Korea Thailand Canada The United States Mexico Argentina Brazil Saudi Arabia Egypt Australia

(I'm ... (I speak ... >::�'" Nationality (Language)

Czech French German Greek Hungarian Italian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swiss (German. French. Italian) Turkish Indian (Hindi) Chinese (Mandarin. Cantonese) Japanese Korean Thai Canadian (English. French) American (English) Mexican (Spanish) Argentinian (Spanish) Brazilian (Portuguese) Saudi (Arabic) Egyptian (Arabic) Australian (English)

The word for the language and the word for the nationality arc usually the same. e.g. Czech is the nationality and the language. Sometimes they are different. e.g. people from Mexico are Mexican. but they speak Spanish. Countries. nationalities. and languages begin with capital letters: Japan NOT japaR.

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People from a country

To talk about people from a country. we often add 's' to the nationality. e.g. Italians. Brazilians.

Thais. Greeks. Some plural forms are irregular: the

British. the French. the English. the Spanish. the

Chinese. the Japanese. the Swiss.

(Great) Britain = England. Wales. and Scotland

The United Kingdom/The UK = England. Wales. Scotland. and Northern Ireland Only people from England are Engllsh. People from Scotland. Wales. and Northern Ireland are not English, but they are British.

0 True or false? Write T or F.

.. Argentinians speak Spanish. � 5 Australians speak Australian. __

Saudis speak Arabic. __ 6 The Chinese speak Chinese. __

2 Mexicans speak Spanish. __ 7 Brazilians speak Portuguese. __

3 Thais speak Japanese. __ 8 Americans speak English. __

4 Hungarians speak Hungarian. __ 9 Czechs speak Polish. __

e Complete the sentences.

.. China is in The Far tast 5 Argentina is in ______ America.

1 Scotland is in Great 6 Egypt is in

2 Hungary is in 7 Saudi Arabia is in

3 Mexico is in America. 8 India is in

4 Thailand is in The East. 9 Australia is in

0 Write the names of the countries and languages.

.. E n�land , §Iish 6 The C

F 7 P

2 G 8 H

3 S ______ , 9 L-

4 P 10 G

5 I 1 1 T

fa Complete the boxes with nationalities ending i n these letters.

-ian -ish -an

[ t.alian

" • Test yourself. Cover the nationalities and languages in the table on page 18. Look at the countries and say the nationalities and languages.

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