Complete the sentences with the name of the people from the country on the right
Ationality language
| country | nationality | language | Capital |
| Austria | |||
| Australia | Australian | English | |
| Belgium | |||
| Brazil | Brazilian | Portuguese | |
| Chile | |||
| China | Chinese | Mandarin ( Cantonese) | |
| Cuba | |||
| The Czech republic | |||
| Denmark | |||
| Egypt | Egyptian | Arabic | |
| Finland | |||
| France | French | French | |
| Germany | German | German | |
| Greece | Greek | Greek | |
| Hungary | |||
| Iceland | |||
| India | |||
| Iran | |||
| Iraq | |||
| Israel | Israeli | Hebrew | |
| Italy | Italian | Italian | |
| Japan | Japanese | Japanese | |
| (South) Korea | Korean | Korean | |
| Lebanon | |||
| Mexico | |||
| Malta | |||
| The Netherlands Holland | Dutchman | Dutch | |
| Norway | |||
| Poland | Polish (Poles) | Polish | |
| Portugal | |||
| Russia | Russian | Russian | |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabian | Arabic | |
| Slovakia | |||
| Spain | Spanish (Spaniards) | Spanish | |
| Sweden | |||
| Switzerland | Swiss | Swiss-German, French | |
| Thailand | Thai | Thai | |
| Turkey | Turkish | Turkish | |
| the UK (United Kingdom) = England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland | British Scottish, Welsh and Irish | English | |
| the USA (United States of America) | American | English |
I come fromArgentina, so I’m Argentinianand my first languageis Spanish.
The capitalis Buenos Aires, which has a populationof more than 10 million people.
For transcription see == http://lingorado.com/transcription/
Parts of the world
The continentsin the world are Europe /ˈjʊərəp /, Africa /ˈæfrɪkə /, Asia /ˈeɪʒə /,
North America / əˈmɛrɪkə/ , South America,Australia / ɒˈstreɪliːə / [ and New Zealand],
Arctic/ ˈɑːktɪk / and Antarctica /ˌænˈtɑːktɪkə/.
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 Mediterranean(e.g. Italy, Spain)
the Caribbean(e.g. Jamaica, Barbados),
Scandinavia(Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland).
People and races
People belong to ethnic groups such as Asians, or Orientals, or Latin Americans, etc.
and regional groups:
- Africa
- Asia
- Central America
- Eastern Europe
- European Union
- Middle East
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- The Caribbean
For each country see == http://www.internetworldstats.com/list1.htm#geo
When we are talking about people from a particular country, we add ‘s’ to nationalities ending in ‘-i’ or ‘-(i)an’= Brazilians/Russians are … but we need the definite article (the) for most others.
The British / The French are …
With both groups we can also use the word ‘people’, e.g. Brazilian people, British people, etc.
Some nationalities have nouns for referring to people, e.g. a Finn, a Spaniard, a Dane, a Briton, an Arab. For most nationalities we can use the adjective as a noun, e.g. a German, a Greek. Some need man/woman/person added to them (you can’t say a Dutch) , so if in doubt, use them, e.g. a French man.
People speak dialectsas well as languages. Everyone has a native language, or mother tongue, or first language; many have second and third languages. Some people are perfect in more than one language and are bilingual, or multilingual.
Exercises
Answer the questions.
1What nationality are people from Poland?
2What nationality are people from Thailand?
3What language is spoken in Spain?
4Where do people speak Hebrew?
5Where do people speak Mandarin?
6What language is spoken in Brazil?
7What language is spoken in Egypt?
8What nationality are people from Germany?
9Write down three countries whose first language is English.
10Write down three languages spoken in Switzerland.
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. Then make your own list.
1Germany _______________________ 4Italy ___________________________________
2Japan _________________________ 5Jamaica ________________________________
3Saudi Arabia ____________________ 6Argentina _______________________________
7 Cyprus ________________________ 8 Fiji ____________________________________
9 Ghana _________________________ 10 Jordan________________________________
Write the answers.
1Bangkok is the capital of_________________________
4Moscow is the capital of _________________________
2Ankara is the capital of__________________________
5Buenos Aires is the capital of_____________________
3Seoul is the capital of ___________________________
6Athens is the capital of__________________________
7 Brussels is the capital of _________________________
8 Edinburgh is the capital of _______________________
9 Cairo is the capital of ___________________________
10 Beijing is the capital of _________________________
Complete the sentences with the name of the people from the country on the right.
1I’ve worked a lot with ________________________. FRANCE
2I know lots of ______________________________ GERMANY
3We do a lot of business with __________________. JAPAN
4I used to know a lot of _______________________ HOLLAND
5I have always found __________________ very friendly. BRAZIL
6People often say that______________ are very reserved. BRITAIN
7____________________are very organised. SWITZERLAND
8I met a lot of _________________ on my trip to Moscow. RUSSIA