Countries and Nationalities in english

NATIONALITIES, COUNTRIES AND LANGUAGES

If you know the name of someone's country, you can make an adjective for his or her nationality: with -n, -an or -ian:

NATIONALITIES WITH:  -N, -AN OR -IAN:
Country	Nationality
Argentina	Argentinian
Brazil	Brazilian
Germany	German
India	Indian
Italy	Italian
Jordan	Jordanian
Korea	Korean
Mexico	Mexican
NATIONALITIES WITH: -ISH
Country	Nationality
Britain	British
Denmark	Danish
Ireland	Irish
Scotland	Scottish
NATIONALITIES WITH: -ESE
Country	Nationality
China	Chinese
Japan	Japanese
Lebanon	Lebanese
Portugal	Portuguese
NATIONALITIES WITH: -I
Country	Nationality
Iraq	Iraqi
Israel	Israeli
Kuwait	Kuwaiti
Pakistan	Pakistani
THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS:
Country	Nationality
Cyprus	Cypriot
France	French
Greece	Greek
Netherlands	Dutch
Peru	Peruvian
Switzerland	Swiss
Thailand	Thai

 

We often use the same word for someone's nationality and his or her language:

French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh

But there are many exceptions: Austrians speak German, Brazilians speak Portuguese, the British speak English, the Chinese speak Mandarin or Cantonese, Egyptians speak Arabic, Mexicans speak Spanish, most Indians speak Hindi, Pakistanis speak Urdu.

Exercise 1:

 

Complete the sentences with the correct nationality:

 

1- She’s from Italy. She’s  ..........

2- They’re from Korea. They’re……..

3- I’m from Japan. I’m  ...........

4- We’re from Turkey. We’r e……….

5- You’re from Kuwait. You’re……….

6- She’s from Germany. She’s……

7- They’re from Greece. They’re……….;;

8- I’m from Switzerland. I’m  ...........

9- He’s from Brazil. He’s  ...........

10 We’re from the Netherlands. We’re………..

11 She’s from Britain. She’s  ...........

12 I’m from France. I’m  .................

 

Exercise 2:

 

Test your knowledge again. Complete the sentences with the correct country and language.

 

1 The capital of………. is Ankara. People speak …… there .

2 The capital of ….. is Lisbon. People speak …… there .

3 The capital of……. is Canberra. People speak …… there .

4 The capital of……..;; is Buenos Aires. People speak …… there .

5 Seville is in……._ . People speak…… there .

6 Seattle is in…….. People speak …… there.

7 Kobe is in…….. People speak …… there .

8 The capital o f …… is Amman. People speak Arabic there.

9 The capital of….. is Nairobi. People speak Swahili and English there.

10 The capital of…… is Islamabad. People speak……..there.