Vocabulary: Nationalities Where are they from?

Complete the sentences with a country.

I’m Japanese She’s from .

I’m Canadian. He’s from .

I’m Mexican. She’s from .

Nationalities
Listen and repeat the countries and nationalities.

Country Nationality Country Nationality

Brazil Brazilian Peru Peruvian

Canada Canadian Portugal Portuguese

Chile Chilean Saudi Arabia Saudi

China Chinese Spain Spanish

England English the UK British

Japan Japanese the United States American

Korea Korean Vietnam Vietnamese

Mexico Mexican
Countries and languages
The word for a language is often the same as the nationality adjective

Country → Language
Canada, England, the UK, the US → English
Brazil, Portugal → Portuguese
Mexico, Peru, Spain, Chile → Spanish
Saudi Arabia → Arabic

Countries, nationalities, and languages always begin with a CAPITAL letter.

I speak English.
NOT → I speak english.
Do you remember? Look at the countries. Say the nationalities.

Country Nationality Country Nationality

Brazil Brazilian Peru Peruvian

Canada Canadian Portugal Portuguese

Chile Chilean Saudi Arabia Saudi

China Chinese Spain Spanish

England English the UK British

Japan Japanese the United States American

Korea Korean Vietnam Vietnamese

Mexico Mexican
Countries and nationalities

1. Write your nationality: . Practice saying it.

2. Complete the sentences about you.

I’m , and I’m . (name, nationality)

I’m from in . (city, country)

Listen and say the nationality

I’m from She’s

Spain. Spanish.

you
Pronunciation
A. The same stress or different stress?
Listen and underline the stressed syllable. Write S or D.

1. Bra|zil Bra|zil|ian _S_

2. Chi|na Chi|nese _D_
3. En|gland En|glish __
4. Ca|na|da Ca|na|di|an __
5. Pe|ru Pe|ru|vi|an __
6. Mex|i|co Mex|i|can __
7. Ja|pan Ja|pa|nese __
8. Vi|et|nam Vi|et|na|mese __

B. Listen again and repeat.

Pronunciation
A. Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

shower /ʃ/ she Spanish English vacation

chess /ʧ/ teacher chair China Portugal

B. Listen and practice the sentences.

She’s Spanish. She’s on vacation.

He’s a Chinese teacher in Portugal.

Listening and Reading Listen and number the pictures 1-3.
A. Listen again and read the dialogues.
B. Mark the sentences (right) or (wrong).
1.
1. Max and Liz are American.
Liz: Excuse me. Are these seats free?
Jenny: Yes, they are. Please sit down. 2. Max and Liz are on vacation.
Liz: Thanks!
3. Steve and Jenny aren’t on vacation.
2. 4. Steve and Jenny are teachers.
Max: I’m Max, and she’s Liz. We’re Canadian.
Steve: Are you on vacation? 5. Steve and Jenny aren’t American.
Max: Yes, we are. How about you?
Steve: We aren’t on vacation. We’re students. 6. Steve and Jenny are Japanese.

3.
Liz: Are you American? C. Correct the wrong sentences.
Jenny: No, we aren’t. We aren’t from the US.
Max and Liz are Canadian.
Liz: Oh. Are you from Japan?
Jenny: No, we aren’t.
Liz: You aren’t American and you aren’t
Japanese. Where are you from? D. Listen and repeat the dialogues.
Jenny: We’re from Canada, too!
Grammar - verb be: we, you, they
Read the dialogue on slide 11 again. Complete the chart.

We’re We are __
You’re You are __
They’re __ They aren’t
Let’s practice! Click here for more exercises.
Listen and say the question

You’re Peruvian. Are you Peruvian?

you
 Are the nationalities right or wrong? Ask and answer questions in pairs. Correct the wrong

Speaking nationalities.
Is Adele American? No, she isn’t. She’s English.

1. Adele / American → English 2. Gisele Bündchen / Spanish → Brazilian 3. Tacos / Peruvian → Mexican

5. Cristiano Ronaldo
4. bánh mi sandwiches / Brazilian
/ Vietnamese → Yes. → Portuguese
 Are the nationalities right or wrong? Ask and answer questions in pairs. Correct the wrong

Speaking nationalities.
Is Adele American? No, she isn’t. She’s English.

6. Lenovo / American → Chinese 7. Robert Pattinson / Canadian 8. Samsung / Japanese→ Korean

→ English

9. Land Rover 10. Lucy Liu /

/ British → Yes. Chinese → American