Material 12 nationalities

1. NATIONALITIES
Hello!
Where are you from?

2. Where would you like to go to travel?

4. We are from Japan.
We are Japanese.

5. To answer, there are 2 possible answers ...
1- “Yo soy de (país)”
Sujeto + am/ is/
are
from PAÍS

6. I am from
France.
(Yo soy de
Francia)
FRANCE

7. am/ is/ are
2- “Yo soy …(nacionalidad)”
Sujeto + am/ is/ are nacionalidad

8. I am French.
(Yo soy francés)
FRANCE

9. Country Nationality Language
I am from ____. I am _____. I speak ____.
Taiwan Taiwanese Taiwanese/
Chinese
America/U.S.A. American English
Japan Japanese Japanese
China Chinese Chinese

10. We are from Britain.
We are British.
GREAT BRITAIN

11. We are from
America.
We are American.

12. We are going to see several countries and their nationalities

13. Nationalities that end in -ese
PAÍS NACIONALIDAD
China Chinese (chino)
Japan Japanese
Portugal Portuguese

14. Nationalities of a single syllable
PAÍS NACIONALIDAD
France (Francia) French (francés)
Greece (Grecia) Greek (griego)

15. Nationalities that end in -ish
PAÍS NACIONALIDAD
Britain (Gran Bretaña) British (británico)
Denmark (Dinamarca) Danish (danés)
England (Inglaterra) English (inglés)
Finland (Finlandia) Finnish (finés)
Poland (Polonia) Polish (polaco)
Scotland (Escocia) Scottish (escocés)
Turkey (Turquía) Turkish (turco)

16. Nationalities ending in -an / -ean / -ian
PAÍS NACIONALIDAD
Australia Australian
Brazil Brazilian
Germany (Alemania) German (alemán)
Italy Italian
Mexico Mexican
Russia Russian
United States of America American
(Estados Unidos) (Norteamericano)

17. Watch out!
●In English, nationalities also start with a
capital letter.
Britain British
America American

18. EXERCISES
1. Read and complete the chart.
Dear ___________(your name),
Welcome to the Friends Club. It’s for English learners and friends around the world.
Martina, Pepe, Kate, Dunya, Mary, Paul and Bernd are members of the Club: Martina is
from Italy. She’s twelve. Pepe is Spanish. He’s nine. Kate and Mary are twins from
Great Britain. They are thirteen years old. Dunya is from Russia. She’s ten. Paul is
French and he’s eleven. Bernd is from Germany and he is eight years old. How old are
you?
Enjoy the club!
Laura

19. COMPLETE THE CHART.
NAME AGE COUNTRY NATIONALITY
Martina
twelve Italy Italian
Pepe
Nine Spain Spanish
Kate
thirteen Britain British
Dunya
ten Russia Russian
Mary
thirteen Britain British
Paul
Eleven France French
Bernd
eight Germany German
(you)
eighteen Colombia Colombian
Thirteen
Ten
FrenchFrance
Britain British
GermanGermany
ColombianColombia
Thirteen
Eleven
Eight
Russian
Britain
Twelve
Nine
Russia
Italy Italian
Spain Spanish
British

20. 2. Write questions ordering the words. Then, answer the questions according to the text in
exercise 1.
a) Dunya from Russia is
- Is Dunya from Russia? Yes, she is.
b) Paul is German
- is Paul German ? Not, he is French
c) The twins are France from
- The twins are from France ? Not, they are Britain .
d) Eight Bernd old is years
- Bernd is Eight years old ? Yes, She is .
e) Martina Italy from is
- Martina From is Italy ? Yes, She is.
f) Kate is French
- Kate is French ? Not, Kathe is British .

21. • 3. Circle the correct word.
• a) Carlos is from Spain/ Spanish.
• b) She is France/French.
• c) Anja is from Russia/Russian.
• d) These are my friends from German/Germany.
• e) Hina is from Japan/Japanese.
• f) Sofia is Greece/Greek

22. 5. I gave some nationality adjectives in the correct groups. Look at
the endings.
-an -ese -ish Other nationalities