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Vocabulary about countries and nationalities

VOCABULARY about countries and nationalities


Underline the countries and circle the nationalities in the following sentences.

 1. She’s from Russia. She’s Russian. 

 2. They’re from Brazil. They’re Brazilian. 

 3. They’re from Spain. They’re Spanish. 

 4. They’re from Germany. They’re German. 

 5. They’re from Japan. They’re Japanese. 
Pronunciation practice

 Russia, Brazilian, Spanish, Japan, Russian, Germany, Japanese, 

 German, Brazil, Spain
• Check students if they are aware that the stress shifts from the second syllable in Ja | pan to the third syllable in  Jap | an | ese. 

 • Highlight the changing vowel sound in Spain /speɪn/ and Spanish 

 /ˈspænɪʃ/. 

GRAMMAR be: positive and negative 



LEN So where are you from? From New York? 

 TOM No, I’m not from New York. I’m from a town called Harlem. 

 L Hmm … Where’s that? 

 T Oh, it’s a town near New York. It isn’t very big. 

 L Oh, right. T So are you here with friends?

 L Yes, we’re a big group. We’re all from Moscow. 

 T But they aren’t here. 

 L No, they’re all in the hotel. They say they’re tired! 

 T Oh, right. … Well, look, it’s only 8:00, the match isn’t on yet. So how about a coffee? 

 L Hmm, yeah OK. Good idea … !
 CAREFUL! 

 There are various common student mistakes with be positive and negative. Common errors include: missing be out altogether, particularly before adjectives, e.g. Russia very big. (Correct form = Russia is very big.) and also in the second clause of a sentence, e.g. This is a small town and the people very friendly. (Correct form = This is a small town and the people are very friendly.); confusing the forms am/are/is, e.g. Here is the answers … (Correct form = Here are the answers to the homework.); confusion with colours as students often try to include the word colour and may miss out be, e.g. It a blue colour. (Correct form = It’s blue.). Students may also have problems with word order, e.g. They all are from Germany. (Correct form = They are all from Germany.), use of capitals and apostrophes in the contracted forms, e.g. Hes Spanish and i’m Brazilian. (Correct form = He’s Spanish and I’m Brazilian.) and may also use have instead of be, e.g. She has 20 … (Correct form = She is 20 years old.). 
Positive (+) and  Negative (–) 

I’m from St Petersburg. He’s a really good player. They say they’re 

 tired. 

 I’m not French. She isn’t from Moscow. They aren’t at the match.

 1  My brother is at university in Madrid. 

 2 My mother and father aren’t here. 

 3  Russia isn’t very hot in April. 

 4  My friends are really interesting and fun.

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