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    Countries, nationalities and languages Using ‘the’ Most names of countries are used without ‘the’, but some countries and other names have ‘the’ before them, e.g. the United States / the US(A), the United Kingdom / the UK, the Netherlands, the PI ines, the United Arab Emirates / the UAE, the European Union / the EU, the Commonwealth. Adjectives referring to people, countries and languages With ish: British Irish Flemish Polish Danish Turkish Spanish With -{i) an: Canadian Brazilian Latvian Korean Russian Australian With -ese: Japanese Chinese Vietnamese Portuguese Maltese Taiwanese israeli Iraqi Kuwaiti Pakistani Yemeni Bangladeshi leelandic Arabic Slavonic Some adjectives are worth learning separately, e.g. Swiss, Thai, Greek, Dutch, Cypriot. Nationalities Some nationalities and cultural identities have nouns for referring to people, e.g. a Finn, a Swede, a Turk, a Spaniard, a Dane, a Briton, an Arab, a Pole. For most nationalities we can use the adjective as a noun, e.g. a German, an Italian, a Belgian, a Catalan, a Greek, an African, a European, Some need woman/ man/ person added to them (you can't say ‘a Dutch’), so ifin doubt, use them, e.g. a Dutch man, a French weman, an Irish person, an Icelandic man. World regions &, ‘The Antarctic Antarctica GERD Rezional groups and ethnic groups People belong to ethnic groups and regional groups such as African-Caribbean, Asian, Latin ‘American, North African, Scandinavian, Southern African, European, Arabic. These can be used as countable nouns or as adjectives. Many Europeans enjoy travelling to the Far East to experience Asian cultures. ‘Arabic culture extends across a vast region of North Africa and the Middle East. People speak dialects as well as languages. Everyone has a native language or first language (sometimes called mother tongue); many have second and third languages. Some people are expert in more than one language and are bilingual or multilingual, People who only know one language are monolingual. English Vecabulory in Use Upper.intermediate 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Exercises Write the related adjectives in the correct columns. Weland Iceland Thailand Latvia Israel Switzerland China Pakistan Turkey Arabia Brazil theNetherlands Korea Denmark Latvian bish Match the countries with their world regions. 1 Sweden a the Middle East 2 Cambodia go b Southern Africa 3. Nicaragua oO © Scandinavia 4 Tunisia a d East Asia 5 Saudi Arabia o Central America 6 Botswana ao ¥ North Africa Correct the mistakes in the: newspaper headlines. 1 2 3 MALTISH PRIME MINISTER VISITS WASHINGTON Swede | Essa Famous names. Can you name a famous... 1 Argentinian sportsman or woman? Lionel Messi S Italian opera singer? 2 Spanish actor? 6 Irish rock-music band? 3 South African political leader? American golfer? 4 Australian singer? Orr ‘Complete the sentences so that they are true for you. Lam. scr = nut (Nationality) 2.My first language's. 3ispeak 4 My ethnic/ regional group is, _... (number) language(s) fluently, so am _ 5 | have visited these countries: 61 would lke to travel to One language | would like to learn is SI've never been to these two countries: English Vocobularyin Use Upperintermediate wv

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