countries and nationalities in English

2. Where are you from?
I’m from Spain.

3. What’s your nationality?
I’m Spanish.

4. What language do you speak?
I speak Spanish.

5. What foreign languages do you speak?
I speak English and a little bit of French.

6. European countries

7. Nationalities: word formation

8. Examples
1.-ian (Italian, Norwegian)
2.-ean (Chilean, Korean)
3.-an (American, Mexican)
4.-ese (Chinese, Japanese)
5.-er (Icelander, New Zealander)
6.-ic (Icelandic, Greenlandic)
7.-ish (English, Irish)
8.-i (Iraqi, Pakistani)

9. Practice
I’m from Portugal I’m Portuguese
She’s from Italy She’s …
He’s from France He’s …
They’re from Scotland They’re …
We’re from Switzerland We’re …
You’re from Germany You’re …

10. Answers
I’m from Portugal I’m Portuguese
She’s from Italy She’s Italian
He’s from France He’s French
They’re from Scotland They’re Scottish
We’re from Switzerland We’re Swiss
You’re from Germany You’re German

11. Reading
Hello! My name’s Marie. I’m thirteen years old and I’m from France, but my parents are from Morocco. At home we speak French and Arabic. At school I learn French and I study English and Spanish too. I love languages. I’d like to be an English teacher one day. On holidays we usually go down to Morocco and I speak Arabic with my relatives there. Arabic is very difficult! Did you know that they write from right to left?

12. More practice
Where is Marie from?
How old is she?
Where are her parents from?
What languages does she speak at home?
What languages does she learn at school?
When does she speak Arabic?
Why do you think Arabic is difficult?

13. Answers
She’s from France.
thirteen years old.
Her parents are from Morocco.
At home she speaks French and Arabic.
At school she studies French, Spanish and English.
She speaks Arabic when she goes to Morocco.
Because it’s difficult to read and write.

14. More practice
An American comes from …
A Finn comes from …
An Indian comes from …
A Norwegian comes from…
A Pole comes from …
A Japanese comes from …
A Dutch comes from…
A Greek comes from …

15. Answers
An American comes from … USA
A Finn comes from … Finland
An Indian comes from …India
A Norwegian comes from…Norway
A Pole comes from … Poland
A Japanese comes from …Japan
A Dutch comes from…The Netherlands
A Greek comes from …Greece