UNIT 1

Best used with: Students Book, Reading and Speaking, p. 8-9

Nationalities
1 Adjectives ending in (i)an The word we use for the nationality is the same as the adjective. German/American/Brazilian/Italian/Mexican/Russian food (adjective) a German/an American/a Brazilian/an Italian/a Mexican/a Russian (a person from ) We can make this plural (add s) to talk about the nation/people from this country in general. We use the before the nation. the Germans/the Americans/the Brazilians/the Italians/the Mexicans/the Russians 2 Adjectives ending in ese The word for the adjective, one person from this country and the nation in general is the same. Before the nation we put the. Chinese food (adjective) a Chinese (a person from China) the Chinese NOT the Chineses (people from China) 3 Adjectives ending in sh or ch Usually, when the adjective ends in sh or ch, we add man or woman to talk about a person from this country. French a Frenchman, a Frenchwoman Irish an Irishman, an Irishwoman English an Englishman, an Englishwoman The word for the nation is the same as the adjective, but we add the definite article the. Irish/Spanish/Welsh/English/Dutch/French footballers (adjective) the Irish/the Spanish/the Welsh/the English/the Dutch/the French (people from) NOT the Irishes/the Spanishes/the Welshes/the Englishes/the Dutches/the Frenches 4 Irregular There are a few nationalities that have a special word for the person from a country. The word for the nation we make by adding s to the noun meaning a person. We use the before the nation. Scottish/Polish/Turkish/Swedish food (adjective) a Scot/the Scots; a Pole/the Poles; a Turk/the Turks; a Swede/the Swedes (a person/people from these countries)

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Complete the text with the correct adjective or nationality for the country in brackets. Im studying English in Oxford and there are people from all over the world in my class. First of all, my teacher Tom is an 1____________ (Ireland). There are two 2 ____________ (Brazil) and three 3____________ (Portugal) who are very friendly but they speak 4____________ (Portugal) all the time! There are also two 5 ____________ (Sweden) and three 6____________ (Poland). My best friend is Renata, an 7____________ (Italy) from Milan.

Replace the word/phrase in bold with a noun. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Spanish people usually eat late in the evenings. The Spanish usually eat late in the evenings.__________________________ Swedish people often speak very good English. ___________________________________________________________________ Im sharing a flat with a Polish guy and two English girls. ___________________________________________________________________ Some of the worlds best footballers are Brazilian. ___________________________________________________________________ We have French conversation classes with a woman whos French. ___________________________________________________________________ Scottish people are sometimes hard to understand when they speak English. ___________________________________________________________________ The guitarist is great shes German. ___________________________________________________________________ Chinese people usually eat lunch very early. ___________________________________________________________________

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Key Exercise 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Irishman Brazilians Portuguese Portuguese Swedes Poles Italian

Exercise 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Swedes a Pole, Englishwomen Brazilians a Frenchwoman The Scots a German The Chinese

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