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    This document provides information about countries, continents, nationalities, and common mistakes in writing them. It includes: 1) A table listing major continents and some of the countries located in each continent. 2) Information noting it is not possible to list all countries and to check names if a country is not included. It also emphasizes the importance of capitalizing these names. 3) A section about nationalities and common suffixes or endings for different nationality adjectives. 4) A tip about language names often matching people adjectives, with one exception. The document serves as a reference for learning about continents, countries, nationalities and proper capitalization of names.

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    This document provides information about countries, continents, nationalities, and common mistakes in writing them. It includes: 1) A table listing major continents and some of the countries located in each continent. 2) Information noting it is not possible to list all countries and to check names if a country is not included. It also emphasizes the importance of capitalizing these names. 3) A section about nationalities and common suffixes or endings for different nationality adjectives. 4) A tip about language names often matching people adjectives, with one exception. The document serves as a reference for learning about continents, countries, nationalities and proper capitalization of names.

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    This document provides information about countries, continents, nationalities, and common mistakes in writing them. It includes: 1) A table listing major continents and some of the countries located in each continent. 2) Information noting it is not possible to list all countries and to check names if a country is not included. It also emphasizes the importance of capitalizing these names. 3) A section about nationalities and common suffixes or endings for different nationality adjectives. 4) A tip about language names often matching people adjectives, with one exception. The document serves as a reference for learning about continents, countries, nationalities and proper capitalization of names.

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    27 Countries and nationalities

    A Continents and countries

    continent country continent country

    North America Canada Australia Australia


    the USA / the US New Zealand
    South America Argentina Asia China
    Brazil India
    Chile Japan
    Colombia Pakistan
    Peru Thailand
    Europe Germany Africa Egypt
    Italy Morocco
    Poland South Africa
    Spain Tunisia
    the UK Antarctica

    It is not possible to show all the countries of the world on a small page. If your country is not
    included, check its English name with your teacher or on the Internet.

    Common mistakes
    All the nouns and adjectives for continents, countries and nationalies always
    begin with a capital letter, for example Africa [NOT africa].

    B Nationalities
    notes adjective

    most country adjectives American, Argentinian, Australian, Brazilian, Canadian,


    end in (i)an Colombian, Egyptian, German, Indian, Italian, Moroccan,
    Peruvian, South African, Tunisian

    many country adjectives British, English, Finnish, Irish, Polish, Scottish, Spanish
    end in ish
    a few country adjectives Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese
    end in ese

    exceptions Pakistani, Thai, French

    Tip
    Remember that words for languages are often the same as the ‘people’ adjective,
    e.g. French, Spanish, Japanese and Thai. One exception is Arabic.

    60 English Vocabulary in Use Elementary


    Exercises
    27.1 Which countries do these letters make?
    1 HINAC China 4 OCRMOOC
    2 ZIRALB 5 ANJAP
    3 PINSA 6 DALTHINA

    27.2 Match these capital cities to their countries and make sentences.
    1 Tokyo Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
    2 Rome
    3 Canberra
    4 Bogotá Argentina Australia Colombia
    5 Cairo Egypt Germany Italy Japan
    6 London Poland Spain the UK
    7 Berlin
    8 Warsaw
    9 Buenos Aires
    10 Madrid
    27.3 Which country is different? (Think of the languages they speak there.) Write sentences.
    1 Australia, Canada, England, Iceland In England, Canada and Australia they speak English
    but in Iceland they speak Icelandic.
    2 Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain
    3 Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
    4 China, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia
    5 Canada, France, Scotland, Switzerland
    27.4 What is the adjective for these countries?
    1 Indian Indian 6 Spain
    2 Thailand 7 Peru
    3 Germany 8 China
    4 Egypt 9 Australia
    5 Argentina 10 Poland
    27.5 Write down:
    1 the name of your country.
    2 the names of the countries next to your country.
    3 the name of your language.
    4 the name for people from your country.

    Over to you
    In which continents are these places? Use the Internet to help you.
    Mount Everest Asia
    The Sahara
    The Amazon
    Wagga Wagga
    The Volga
    Mount Kilimanjaro
    The Mississippi
    Mount Fuji
    Lake Titicaca

    English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 61


    25.4 Possible answers:
    gardening 2
    cooking 4
    reading 5
    using the Internet 5
    watching DVDs 4
    listening to music 5
    doing nothing 1
    chatting online 2

    Unit 26
    26.1 2 musician 3 musical 4 music 5 musical 6 musicians

    26.2 2 Abigail plays the cello in an orchestra.


    3 Noah loves playing the drums.
    4 Emily is having a piano lesson.
    5 Mason is a very good trumpet-player.
    6 Ella plays the clarinet every evening.
    7 William plays the guitar.
    8 Emma is learning the flute. She will be a good flute-player one day.
    9 Madison is a violinist.
    10 Emily wants to be a pianist.

    26.3 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 c

    26.4 Possible answers:


    1 I download music about once a month. 4 I would like to learn the piano.
    2 I like the violin best. 5 I like classical music and pop music!
    3 Yes, I play the violin and the guitar.

    Unit 27
    27.1 2 Brazil 5 Japan
    3 Spain 6 Thailand
    4 Morocco

    27.2 2 Rome is the capital of Italy. 7 Berlin is the capital of Germany.


    3 Canberra is the capital of Australia. 8 Warsaw is the capital of Poland.
    4 Bogotá is the capital of Colombia. 9 Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina.
    5 Cairo is the capital of Egypt. 10 Madrid is the capital of Spain.
    6 London is the capital of the UK.

    27.3 2 In Mexico, Spain and Chile they speak Spanish but in Brazil they speak Portuguese.
    3 In Austria, Germany and Switzerland they speak German but in Italy they speak Italian.
    4 In Morocco, Egypt and Saudi Arabia they speak Arabic but in China they speak Chinese.
    5 In Switzerland, Canada and France they speak French but in Scotland they speak English.

    27.4 2 Thai 7 Peruvian


    3 German 8 Chinese
    4 Egyptian 9 Australian
    5 Argentinian 10 Polish
    6 Spanish
    27.5 Check your answers with your teacher.

    English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 141


    Over to you
    The Sahara is in Africa.
    The Amazon is in South America.
    Wagga Wagga is in Australasia.
    The Volga is in Europe.
    Mount Kilimanjaro is in Africa.
    The Mississippi is in North America.
    Mount Fuji is in Asia.
    Lake Titicaca is in South America.

    Unit 28
    28.1 2 f 3 d 4 g 5 c 6 e 7 b

    28.2 3 It is windy in La Paz.


    4 It is cloudy in Paris.
    5 It is foggy in Tashkent.
    6 It is sunny in Seoul. / The sun is shining in Seoul.
    7 It is snowing in Washington. / It’s snowy in Washington.

    28.3 2 rains 6 degrees


    3 weather 7 storm
    4 snows 8 cold
    5 lightning

    28.4 Possible answers:


    2 It is usually 20 degrees in summer and 0 (zero) degrees in winter.
    3 There are sometimes thunderstorms in August.
    4 It is not usually very wet in spring.
    5 We almost never have hurricanes.
    6 Summer is usually warm but we can have thunderstorms.

    28.5 Possible answers:


    2 sunny weather - I like to go to the beach / for a walk / lie in the sun.
    3 a rainy day - I don’t like to go out / I don’t like to do sports.
    4 snow - I like to walk in the snow / I like to go skiing.
    5 a windy day - I like to go windsurfing / I don’t like to go out / I love to go for a walk.

    Unit 29
    29.1 2 at the tourist information office 6 at the (train / railway) station
    3 at the bank 7 at / in the shopping centre
    4 in / at the car park 8 at the post office
    5 at the museum

    29.2 2 Exit 4 Please do not walk on the grass


    3 No smoking 5 Entrance

    29.3 2 The bus station / stop is over there on the left.


    3 For the Town Hall take the number 14 bus.
    4 There is a post office on the other side of the road.
    5 You can find a cash machine at the bank in High Street.
    6 We can get a map of the town at the tourist information office.
    7 Can you tell me the way to the railway station, please?
    8 Excuse me. I’m looking for a car park.

    142 English Vocabulary in Use Elementary

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