60 English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Countries and nationalities 27 Continents and countries continent country continent country North America South America Europe Canada the USA / the US Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Peru Germany Italy Poland Spain the UK Australia Asia Africa Antarctica Australia New Zealand China India Japan Pakistan Thailand Egypt Morocco South Africa Tunisia 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.
A
Nationalities notes adjective most country adjectives
end in
(i)an
American, Argentinian, Australian, Brazilian, Canadian, Colombian, Egyptian, German, Indian, Italian, Moroccan, Peruvian, South African, Tunisian many country adjectives
end in
ish
British, English, Finnish, Irish, Polish, Scottish, Spanish a few country adjectives
end in
ese
Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese exceptions
Pakistani, Thai, French B
Common mistakes All the nouns and adjectives for continents, countries and nationalies always
begin with a capital letter, for example Africa [
NOT africa
].
Tip Remember that words for languages are often the same as the ‘people’ adjective,
e.g.
