Exercise 10C, page 1 - English File Studetn's book, pre-intermediate, Oxford

1 VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION people from different countries; /ʃ/, /tʃ/, and /dʒ/

a What are the nationality adjectives for these countries?

What do the first group have in common?

1 the United States 2 China Switzerland France

Belgium Italy the Netherlands England Spain

Talking about people from different countries

We usually use the + nationality adjective + -s to talkabout the people from a country, e.g. the Americans, the Belgians, etc.

If the nationality adjective ends with /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, or /tʃ/, we don't add -s, e.g. the English, the Chinese, the Dutch, etc.

For some countries there is a special word for the people, e.g. Poland > the Poles, Turkey > the Turks.

b Read the information box and complete the chart.

c 10.10 Listen and check.

d 10.11 Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

a shower b chess c jazz

e 10.12 What sound do the pink letters make, a, b, or

c? Listen and check. Practise saying the sentences.

1 It's a Chinese invention.

2 I love French cheese and Spanish wine.

3 He has a Japanese watch.

4 It's a German technology company.

5 He's a Belgian musician.

10.10

• 1 England English the English
• 2 Brazil Brazilian the Brazilians
• 3 Russia Russian the Russians
• 4 Turkey Turkish the Turks
• 5 Argentina Argentinian the Argentinians
• 6 Poland Polish the Poles
• 7 Japan Japanese the Japanese
• 8 Spain Spanish the Spanish

10.11

• a shower /ʃ/
• b chess /tʃ/
• c jazz /dʒ/

10.12

• 1 It's a Chinese invention.
• 2 I love French cheese and Spanish wine.
• 3 He has a Japanese watch.
• 4 It's a German technology company.
• 5 He's a Belgian musician.