This document lists the names of many countries and nationalities in a song format. It then provides a table with information about country names, capitals, and nationalities. Finally, it includes exercises to practice identifying countries, nationalities, and answering questions about where people are from using forms of the verb "to be."
1. Countries, Nationalities and Flags
The Nations of the world:
And now the nations of the world,
brought to you by Yakko Warner!
United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama
Haiti, Jamaica, Peru,
Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean
Greenland, El Salvador too.
Puerto Rico, Columbia, Venezuela
Honduras, Guyana, and still,
Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina
And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil.
Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Bermuda
Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan,
Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam
And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam.
Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland
And Germany now one piece,
Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia
Italy, Turkey, and Greece.
Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania
Ireland, Russia, Oman,
Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia
Hungary, Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran.
There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain,
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal
France, England, Denmark, and Spain.
India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan
Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan,
Kampuchea, Malaysia, then Bangladesh (Asia)
And China, Korea, Japan.
Mongolia, Laos, and Tibet, Indonesia
The Philippine Islands, Taiwan,
Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand
Then Borneo, and Vietnam.
Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola
Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana,
Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia
Guinea, Algeria, Ghana.
Burundi, Lesotho, and Malawi, Togo
The Spanish Sahara is gone,
Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Liberia
Egypt, Benin, and Gabon.
Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya, and Mali
Sierra Leone, and Algiers,
Dahomey, Namibia, Senegal, Libya
Cameroon, Congo, Zaire.
Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar
Rwanda, Mahore, and Cayman,
Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia...
Crete, Mauritania
Then Transylvania,
Monaco, Liechtenstein
Malta, and Palestine,
Fiji, Australia, Sudan
Countries and Nationalities – America
Country Capital Nationality
1. United States
2. Canada
3. Mexico City
4. Panama City
5.
6.
7. Peru
8.
Republic
Dominican
9. Cuban
10. El Salvador
11. Puerto Rico
12. Columbia
13. Venezuela
14. Honduras German
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Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the
correct countries or nationalities.
1. Carlos is from Spain. He is
_____________________.
2. Peter is from Canada. He is
___________________.
3. Pamela is American. She is from
_______________.
4. Juan is Mexican. He is from
____________________.
5. Martha and Fernandez are from Brazil. They
are _____________________.
6. John’s family is from the UK. They are
________________________.
7. Chinua Achebe is an African writer. He is
from __________________.
8. Pedro is from Italy. He is
________________________.
9. My French teacher is from
_____________________.
10. Samantha is from Germany. She is
_____________.
2. Flags, Countries and Nationalities.
Match the flags with the countries.
Argentina Poland Greece Mexico USA
Turkey Canada Britain France
FLAG COUNTRY NATIONALITY
Answer the questions.
Example: Are you Brazilian? No, I’m not. I’m from
Peru. or I’m Peruvian.
Are they from Mexico?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Is she from Spain?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Is he from the USA?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Are they from Israel?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Are you from France?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Fill in the blanks with the right subject/personal pronouns (I,
you, he, she, it, we, they):
1. Angelina Joli is American. ______ isn't French.
2. Brad Pitt is American, too. ______ isn't German.
3. Brad and Angelina aren't French. ______ are American.
4. My friend and I are high school students. ______ aren't
primary school students.
5. The Statue of Liberty is in New York. ___ isn't in Washington.
Fill in the blanks with the right form of to be ( am, are or is):
1. ______ you the new student? Yes, I ______.
2. Leila and Nancy ______ students.
3. Nancy ______ Australian.
4. My sister and I ______ students.
5. The girls ______ tired.
6. These women ______ beautiful.
7. The tea ______ delicious.
8. Nadia and Leila ______friends.
9. The newspaper ______ cheap.
Choose the correct answer (negative or affirmative form of to
be):
1. Is Julia Robert French? No, she _______ French.
2. What about Robert de Nero? Is he an American actor?
Yes, he ______.
3. Are New York and Los Angeles Spanish Cities?
No, they ______ Spanish cities.
4. Is Big Ben in Paris? No, it _______ in Paris.
5. Is Mount Everest in Africa? No, it _______ in Africa. It is in
Asia.
Choose the correct question for each answer
1. My name is John.
a. What be your name?
b. What your name is?
c. What is your name?
2. My mother is from India.
a. Where your mother is from?
b. Where is your mother from?
c. Where come from your
mother?
3. My sister is 24 years old.
a. How old years is your sister?
b. How many years has your
sister?
c. How old is your sister?
4. Yes, I am happy.
a. Are you happy?
b. You are happy?
c. Do you is happy?
5. No, my mother is short.
a. Is your mother tall?
b. Is tall your mother?
c. Your mother is tall?
6. I am from Spain.
a. Where is you from?
b. Where are come from
you?
c. Where are you from?