Countries and nationalities match up

Teaching notes

Twelve countries to match with their nationality words, in four groups: -ish (Spanish, Polish, Swedish), -an (Italian, German, Brazilian), -ese (Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese) and three irregular ones (French, Greek, Dutch). It's for A1 learners and helps with both meaning and spelling.

After matching, ask learners to sort the nationalities by ending and add more countries they know to each group. In pairs, they can ask and answer "Where is pizza from?" about famous food, people and cars ("Pizza is Italian"). Remind them that nationalities always start with a capital letter. Switch it to Flash cards for a spelling round, or print it with the answer key.