Countries, languages and people

The names of countries, languages and their people follow their own rules. You must learn them as words.

Interactive exercises

1. Which languages do they speak?

People in Belgium speak Dutch and French.

Danes in Denmark speak Danish.

Greeks in Greece speak Greek.

The Irish in the Republic of Ireland speak English.

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Did you notice something about the spelling?

All these words are names!

Words like English, German, Irish and Ireland always start with a CAPITAL letter!

2. Languages, People and Country Names

Put in the correct names!

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The French live in France() and speak French ().

Italians live in Italy () and speak Italian().

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The country of the Dutch is called the Netherlands () and they speak Dutch ().

The Poles() in the Republic of Poland ()speak Polish().

3. Languages, People and Country Names

Put in the correct names!

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People in Russia speak Russian().

Turkish people in Turkey() speak Turkish().

Spaniards in Spain() speak Spanish () and Catalan in the area around Barcelona.

The Portuguese in Portugal() speak Portuguese().