NOMS  ET  ADJECTIFS  DE  NATIONALITE

                   Sancho Panza/Don Quixote             I am Spanish, I live in Spain, I speak Castilian Spanish

                                                                                 The Spanish like bullfighting

     COUNTRY          adjective          a.../an...                  the...                     language                      flag

     England            English               Englishman             English                  English                        

     France              French               Frenchman              French                  French                         

     Ireland             Irish                    Irishman                  Irish                      Irish/English               

     Wales               Welsh                 Welshman                Welsh                   Welsh/English              

     Scotland          Scottish             Scot                           Scots                    English                          

                         a dike                    I am Dutch, I live in Holland (the Netherlands), I speak Dutch

                                                        Many Dutchmen live under the sea level

     Finland             Finnish              Finn                             Finns                   Finnish                           

     Germany         German             German                       Germans            German                           

     Poland             Polish                 Pole                             Poles                   Polish                               

     Sweden           Swedish             Swede                        Swedes               Swedish                          

     Norway           Norwegian         Norwegian                 Norwegians        Norwegian                        

                      The Little Mermaid            I'm Danish , I speak Danish                                                 Copenhagen

                             I live in the Kingdom of Denmark. During the 8th-11th centuries the Danes were known as Wikings

    Lebanon             Lebanese           Lenanese                   Lebanese             Arabic                              

    Japan                 Japanese            Japanese                   Japanese             Japanese                         

    Greece               Greek                   Greek                          Greeks                 Greek                               

    U.S.A.                 American            American                   Americans           English                              

    Great Britain     British                 British                         British                   English                              

                             a kite                                                   I'm Chinese, I live in China                        the Great Wall

                                                                   I speak Mandarin, most Chinese live in Asia  

---I° Les noms et adjectifs de nationalité prennent toujours une majuscule

             an Israeli journalist  / a Swiss watch  / a Colombian lives in South America 

---2° On ne met pas d'article devant les noms des lanques 

             Japanese is a difficult language  /  They speak Portuguese in Brazil

---3° Les noms se terminant par  -ese   -ish   -iss   -ch  ne prennent pas d's au pluriel

             the Vietnamese  /  the British  /  the Swiss  /  the French

             the Swiss are not in the European Union

---4° Les autres noms prennent un 's' au pluriel

            the Americans  /  the Koreans                          the Russians  /  the Australians  / the Egyptians

           the Icelanders  /  the Luxembourgers             the Israelis  /  the Iraqis  /  the Pakistanis

          the Croats   /  the Greeks  /  the Danes   /  the Serbs  

---5° On dit:    Most Americans speak English   /   Most Italians are friendly

          mais : Most of the Swedes I know have blue eyes   

English exercise "Nationalities" created by lili73 (10-12-2007) with The test builder
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1.
Traditionally a ScotScotlandishScotch played the bagpipe to provide music for dancing.

2.
Tulips have come to be a loved symbol of the Netherlands. The DeutchHollandishDutch grow these flowers from April to September.

3. (Mount Cervin)
Four languages are spoken in Switzerland: GermanGermanyGermanish (74%), French (20%), Italian (4%), Romansh (1%)

4.
The ancient EgyptansEgyptiansEgyptis believed that when the Pharaoh died he became Osiris, king of the dead.

5.
Mount Fuji is a JapanianJapanJapanese volcano (3776 m) It's often surrounded by clouds and it's difficult to have a clear view of the mountain.

6.
AustralianAustraliaAustralians kangaroos are the best known animals of the continent. Some kangaroos species are gone for ever. Many of surviving species may become extinct if we don't act to protect them.

7. (the Ienissei)
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the main train that connects cities of the European and Asian parts of RussianRussiaRussians

8. (Jordan)
This site remained unknown to the western world until 1812 when it was discovered by a SwitzerlanderSwitzSwiss explorer. In 1985 Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.

9. (Niagara Falls)
The flow of water stopped completely on March 29th 1848 due to an ice jam in the upper river.It lasted for several hours,CanadishCanadansCanadians and Americans could walk in the river bed.

10. (midnight sun at the North Cape)
It is the northern point of Europe and the most visited of the NorwegianNorwayanNorwagian sites.