Check your english vocabulary for

Page 28 Around the world answers
A.
1. C     2. B (Antarctica is the name of the continent and is not preceded by the)     3. B      4. A     5. C (countries
between North and South America, i.e., south of Mexico and north of Colombia)     6. A (all countries south of the
USA where Spanish or Portuguese is widely spoken as a first language)     7. C     8. C     9. C (Mainland Europe and
Continental Europe have the same meaning. British and Irish people often refer to Continental Europe as the
Continent)     10. B     11. C
B.
-ese
(e.g., China =
Chinese)
Portuguese
Lebanese
Japanese
Burmese
Maltese
-(i)an
(e.g.,Brazil =
Brazilian)
Belgian
Malaysian (we
can also say
Malay)
Norwegian
Peruvian
Russian
Iranian
American
Canadian
Australian
-ish
(e.g., Britain =
British)
Irish
Finnish
English
Scottish
Swedish
Spanish
Turkish
Danish
Polish
-i
(e.g., Pakistan = 
Pakistani)
Bangladeshi
Israeli
Kuwaiti
Yemeni
Iraqi
-ic
(e.g., Iceland =
Icelandic)
Arabic
(Adjectives with
-ic are usually
used to talk
about racial
groups rather
than
nationalities.
For example,
Slavic, Nordic,
etc.)
Others
(e.g., France =
French)
Greek
Welsh
Dutch
Thai
Swiss
Filipino
C.
1. a dialect     2. Your mother tongue is the language you first learned to speak as a child and which you continue to
use at home, with your friends, your family, etc.     3. bilingual / multilingual     4. The seven continents are: Europe /
North America / South America / Asia / Australasia / Africa / Antarctica. In some countries, more than one language is
officially spoken (for example, in Belgium some people speak French and some speak Flemish).

---

Answers