Country and Nationality Words- Sentence Completion Games

Country and nationality sentence completion games

Play one or more of the games below by filling gaps in the sentences on the following page.

 

County and nationality sentence completion things in common

Try to find things which are the same between you and your partner by using the blanked sentences below.

Useful phrases for doing the activity I… How about you?/ What about you?/ And you? Me too. – Really? I…

 

Country and nationality sentence completion bluffing game

Read one of the sentences below with a country or nationality word in the gap and see if your partner can guess if it is true or not, maybe after asking for more details. Switch roles and do the same with different sentences below until your teacher stops the game. You must use a different nationality or country word each time. You can use the two different forms of the same word (e.g. “Britain” and “British”), but make sure you use the right kind of word in each sentence.

 

Country and nationality sentence completion guessing game 1

Complete one of the sentences below without showing your partner. Read out just the country or nationality word that you wrote (not the rest of the sentence that was already on the worksheet). Your partner will try to guess which sentence that word should go in. If they guess a wrong sentence, tell them that it is wrong and let them continuing guessing, perhaps after a hint. It also counts as a correct guess if they make a sentence that you hadn’t thought of but is also true about you, but the sentence must match the right form of the word (e.g. need a nationality word if you said a nationality word). 

 

Country and nationality sentence completion guessing game 2

Read one of the sentences below which is true for you but without saying what goes in the gap, e.g. “BLANK biscuits are too sweet for me” or “I can cook LA LA LA food”. See if your partner can guess which country or nationality word makes that sentence true for you. If they can’t, give them hints like “The first letter is…” and “It’s in Europe/ Asia/ America/ Africa”. If your partner says something that you didn’t think of but is also true, that counts as a correct answer.

Useful language for playing the games “No, it can’t be that because…” “No, that’s not true (for me) because…” “Yes, that’s also true, but what I was thinking of is…” “Yes, that’s exactly the sentence I was thinking of.”

Ask about any sentences below that you don’t understand, are not sure how to complete, etc, working together to complete the sentences each time.  

Change groups then do another activity above.

Sentences to complete with country and nationality words

If I went backpacking, ______________________ would be my first choice of country.

I think ___________________________________ is the most a beautiful language.

I don’t enjoy/ didn’t enjoy the food in/ from _______________________________.

The best food I have ever eaten was in/ from _______________________________.

_____________________________ biscuits/ chocolate/ sweets are too sweet for me.

I tried to learn _____________________________________________ but gave up.

I can cook _____________________________________________________ food.

I have never tried _____________________________________ food but I’d like to.

I don’t want to go to __________________________________________________.

There is a/ an __________________________________ restaurant near my house.

I have been to _________________________________________ more than once.

I got ill/ sick in ______________________________________________________.

I got angry in ________________________________________________________.

I have _____________________________________________ coat/ T-shirt/ clothes.

I have a book from ____________________________________________________.

I have a/ an ______________________________________________________ toy.

I can draw the _____________________________________________________ flag.

I sometimes go to a/ an ______________________________________ restaurant.

My favourite dog comes from ___________________________________________.

I want a ________________________________________________________ pet.

I want to go to ______________________________________________________.

I have only eaten _____________________________________________ food once.

The weather is/ was really terrible in ______________________________________.

One of my relatives lives/ lived in _______________________________________.

Someone gave me a nice souvenir from ___________________________________.

I’m a big fan of a famous _______________________________ athlete/ sportsman. 

I will probably visit ________________________________________________ soon.

I’d like to work for a/ an _______________________________________ company.

I’ve been looking at holidays in _________________________________________.

I’d be too scared to visit ______________________________________________.

I have watched a________________________________ movie with(out) subtitles.

One of my favourite books was (originally) written in _________________________.

I have a book of _____________________________________________ fairytales.

I’ve been following the recent news about _________________________________.

I think that ________________________________ would be really difficult to learn.

There is a ______________________________ recipe that I would really like to try.

I really enjoy _______________________________________________ massages.

I’d like to retire in ___________________________________________________.

I think ________________________________ would be a useful language to learn.

I think we should accept more immigrants/ refugees from ______________________.

I think that we should study _______________________________ (more) in school.

I’ve seen __________________________________ (from a plane) but never visited.

There is a/ an _____________________ actor who I think is especially good looking.

I dislike _______________________________________________________ music.

Play one or more of the same games but with your own ideas for sentences and country or nationality words like these:

• America/ American
• Australia/ Australian
• Austria/ Austrian
• Brazil/ Brazilian
• Britain/ British
• Canada/ Canadian
• China/ Chinese
• Denmark/ Danish
• Egypt/ Egyptian
• Finland/ Finnish
• France/ French
• Germany/ German
• Greece/ Greek
• India/ Indian
• Ireland/ Irish
• Italy/ Italian
• Japan/ Japanese
• Mexico/ Mexican
• North Korea/ North Korean
• Norway/ Norwegian
• Pakistan/ Pakistani
• Russia/ Russian
• South Africa/ South African
• South Korea/ South Korean
• Spain/ Spanish
• Sweden/ Swedish
• Switzerland/ Swiss
• Taiwan/ Taiwanese
• Thailand/ Thai
• Turkey/ Turkish
• Vietnam/ Vietnamese

Ask about any words above you can’t pronounce, etc, working together to make suitable statements with them each time.

Test each other on the country and nationality words above:

• say a nationality word and see if your partner can say the country
• say a county and see if your partner can say the nationality word
• say one of the endings (e.g. “-ese”) and help your partner make suitable nationality words