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Nationality Word Endings Mazes

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Nationality word endings maze games

Nationality words ending with (i)an maze

Trace a route through the maze below by following the country words which change into nationality words that end with “-(i/e)an”, starting from the top-left corner word “Belgium”, (because the nationality word is “Belgian”, which ends with “-(i)an”). You can’t jump over squares and you can only move up, down, left or right, not diagonally. You should finish somewhere on the right-hand side of the maze, with an unbroken line of squares between the start and finish. If you get stuck, try crossing off the other words which have different endings.

 

Belgium

 

 

Germany

 

Norway

 

Spain

 

Lebanon

 

Poland

 

UK

 

 

Iraq

 

India

 

Pakistan

 

Turkey

 

Malta

 

USA

 

 

Russia

 

Canada

 

England

 

Denmark

 

Sweden

 

Mongolia

 

 

Scotland

 

Kuwait

 

Israel

 

Sudan

 

New Zealand

 

Argentina

 

 

Ireland

 

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Korea

 

Cyprus

 

Australia

 

 

Austria

 

Brazil

 

Greece

 

Italy

 

Portugal

 

Czech Republic

 

China

 

Japan

 

 

South Africa

 

Peru

 

Greenland

 

Switzerland

 

 

Wales

 

Iceland

 

Singapore

 

Vietnam

 

Taiwan

 

Senegal

 

 

Ireland

 

Thailand

 

Ukraine

 

Georgia

 

Croatia

 

When you finish, check that you have finished at the correct final word on the right-hand side. Then write the nationality word endings of all the other squares to make sure that they don’t end in “-(i/e)an”.  

Check your answers as a class or below.

 

Answers 

 

Belgian

 

 

German

 

Norwegian

 

Spanish

 

Lebanese

 

Polish

 

British

 

 

Iraqi

 

Indian

 

Pakistan

 

Turkish

 

Maltese

 

American

 

 

Russian

 

Canadian

 

English

 

Danish

 

Swedish

 

Mongolian

 

 

Scottish

 

Kuwaiti

 

Israeli

 

Sudanese

 

New Zealand

 

Argentinian

 

 

Irish

 

Egyptian

 

Indonesian

 

Korean

 

Cypriot

 

Australian

 

 

Austrian

 

Brazilian

 

Greek

 

Italian

 

Portuguese

 

Czech

 

 

Chinese

 

Japanese

 

 

South African

 

Peruvian

 

Greenlandic

 

Swiss

 

 

Welsh

 

Icelandic

 

Singaporean

 

Vietnamese

 

Taiwanese

 

Senegalese

 

 

Irish

 

Thai

 

Ukrainian

 

Georgian

 

Croatian

 

Test each other on the nationality words above:

  • Read out a nationality word and see if your partner can make the country word
  • Read out a country word and see if your partner can make the nationality word
  • Read out an ending and help your partner make nationality words that end that way (giving them hints like first letters, where the country is, and famous things from that country if they get stuck).

  

Nationality words ending with -ese maze

Trace a route through the maze below by following the country words which change into nationality words that end with “-ese”, starting from the top-left corner word “China” (because the nationality word is “Chinese”). You can’t jump over squares and you can only move up, down, left or right, not diagonally. You should finish somewhere on the right-hand side of the maze, with an unbroken line of squares between the start and finish. If you get stuck, try crossing off the other squares which don’t end with “-ese”.

 

China

 

 

Belgium

 

Spain

 

Pakistan

 

 

England

 

Canada

 

Malta

 

 

Germany

 

UK

 

Iraq

 

Czech Republic

 

Thailand

 

Japan

 

 

India

 

GB

 

Israel

 

Senegal

 

Sudan

 

Vietnam

 

 

Portugal

 

Taiwan

 

Burma/ Myanmar

 

Lebanon

 

Wales

 

France

 

 

The Netherlands

 

Greece

 

Norway

 

New Zealand

 

Switzerland

 

Oman

 

 

Scotland

 

Yemen

 

Russia

 

Ireland

 

 

Turkey

When you finish, check that you have finished at the correct final word on the right-hand side. Then write the nationality word endings of all the other squares to make sure that they don’t end in “-ese”.  

Check your answers as a class or below.

 

Answers

 

Chinese

 

 

Belgian

 

Spanish

 

Pakistani

 

 

English

 

Canadian

 

Maltese

 

 

German

 

British

 

Iraqi

 

Czech

 

Thai

 

Japanese

 

 

Indian

 

British

 

Israeli

 

Senegalese

 

Sudanese

 

Vietnamese

 

 

Portuguese

 

Taiwanese

 

Burmese

 

 

Lebanese

 

Welsh

 

French

 

 

Dutch

 

 

Greek

 

Norwegian

 

New Zealand

 

Swiss

 

Omani

 

 

Scottish

 

Yemeni

 

Russian

 

Irish

 

 

Turkish

Test each other on the nationality words above:

  • Read out a nationality word and see if your partner can make the country word
  • Read out a country word and see if your partner can make the nationality word
  • Read out an ending and help your partner make nationality words that end that way (giving them hints like first letters, where the country is and famous people from that place if they get stuck).

 

Nationality words ending with -ish maze

Trace a route through the maze below by following the country words which change into nationality words that end with “-ish”, starting from the top-left corner word “Spain” (because the nationality word is “Spanish”). You can’t jump over squares and you can only move up, down, left or right, not diagonally. You should finish somewhere on the right-hand side of the maze, with an unbroken line of squares between the start and finish. If you get stuck, cross off words which don’t end in “-ish” until you only have one option left for the next square.

 

Spain

 

 

England

 

India

 

Japan

 

 

Kuwait

 

Canada

 

Israel

 

 

UK

 

South Korea

 

Qatar

 

 

Wales

 

Cyprus

 

Egypt

 

 

Turkey

 

China

 

Russia

 

 

Australia

 

Thailand

 

Indonesia

 

 

Poland

 

Greece

 

Ireland

 

 

Argentina

 

Vietnam

 

Norway

 

 

Sweden

 

Czech Republic

 

Germany

 

 

Pakistan

 

Belgium

 

Iraq

 

 

Denmark

 

Finland

 

Scotland

 

 

GB

 

Ireland

When you finish, check that you have finished at the correct final word on the right-hand side. Then write the nationality word endings of all the other squares to make sure that they don’t end in “-ish”.  

Check your answers as a class or below.

 

Answers 

 

Spanish

 

 

English

 

Indian

 

Japanese

 

 

Kuwaiti

 

Canadian

 

Israeli

 

 

British

 

South Korean

 

Qatari

 

 

Welsh

 

Cypriot

 

Egyptian

 

 

Turkish

 

Chinese

 

Russian

 

 

Australian

 

Thai

 

Indonesian

 

 

Polish

 

Greek

 

Irish

 

 

Argentinian

 

Vietnamese

 

Norwegian

 

 

Swedish

 

Czech

 

German

 

 

Pakistani

 

Belgian

 

Iraqi

 

 

Danish

 

Finnish

 

Scottish

 

 

British

 

Irish

Test each other on the nationality words above:

  • Read out a nationality word and see if your partner can make the country word
  • Read out a country word and see if your partner can make the nationality word
  • Read out an ending and help your partner make nationality words that end that way (giving them hints like first letters and what countries are near that country if they get stuck).

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