Nationality Word Endings Mazes

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”.  

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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”.  

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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).