Nationality Words- Stress Maze Games

Nationality words stress maze games

Nationality words stressed on the first syllable maze game

Trace a route through the maze below by following only the country words which change into nationality words that are stressed on the first syllable, starting from the top-left corner word “India” (because the nationality word is “INdian”, stressed on the first syllable). You can’t jump over squares and you can only move vertically or horizontally (meaning 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.

India	China	Malta	Lebanon	Pakistan	Argentina
Austria	Turkey	Iraq	Japan	Portugal	Taiwan
Norway	Poland	Israel	Brazil	Mongolia	Italy
Ireland	Denmark	Egypt	Australia	Georgia	Finland
Spain	Kuwait	Iceland	Canada	Russia	Peru
UK	Germany	New Zealand	USA	Scotland	South Africa
Croatia	Sweden	Cyprus	Belgium	England	Ukraine

Check if you have the right final word on the right-hand side, then write the nationality word and stress on the words in the other boxes to make sure they aren’t stressed on the first syllable. 

Check your answers as a class or below.

 

Answers 

Indian	Chinese	Maltese	Lebanese	Pakistani	Argentinian
Austrian	Turkish	Iraqi	Japanese	Portuguese	Taiwanese
Norwegian	Polish	Israeli	Brazilian	Mongolian	Italian
Irish	Danish	Egyptian	Australian	Georgian	Finnish
Spanish	Kuwaiti	Icelandic	Canadian	Russian	Peruvian
British	German	New Zealand	American	Scottish	South Africa
Croatia	Swedish	Cypriot	Belgian	English	Ukrainian

Test each other on the words above:

• Read out a nationality word and see if your partner can tell you which syllable is stressed
• Read out a country word and see if your partner can say the nationality word with the correct stress and say which syllable is stressed
• Hum a stress pattern and help your partner come up with suitable nationality words, giving them hints like the first letter and where the countries are if they get stuck

 

Nationality words stressed on the second syllable maze game

Trace a route through the maze by following only the country words which change into nationality words that are stressed on the second syllable, starting from the top-left corner word “China” (because the nationality word is “ChiNESE”, stressed on the second syllable). 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.

China	Turkey	Croatia	Australia	Mongolia	Peru
Norway	Denmark	Israel	Indonesia	Argentina	Ethiopia
Kuwait	Spain	Iraq	Pakistan	North Korea	Cyprus
Egypt	Germany	Malta	Austria	South Korea	Lebanon
New Zealand	UK	Ukraine	India	Ireland	Georgia
USA	Russia	Italy	Finland	Poland	Scotland
Iceland	Canada	Brazil	Sweden	Belgium	England

Check that you have finished on the correct word in the right-hand column, then draw the stress on all the other squares to make sure that they aren’t stressed on the second syllable.  

Check your answers as a class or below.

Test each other on the words above and below:

• Read out a nationality word and see if your partner can tell you which syllable is stressed
• Read out a country word and see if your partner can say the nationality word with the correct stress and say which syllable is stressed
• Hum a stress pattern and help your partner come up with suitable nationality words, giving them hints like the first letter and famous things from that place if they get stuck

Make up a similar maze with the same and/ or different words to test another group with.

 

Answers

Chinese	Turkish	Croatian	Australian	Mongolian	Peruvian
Norwegian	Danish	Israeli	Indonesian	Argentinian	Ethiopian
Kuwaiti	Spanish	Iraqi	Pakistani	North Korean	Cypriot
Egyptian	German	Maltese	Austrian	South Korean	Lebanese
New Zealand	British	Ukrainian	Indian	Irish	Georgian
American	Russian	Italian	Finnish	Polish	Scottish
Icelandic	Canadian	Brazilian	Swedish	Belgian	English

 

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