Here I have a little game to play. If some of you are tired and stressed out because you’ve just finished your work or lecture, I hope you’ll will refreshed.
How many nationality do you know in this world? You might have heard of the famous ones such as American, British, Chinese, Korean. But this time, I want to measure your knowledge by letting you guess the nationality for people who live in a country we rarely hear about.
I will give you 8 clues which are the suffix usually put after the name of the country. They are: -ian, -ean, -an, -ese, -er, ic, -ish, and –i. Okay, let’s begin and I will start from the easiest one. I bet you have heard or read about it somewhere.
- Belgium = _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Egypt = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Sweden = _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Iraq = _ _ _ _ _
- Bangladesh = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Finland = _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Poland = _ _ _ _ _ _
- Switzerland = _ _ _ _ _
- Kuwait = _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Morocco = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer:
- Belgian
- Egyptian
- Swedish
- Iraqi
- Bangladeshi
- Finnish
- Polish
- Swiss*
- Kuwaiti
- Morrocan
- You might heard that Swiss is a name of a country. You might also think that Swiss is the other name of Switzerland or Sweden, but apparently Switzerland and Sweden are two different countries. And Swiss is not a country, but a nationality.
Compiled and written by @mettaa_ for @EnglishTips4U on Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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