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Countries &
VOCABULARY nationalities

3 Read the article again and match the headings with the 8 In pairs, match each country with its nationality
paragraphs. There is one heading you don’t need. word and its flag.
China – Chinese – flag 19
A secret art gallery

China India Peru Italy Spain Australia
A very big gift
Turkey Great Britain Brazil Russia Germany
USA Canada France Greece Japan Mexico
A very long wall
Ireland Egypt Poland
An incredible building
Brazilian Mexican Irish German British
An exciting stadium Japanese French Chinese Greek Indian
Peruvian Turkish Egyptian Italian American
A city in the mountains Spanish Canadian Russian Australian Polish

4 Read the article again and answer the questions. 1 2 3 4

1 What is the Statue of Liberty holding?
2 How tall is the Great Pyramid?
3 What is Machu Picchu? 5 6 7 8
4 How old is the Colosseum?
5 Why can’t people visit the Lascaux Caves?
9 10 11 12
5 Can you remember what the numbers below refer to?
Find the facts in the text.
1 46 13 14 15 16
The Statue of Liberty is 46 metres tall.
2 137
3 1,000,000
4 50,000 17 18 19 20
5 17,300

6 Read Word Zone and find the missing abbreviations in
the article. 9 Listen and check your answers to exercise 8.

Abbreviations 10 Think of five things, places or people from around the
WORD We often use abbreviations in texts for world. Write sentences using countries or nationalities
ZONE measurements. to describe them.

millimetre = mm Ottawa – it’s the capital city of Canada.
kilogramme = kg Neymar – he’s a Brazilian footballer.
centimetre = cm
metre = … 11 Work in groups. Read your sentences. The other
1
kilometre = … students guess the answers.
2
It’s the capital city
7 Discuss the questions with your partner. of Canada. Is it Montreal?
● Are there World Heritage Sites in your country? What are
they? No, it isn’t.
● Do you know any World Heritage Sites in other Is it Ottawa?
countries?
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