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Country and Nationality Words Reversi Card Game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

A fun memory card game based on Othello to memorise names of countries and nationality adjectives, including versions in full sentences with Present Simple of be, with third person and with contractions.

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Country and nationality words reversi card game

Instructions for teachers

Choose the set(s) of cards that you want to use – they are in approximate order of difficulty below, with the easiest ones first. Cut up the cards in three columns (not six columns) and single rows, so that the two versions of each are still attached to each other, e.g. “I am from Australia” is still connected to “I am Australian”. Fold the cards so that the two versions are on opposite sides, or ask the students to fold the cards after you give them out (to save you time and to give them a brief look at the words they will need to produce in the game).

Students spread the cards across the table, either side up, then take turns guessing what is on the other side of cards and turning them over to check. One person continues guessing and checking cards until they make a mistake, leaving all the cards they got right the other way round after they turned them over to check. If you want to play for points, they get one point per correct guess of what is on the other side, plus ten bonus points for doing every card on the table without making any mistakes. They can start with any cards they like each time, so they can do the same cards as their partner just did and/ or the same cards as they did last time. Students continue until the teacher stops the game. They could then play the same game with a more difficult set of cards, e.g. using a single-word version the second time but still saying two full sentences with each word.

If the game is too challenging, you can let them work together rather than competing (with the same rules) and/ or take a look at both sides of all of the cards then continue playing.

 

Cards to cut up

Full sentences version

 

I am from Australia

 

 

I am Australian

 

I am from Thailand

 

I am Thai

 

I am from Switzerland

 

I am Swiss

 

I am from Spain

 

 

I am Spanish

 

I am from Japan

 

I am Japanese

 

I am from China

 

I am Chinese

 

I am from Korea

 

 

I am Korean

 

I am from Taiwan

 

I am Taiwanese

 

I am from Britain

 

I am British

 

I am from America

 

 

I am American

 

I am from France

 

I am French

 

I am from Russia

 

I am Russian

 

I am from India

 

 

I am Indian

 

I am from Vietnam

 

I am Vietnamese

 

I am from Indonesia

 

I am Indonesian


Contractions version

 

I’m from Germany

 

 

I’m German

 

I’m from Holland

 

I’m Dutch

 

I’m from Austria

 

I’m Austrian

 

I’m from Turkey

 

 

I’m Turkish

 

I’m from Greece

 

I’m Greek

 

I’m from Italy

 

I’m Italian

 

I’m from Portugal

 

 

I’m Portuguese

 

I’m from Brazil

 

I’m Brazilian

 

I’m from Mexico

 

I’m Mexican

 

I’m from Canada

 

 

I’m Canadian

 

I’m from Poland

 

I’m Polish

 

I’m from Egypt

 

I’m Egyptian

 

I’m from Malaysia

 

 

I’m Malaysian

 

I’m from South Africa

 

I’m South African

 

I’m from Sweden

 

I’m Swedish

 

Different pronouns version

 

I’m from Norway

 

 

 

I’m Norwegian

 

You’re from Finland

 

You’re Finnish

 

He’s from Bosnia

 

He’s Bosnian

 

She’s from the Czech Republic/ Czechia

 

She’s Czech

 

 

 

It’s from Argentina

 

It’s Argentinian

 

We’re from Wales

 

We’re Welsh

 

They’re from Ireland

 

 

 

They’re Irish

 

I’m from Peru

 

I’m Peruvian

 

You’re from Iceland

 

You’re Icelandic

 

Single word versions

 

Australia

 

 

Australian

 

Thailand

 

Thai

 

Switzerland

 

Swiss

 

Spain

 

 

Spanish

 

Japan

 

Japanese

 

China

 

Chinese

 

Korea

 

 

Korean

 

Taiwan

 

Taiwanese

 

Britain

 

British

 

America

 

 

American

 

France

 

French

 

Russia

 

Russian

 

India

 

 

Indian

 

Vietnam

 

Vietnamese

 

Indonesia

 

Indonesian

 

 

Germany

 

 

German

 

Holland

 

Dutch

 

Austria

 

Austrian

 

Turkey

 

 

Turkish

 

Greece

 

Greek

 

Italy

 

Italian

 

Portugal

 

 

Portuguese

 

Brazil

 

Brazilian

 

Mexico

 

Mexican

 

Canada

 

 

Canadian

 

Poland

 

Polish

 

Egypt

 

Egyptian

 

Malaysia

 

 

Malaysian

 

South Africa

 

South African

 

Sweden

 

Swedish

 

 

Norway

 

 

Norwegian

 

Finland

 

Finnish

 

Bosnia

 

Bosnian

the Czech Republic/ Czechia

 

Czech

 

Argentina

 

Argentinian

 

Wales

 

Welsh

 

Ireland

 

 

Irish

 

Peru

 

Peruvian

 

Iceland

 

Icelandic

 

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