COUNTRIES
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Giant Crossword + Cards
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced Use the clue cards and fill in the missing words. Look at a world map to help you! Answer Key and Detailed Activity Notes Attached Activity Version 1: more challenging Activity Version 2: easier Time: Approx 25 - 30 mins Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Global Population - Listening Quiz Practice
COUNTRIES Level: Advanced Page 1 Six multiple choice questions with six post-listening discussion questions Page 2 Complete Audio Script and Answer Key Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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60-minute Lesson Plan
COUNTRIES Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate "Mexico's Day of the Dead" Multi-page lesson:
Answer Key attached Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Categories Vocabulary Building
COUNTRIES Level: Beginner to Elementary In the spaces below, write down the different city, country and continent names. Individual or pair work Time: Approx 10 - 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Basic English Dialogs
COUNTRIES Level: Elementary to Intermediate Three short dialogs for vocabulary, listening, and speaking practice. Extension activity on attached Page 2 Answer Key attached on Page 3 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
DIALOG 1
DIALOG 2
DIALOG 3
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Writing Practice
COUNTRIES Level: Elementary to Intermediate "Write a paragraph about your country. Remember to include information such as its location, how many people live there, what languages people speak there, special places and why you like your country." Focus on present simple tense Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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16 Clues
COUNTRIES Level: Elementary to Intermediate Read the clues and fill in the missing letters. Answer Key attached Time: Approx 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Crossword
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced Read the nationalities and write the country names. Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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NOTE: Although the layout in this interactive game is different, the answers and clues are the same as those found in the printable crossword above.
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Worksheet
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced "East Asia" Work with a classmate and write the names of the countries on the map. Activity Notes and Answer Key attached on Page 2 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Countries of East Asia
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Cambodia
China Indonesia Japan |
Laos
Malaysia Mongolia North Korea |
Philippines
Russia South Korea |
Taiwan
Thailand Vietnam |
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Worksheet
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced "South America" Work with a classmate and write the names of the countries on the map. Activity Notes and Answer Key attached on Page 2 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Countries of South America
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Argentina
Bolivia Brazil Chile |
Colombia
Ecuador French Guiana |
Guyana
Paraguay Peru |
Suriname
Uruguay Venezuela |
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Worksheet
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced "Europe" Work with a classmate and write the names of the countries on the map. Activity Notes and Answer Key attached on Page 2 Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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NOTE: There are 16 country names in the interactive activity (directly above) - the worksheet activity, however, lists 24 country names.
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Reading (Scanning)
COUNTRIES Level: Elementary to Intermediate "France" Read the Internet article and decide if each statement is true or false. Answer Key on Page 2 Time: Approx 10 - 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Pair Work Discussion
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate 20 different questions about countries - evenly divided into 'A" and 'B' handouts Pair work See attached Answer Key for Question #8 (countries that begin with the letters 'A' and 'B') Time: Approx 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Discussion Practice
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced 16 Question strips adapted from the above Pair Work activity. These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Activity Notes on Page 2 Time: Approx 10 - 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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'Find Someone Who' Activity
COUNTRIES Level: Elementary to Intermediate Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity Whole class activity Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity Version 1 and Version 2) Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Board Game
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced 30 questions about countries For groups of two to three players Time: Approx 20 to 25 minutes Dice required Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Activity
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to advanced You and your classmates have discovered 4 small islands and you are going to make a new country. Discuss and answer the questions below. For groups of 2 to 3 students. Time: Approx 20 to 25 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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2- to 3-Hour Lesson
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced "Iceland" Seven pages of activities about countries and Iceland (vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing); Answer Key attached Time: Approx 120 - 180 minutes total Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Worksheet
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced Brainstorming and dictionary practice Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below. All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given. Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer. Time: Approx 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider breaking your class into two teams and see which team can come up with the most (correctly spelled) words within a given time limit. Also, consider giving this worksheet to your students for homework. |
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Word Bank
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced 63 names of various countries of the world Question: What other countries can you think of that are not listed below? Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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63 Countries in the World
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Algeria
Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Columbia Cuba Denmark |
Ecuador
Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland |
Italy
Japan Jordan Korea Laos Lebanon Libya Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Morocco Nepal |
Netherlands
New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa |
Spain
Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zimbabwe |
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Word Bank
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced 54 names of various countries of the world along with their nationalities Question: Which 4 countries below use 'the' before their names? With Answer Key. Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Word Bank (Gap-Fill)
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced Read the 15 clues and match with the countries Gap-fill exercise; Answer Key attached Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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15 Essential Words About Countries and Languages
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Brazil
Canada Chile China Egypt |
France
Germany Iceland India Japan |
Korea
Mexico Nigeria Russia United Kingdom |
Try the interactive version of the above worksheet!
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NOTE: At the time this video was made, the global population was 7.2 billion. It is now more than 8 billion. The printable quiz and interactive game below have been updated.
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General Knowledge Quiz
COUNTRIES Level: Elementary to Intermediate 14 general knowledge questions about countries Answer Key attached Time: Approx 10 - 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Crossword
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced Information-Gap (Pair Work); Answer Key attached Time: Approx 20 - 25 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Word Search
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced 18 countries Answer Key attached Time: Approx 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Rank & Discuss Opinions
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced 12 statements about countries Students read, rank their opinions, and then discuss in pairs or small groups Time: Approx 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Advice Column
COUNTRIES Level: Intermediate to Advanced Newspaper advice column with 3 problems about countries Students read and then discuss or write about possible solutions Time: Approx 25 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Have your learners try these Advanced Level Listening exercises on my Learner Listening site - click on the images below!
