Countries – Free Exercise

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Exercises

Choose the correct articles.

  1. Côte d’Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire
  2. Libye Libya
  3. Portugal Portugal
  4. Bangladesh Bangladesh
  5. États-Unis United States
  6. Yémen Yemen
  7. Corée du Sud South Korea
  8. Luxembourg Luxembourg
  9. Turquie Turkey/Türkiye

Complete the gaps with the missing country names and demonyms.

Country Demonym
le Brésil masculin :  
féminin :   Brazil
Brazilian
la   masculin : Grec
féminin : Grecque Greece
Greek
la Croatie masculin et féminin :   Croatia
Croatian
le   masculin : Vénézuélien
féminin : Vénézuélienne Venezuela
Venezuelan
les Pays-Bas masculin :  
féminin :   The Netherlands
Dutch

Complete the sentences with the adjectives of the underlined countries.

  1. Elle n’est jamais allée en Argentine, mais elle a plein d’amis  .French country adjectives are written in lower case.She’s never been to Argentina, but she has lots of Argentinean friends.
  2. En France, on parle la langue  .French country adjectives are written in lower case.In France, they speak French.
  3. Lors de notre voyage en Russie, nous avons appris beaucoup de choses sur les écrivains  .French country adjectives are written in lower case.During our trip to Russia, we learned a lot about Russian authors.
  4. As-tu bu de la bière   lorsque tu étais en Belgique ?French country adjectives are written in lower case.Did you drink Belgian beer while you were in Belgium?
  5. Ma tante a rapporté du chocolat de Suisse. J’adore le chocolat   !French country adjectives are written in lower case.My aunt has brought back chocolate from Switzerland. I love Swiss chocolate!

Complete the sentences with the demonyms of the underlined countries.

  1. Elle est au Canada pour rendre visite à son ami, c’est un  .French demonyms are written with a capital letter.She is in Canada to visit her friend, he’s Canadian.
  2. Il a travaillé quelques mois au Japon et a fait la connaissance de   très sympatiques.French demonyms are written with a capital letter.He worked in Japan for a few months and met some very nice Japanese people.
  3. Avant son voyage au Mexique, ma sœur ne savait pas que la célèbre artiste Frida Kahlo était une  .French demonyms are written with a capital letter.Before her trip to Mexico, my sister didn’t know that the famous artist Frida Kahlo was Mexican.
  4. En Espagne, j’ai découvert que les   ont deux noms de famille.French demonyms are written with a capital letter.In Spain, I discovered that Spanish people have two surnames.
  5. Au XIXe siècle, la famine s’est abattue sur l’Irlande et beaucoup d’  ont quitté leur pays.French demonyms are written with a capital letter.In the 19th century, famine hit Ireland and many Irish people left their homeland.