Country and Nationality Words Reversi Card Game

Country and Nationality Words Reversi Card Game
Instructions
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,
so “I am from Australia” is still connected to “I am Australian”, etc. Fold the cards so that
the two versions are on opposite sides, or you can let the students 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 once they turn 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 or the same
cards as they did last time if they like. Students continue until the teacher stops the game,
or they successfully do all the cards in one go with no mistakes. They can 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 students find the game too challenging, you can let them work together rather than
competing against each other.

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

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2016

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

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

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2016

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

Czech

Argentina

Argentinian

Wales

Welsh

Ireland

Irish

Peru

Peruvian

Iceland

Icelandic

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2016