1- Countries and nationalities
United Kingdom Nigel is from England. |
France Sophie is French. |
Germany Luther and Kerstin are Germans. |
United States She is Kelly. |
China Tai Sung is Chinese, but he lives in Los Angeles, U.S. |
Brazil Paula is Brazilian. |
Mexico Lupita is Mexican |
Use capital letters in English
In English, you should always capitalize the name of countries, languages and nationalities because they are proper nouns.
I am American. She speaks English. They are from the United States.
2- Wh-questions
Wh |
Significado |
Ejemplo (to be) |
Ejemplo (auxiliar o modal) |
What |
¿Qué o Cuál? |
What language is that? |
What language do you Speak? |
Who |
¿Quién? |
Who is from Europe? |
Who can speak German? |
When |
¿Cuando? |
When are you travelling? |
When did they arrive? |
Where |
¿Dónde? |
Where are they staying? |
Where does she travel? |
Why |
¿Por qué? |
Why is London so expensive? |
Why did you decide to visit Rome? |
Which |
¿Cuál o Cuáles? |
Which of these flags is yours? |
Which of the options do you think is the best? |
How |
¿Cómo? |
How old are you? |
How long does it take to get to Paris by train? |
Al preguntar con “Why” se debe responder con “because”. Ejemplo: Why did you want to visit Vatican City? (¿Por qué quisiste visitar la ciudad del Vaticano?). Because I wanted to visit the Sistine Chapel. (Porque quería visitar la capilla Sixtina). La diferencia entre What y Which (¿Cuál?). “What” se usa para preguntar por un número desconocido de posibilidades o respuestas. “Which” se usa para hacer una elección entre opciones o alternativas específicas y limitadas. Ejemplo: Which of these countries is your vacation option? (¿Cuál de estos países es tu opción de vacaciones?) What is your favorite food? (¿Cuál es tu comida favorita?). |
Country |
Nationality |
Language |
Argentina |
Argentinean |
Spanish |
Brazil |
Brazilian |
Portuguese |
Bolivia |
Bolivian |
Spanish |
Chile |
Chilean |
Spanish |
China |
Chinese |
Mandarin |
Colombia |
Colombian |
Spanish |
England |
English |
English |
France |
French |
French |
Germany |
German |
German |
Italy |
Italian |
Italian |
Japan |
Japanese |
Japanese |
Mexico |
Mexican |
Spanish |
Peru |
Peruvian |
Spanish |
Spain |
Spanish |
Spanish |
United Kingdom (UK) |
British |
English |
United States (US) |
American |
English |
Chat between 2 university students in Europe who want to meet new people.
Francesca: Hi! My name is Francesca. Who are you?
Nathaniel: Hello! I’m Nathaniel. I’m Scottish. Where are you from?
Francesca: I’m from Milan in Italy. How old are you?
Nathaniel: I’m 20 years old. What do you do?
Francesca: I’m 18. I’m studying for being a nutritionist.
Nathaniel: That’s nice. I’m studying architecture. When are you going to visit UK?
Francesca: Next week. Where do we meet?
Nathaniel: We can meet at the Prince Gardens on Friday. Gardens.
Francesca: Great! See you soon Nathaniel.
Nathaniel: Bye Francesca. See you next week.