Activity: Nationality bingo

Interaction: Whole class or pair work

Aim: To review countries and nationalities

Skill: Listening and writing

Vocabulary: Countries and nationalities

Materials: Dictionary

Preparation: Use the list of countries and nationalities below or make a list of the ones you want to review.

Time: 10-15 minutes

Procedure

1 Ask students to draw a grid with sixteen squares in their notebook. The squares have to be big enough to write in.
2 Tell them that you are going to read a list of countries. They should write one word in each square. Ask them to write in random squares,

not left to right or top to bottom.

3 Read this list to the class: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Portugal,

Spain, Uruguay and the U.S.A.

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4 Now tell them you are going to read a list of nationalities. Students put a check in the box that corresponds to each nationality. The first

person to check four boxes in a row across or down (not diagonally) shouts 'Bingo'.

5 Now read out all the words below in random order. Check off the words as you call them so that you don't repeat. American Argentinean

Brazilian Canadian Chinese Colombian French German Greek Italian Japanese Mexican Peruvian Portuguese Spanish Uruguayan

Additional ideas

• If you would like to extend the activity, change the goal to four in a row across and down.

Notes

To make the game a little easier, students can play in pairs.

Germany

Argentina

Uruguay

France

Colombia

the U.S.A.

Canada

Brazil

China

Mexico

Portugal

Peru

Japan

Spain

Italy

Greece