Principles and Pitfalls of English Grammar

Chapter 9

Insert a single word with the same meaning as the expression in parenthesis into the slot in each of the following.

1. There were some in the train. (German people)
2. Four have joined my language class. (people from China)
3. are said to be stingy, but it’s not true. (Scottish people)
4. My grandmother was a (woman from France)
5. have an ancient tradition of democracy. (people from Greece)
6. Since the merger there have been three on the board. (people from Switzerland)
7. The co-author of my latest book is a . (woman from Finland)
8. In the café I started chatting to a . (man from Bangladesh)