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Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche Idoneità di lingua inglese Dott.ssa Loi Alessandra 2015-2016 Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 Loi A. 2016-2017 Adjectives Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 Loi A. 2016-2017 Adjectives • They always precede the noun they refer to: a beautiful dress, a pretty girl, a happy child • They are neutral and, therefore, they never take the plural: my gorgeous nieces, my nice neighbors, my new pencils, my wonderful friends • They don’t agree on number and gender Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals CITIES EMAILS PEOPLE BOXES WOMEN Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals IRREGULAR PLURAL OF NOUNS Noun + s PLURALI IRREGOLARI singolari plurali Man / woman child person mouse tooth foot goose ox louse men women children people mice teeth feet geese oxen lice Uomo/uomini Donna/donne Bambino/a / bambini/e Persona/gente Topo/topi Dente/denti Piede/piedi Oca/oche Bue/buoi Pidocchio/pidocchi Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals 2. A box of matches 4. many leaves 3. A bowl of fish 5. three tomatoes 6. children Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals 1. river 2. bay 3. glass 4. watch 5. life 6. tooth 7. country rivers bays glasses watches. lives teeth countries 8. radio 9. mouse 10. fox 11. wife 12. page 13. sheep 14. boy radios mice foxes wives pages sheep boys Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals 1. river 2. bay 3. glass 4. watch 5. life 6. tooth 7. country river s bays glasses watches lives teet h countries 8. radio 9. mouse 10. fox 11. wife 12. page 13. sheep 14. boy radios mice foxes wives pages shee p boys Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals a piece of information wolves women feet Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Plurals 1. river 2. bay 3. glass 4. watch 5. life 6. tooth 7. country rivers bays glasses watches lives teeth countries 8. radio 9. mouse 10. fox 11. wife 12. page 13. sheep 14. boy radios mice foxes wives pages sheep boys Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Demonstratives In English grammar, the words `this', `that', `these', and `those' are called demonstratives. Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Demonstratives “This” is used for singular nouns that are physically close to the speaker. Eg: This is really good. “That” is used for singular nouns that are physically far from the speaker. Eg: That is the place. Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Demonstratives “These” (plural form of this) is used for plural nouns that are close to the speaker. Eg: These are a lot of fun. “Those” (plural form of that) is used for plural nouns that are far from the speaker. Eg:Those are really good English books. Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Demonstratives “They are used as adjectives, and agree with their nouns in number. They are the only adjectives to do this. Examples This book is really good. That restaurant is really good. These games are very funny. Those English books are interesting. . Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Can Can is a particular type of auxiliary verb, called modal verb. Modal verbs express a specific character of a verb. This modal verb has different meanings. Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Can MAIN CHARACTERISTICS a. It has the same form in all persons. I can speak English, She can cook, They can dance. b. There is NO Auxiliary (do or does). c. It is followed by the infinitive without to: I can sing. We can’t drive. Can you pass me the sugar? Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Can 1. It is often used to express ability or possibility. - He can sing well. I can pass the exam. 2. It is also used to give and ask for permission. - You can go home after class. - Can I go to the toilet, please? 3. We also use it in offers, requests and instructions. - Can I help you? - Can you help me? - When you finish Exercise 1, you can start Exercise 2. Economics and Business Management Unit 1 and 2 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Can’t It is the contracted negative form of can. It has the same structure as the positive form. - I can’t play the piano. - They can’t cook very well. - He cannot swim. Note well Can’t and cannot are the same, but can’t is much more common in spoken English.