Transcript Unit 1 and 2 - I blog di Unica

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
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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
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Plurals
CITIES
EMAILS
PEOPLE
BOXES
WOMEN
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Plurals
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Plurals
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Plurals
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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
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Plurals
2. A box of matches
4. many leaves
3. A bowl of fish
5. three tomatoes
6. children
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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
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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
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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
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Demonstratives
In English grammar, the
words `this', `that', `these',
and `those' are called
demonstratives.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.