1. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Idoneità di lingua inglese
Dott.ssa Loi Alessandra

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Adjectives

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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

5. CITIES S
PEOPLE
BOXES
WOMEN

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Plurals

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2. A box of matches A bowl of fish
4. many leaves three tomatoes 6. children

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a piece of information
wolves
women
feet

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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
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.