Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche

1. CdL Economia e Gestione Aziendale UNIT 3 Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche a.a. 2013/2014

2. Review of Unit 1-2: a/an, the, plurals, a/an + jobs, possessive s, this, these, that, those • Adjectives • Telling time + RC on Stress • Adverbs of Frequency • Prepositions of time Outline

3. Weusea/anwith a singularnoun: a bus, a car, a dog, a fast car • Weuseanwith a nounstartingwith a vowel (a, e, i, o, u): • anAfricanelephant, anelephant, anIndianelephant, anoldcar, anumbrella BUTsometimes the initialuispronounced/ʌ/ (an uncle,an ugly man), sometimes it is pronounced /ju:/ (a union, a university). Indefinite article: a/an

4. I’m a doctor – I work as a doctor • She’s a nurse – She works as a nurse • They are engineers – They work as engineers Jobs & professions

5. What & where?

6. We use the with singular and plural nouns Unlike a/an, we use the to refer to something specific Examples: The student is writing his exam Students study every day The students of this faculty come to classes every day Definite article: the

7. In ordertomake the pluralof a noun, weneedtoaddan–s to the word end Examples: • door – doors • window – windows • girl – girls • car – cars • book – books Pluralnouns

8. Nouns ending with ch, sh, s, x, add –es: watches, successes, churches, boxes, lashes Nouns ending in –ypreceded by a consonant go through a morphological change when adding –es: countries, dictionaries, butterflies BUT keys, boys However,

9. person/people*, man/men, woman/women, child/children**, tooth/teeth, foot/feet * The regular form persons is mainly found in public notices, for example to indicate the number of people allowed in an elevator (BrE, lift) ** kid (plural: kids) is informal both for children and teenagers Some nouns, especially those referring to animals, have a single form, both for the singular and the plural: sheep/sheep, fish/fish Irregularplurals

10. We use this/these for things near us: this is my pen, these are my trousers We use that/those for things far away: that is an American car, those clothes are Italian * This and that are singular, these and those are plural This, that, these, those: determiners

11. We use ‘s with a person to talk about relatives and possessions: my brother’s car, my daughter’s school, my parents’ house We don’t use ‘s with things: NOT the house’s roof BUT the roof of the house / the house roof Possessive s

12. 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 adjectives

13. A big elephant and a small elephant. A happy baby and a sad baby Some common adjectives

14. A tall basketball player and a short basketball player An old woman and a young girl An old car and a new car More adjectives

15. It’s + time: it’s half past seven (BrE) v. it’s seven thirty (AmE) (7.30) Also: What’s the time? At is used to introduce when: I get up at 7 o’clock It’s five past nine (9.05), it’s twenty-five to ten (9.35) Telling the time: whattimeisit?

16. Numbers 1 - 30

17. Numbers 31 - 100 31 thirty-one 40 forty 42 forty-two 53 fifty-three 64 sixty-four 75 seventy-five 86 eighty-six 97 ninety-seven 100 one hundred Pronunciation: 13 thirTEEN (second syllable) BUT 30 THIRty (first syllable)

18. What time is it? READING COMPREHENSION p. 30

19. HOW OFTEN … ? SAfVO: Subject + Adverb of frequency + Verb except for the verb to be. In this case, the adverb goes after to be E.g., Jane always plays tennis on Saturdays; they are sometimes boring How often do you go to the gym? I normally go twice a week. Adverbsoffrequency

20. Never/hardly ever – the verb goes in the affirmative form: e.g., She never watches TV, He hardly ever goes swimming Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, never, hardly ever, sometimes, often, normally, usually I usually play volleyball on Mondays and Thursdays Adverbsoffrequency

21. Prepositions of time

22. Exercises pp. 36-37 Connectors (and, or, but, because) and sequencers (then, before/after) Homework: Write an article for a magazine: “My favourite day”. Follow the instructions. Send it to teacher.barbara.meloni@gmail.com Exercises & homework