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 Lesson 1-2: • a/an, • the, • plurals, • this, these, that, those • Wh- words (what/which/when/where/how/who/why?) Outline

3. We use a/an with a singular noun: a bus, a car, a dog, a fast car We use an with a noun starting with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u): an African elephant, an elephant, an Indian elephant, an old car, an umbrella BUT sometimes the initial u is pronounced /ʌ/ (an uncle,an ugly man), sometimes it is pronounced /ju:/ (a union, a university). Indefinite article: a/an

4. 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

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

6. 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,

7. 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

8. 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

9. Today’s INPUT: • a/an + jobs, • Present Simple of verbs • possessive ‘s, • Adjectives • Telling time + RC on Stress • Adverbs of Frequency • Prepositions of time

10. 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 Listening p. 21 Ex. A(2.11)

11. What & where?

13. Typically British? p. 16 What is typically British for foreigners? PRESENT SIMPLE p. 124

14. PRESENT SIMPLE p. 124

15. PRESENT SIMPLE p. 124

16. PRESENT SIMPLE p. 124

17. The family p. 145

18. 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

19. 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

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

21. 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 p. 146

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

23. 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?

24. Numbers 1 - 30

25. 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)

26. HOW OFTEN … ? E.g., How oftendo you go to the gym? SAfVO: Subject + Adverb of frequency + Verb + Object E.g., Jane always plays tennis on Saturdays - I normally go twice a week. W/ to be adverb goes after: to be + adv. E.g., they are sometimes boring Adverbsoffrequency

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

28. Prepositions of time

29. 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 on pg. 37. Send it to: marongiuma@gmail.com Exercises & homework