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

2. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Vocabulary – things
Look at page 12 and list as many nouns as possible in 1 minute.

3. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Vocabulary – things
Glasses
A lamp
An armachair
A pencil
Photos
A tea-table
A picture frame
A phone
Pieces of paper
A waste-paper bin
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4. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Economics and Business Management
Unit 2
Indefinite article: a, an
• 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
Sometimes the initial u is pronounced /ʌ/ (an uncle, an ugly man).
BUT when the initial U and other initial letters are pronounced with the sound /ju:/ we use the article a (a union, a university, a European university)

5. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Economics and Business Management
Unit 2
Indefinite article: a
•Si usa a davanti a:
• consonante (comprese w e y) → a student, a
word, a yacht
• h aspirata → a hamburger, a house
•i suoni /ju/ e /wa/ → a unit, a European
country, a one-way street, a once-popular
song, a one-legged man

6. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Economics and Business Management
Unit 2
Indefinite article: an
•Si usa an davanti a:
• Vocale → an exercise, an apple
• h muta → an hour, an honest man
Le piu comuni parole con h muta sono:
hour, honest, honour, heir, hourly,
honourable, heiress,
honestly

7. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Economics and Business Management
Unit 2
Indefinite article: an
Exercises: Inserisci a an
This is …. good book.
There’s …… beautiful park in North Street
Thailand is not …… European country.
My father’s …. architect.
Is there … dog in that garden?
Italy isn’t … island.
Cambridge is …. excellent university.
8) It’s … nice day today.

8. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Economics and Business Management
Unit 2
Indefinite article: an
_ book __ hamburger __ hen __ corn
_dog __ donkey __ house __ European country
_ yogurt __ student __ Indian __ ice-cream
__ egg __ mouse __ elephant __ watch
_ apple __ horse __ cat __ washing machine
__ one-way street
__ wolf __ hedgehog __ hat
__ orange __ university __ alarm clock
__ whale __ lion __ door __ heir

9. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Economics and Business Management
Unit 2
Indefinite article: an
A book A hamburger A hen A corn
A dog A donkey A house A European country
A yogurt A student AN Indian AN ice-cream
AN egg A mouse AN elephant A watch
an apple A horse A cat A washing machine
A one-way street
A wolf A hedgehog A hat
AN orange A university AN alarm clock
A whale A lion A door AN heir

10. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Economics and Business Management
Unit 2

11. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Answers ex . 1
A snack-bar
A tomato sandwich
An orange juice
An apple pie
A tennis racket
A gold watch
A bus driver
An English lesson
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12. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Definite article: the
(see also Unit 11 of the book)
- 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
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13. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Definite article: the
(see also Unit 11 of the book)
In inglese esiste un solo articolo determinativo: THE
The boy (m) (sing) the girl (f) (sing)
The Boys (m) (plur) the girls (f) (plur)
Si usa the con:
- gruppi o categorie di parole: the sick, the rich, the poor, the old
- gli strumenti musicali:
the guit

14. Economics and Business Management – Unit 2
Definite article: the(see also Unit 11 of the book)
the guit

15. Economics and Business Management – Unit 2
A, an or the, oppure nessun articolo? Answers
UNIT 2
1. Who is you best friend?
2. Ben loves jazz music.
3. Meg is a shop assistant.
4. Meg and Brian are shop assistants
5. Penguins live at the South Pole.
6. Beer is an alcholic drink.
7. Mrs. Green is my new boss.
8. There’s a swimming pool in the school.
9. The swimming pool is closed today.
10. What’s your job? Are you a teacher?
11. The moon is a satellite.
12. Bananas and pineapples are tropical fruit.
13. The pineapples are in the fridge.
14. Vegetables are good for your health.
15. Put the vegetables in your basket.
16. Have you got a computer at school?
17. We have computers at work.
18. Is tea a stimulant like coffee?
the

16. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Exercise: inserisci a, an, the
My grandparents live in …. very nice house in …
countryside. …… house is on three floors.
Downstairs there’s …. huge sitting room, with …
big sofa and … fireplace. …. bedrooms are on ….
second floor. There’s also ….. Big room in …
attic. That is my favourite place, because …
view from there is amazing.

17. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Plural nouns
What’s the plural of ……….. ?
- Glass
- Watch
- Church
- Box
- Diary
- Guy
- Woman
- Fish
- piano
- Men
- Tooth

18. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Plural nouns
In order to make the plural of a noun, we need to add an –s to the word end.
Examples:
• door – doors
• window – windows
• girl – girls
• car – cars
• book – books
Alessandra Loi

19. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Plural nouns
However,
• Nouns ending with ch, sh, s, x, add –es:
watches, successes, churches, boxes, lashes
• Nouns ending in –y preceded by a consonant
go through a morphological change when adding –es:
countries, dictionaries, butterflies
BUT keys, boys

20. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
Irregular Plural nouns
• 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
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21. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2A
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

22. Economics and Business Management Unit 1 AND 2 The flag of Sardinia
This is the Sardinian flag.
It is white, black and red.
Sardinia is in Italy.

23. Economics and Business Management Unit 2B Colours
red yellow green blue grey orange brown pink purple black
white

24. Economics and Business Management Unit 1 AND 2 Grammar
1) This is the Irish flag. Yes! This is the irish flag. No! 2) This is the Irish flag. Yes! This is the flag Irish. No! 3) It is green, white and orange. Yes! Is green, white and orange. No! - Nella lingua inglese le lingue e gli aggettivi di nazionalità iniziano con la maiuscola. ES. 1 - L’aggettivo precede il sostantivo. ES. 2 - I pronomi personali soggetto non vengono omessi. ES. 3

25. Economics and Business Management Unit 2

26. Economics and Business Management unit 2B

27. Economics and Business Management Unit 2

28. Good looking Handsome Attractive Beautiful Gorgeous
Economics and Business Management Unit 2B How to describe people Adjectives of appearance
Do you know the difference between the following adjectives of appearance?
Pretty
Beautiful
Gorgeous
Good looking
Attractive
Handsome

29. Handsome Good looking Attractive for both men and women
Economics and Business Management Unit 2 B How to describe people - Adjectives of appearance
Pretty Beautiful Gorgeous
Handsome
Good looking
Attractive
for both men and women

30. Economics and Business Management Unit 2 How to describe people

31. Economics and Business Management Unit 2
Pay attention ! She has dark eyes Not black eyes

32. Economics and Business Management Unit 2
Adjectives of feelings

33. Adjectives of feelings

34. Adjectives of feelings
surprised

35. Adjectives of feelings

36. Adjectives of feelings
Frightened

37. Adjectives of feelings

38. Adjectives of feelings
Tired
Exhausted

39. Yeahhhhhh!

40. Adjectives of feelings
Relaxed
Adjectives of feelings

41. Adjectives of feelings

42. Angry Annoyed Adjectives of feelings
NB: annoyed is a false friend and its meaning in Italian is : irritato, arrabbiato, infastidito.

43. Adjectives of feelings

44. Adjectives of feelings
Depressed

45. Es: I’m hungry, I’m thirsty, I’m hot, I’m cold.
Adjectives of feelings
NB: quando si parla di avere sete, fame, freddo, caldo ecc., la lingua inglese usa il verbo to be e non il verbo to have .
Es: I’m hungry, I’m thirsty, I’m hot, I’m cold.

46. Economics and Business Management Unit 2 Grammar LISTEN!

47. Economics and Business Management
UNIT 2
HOMEWORK
English File Elementary Digital : pp from the Student’s Book
Exercises from the Workbook
Writing task: write a description of a famous person. Look at the model on pg.15 and write a simple paragraph in 50 – 60 words.
Send it to me at the following address:
for correction.
Alessandra Loi