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Fred, Eric and Jason are standing around the barbecue talking about food and a “proper” diet. Fred explains to them how he has prepared his delicious sauce for the steaks.

Understanding the text. True or false? Tick the correct box.

1. Men and women are standing around the BBQ.

2. Fred bought the steaks at a supermarket.

3. He left the steaks in a spicy mixture for two days.

4. The men prefer eating meat.

5. The men know something about “proper dieting”.

6. Jason is on a diet.

7. Jason and Eric eat steaks from an ox.

8. Fred barbecued shrimps.

true	false

Countries and nationalities. Complete the table below. Use a dictionary if you wish.

The country is:	The people are:
9. England	the English
10. __________	the Germans
11. Kiwi)	the New Zealanders
12. ___________	the Welsh
13. _________	the French
14. Italy	______________
15. Spain	______________
16. ____________	the Greeks
17. Australia (OZ)	______________

Which words are missing?

18. Great Britain is three countries: England, ________ and ________. These three countries, together with Northern Ireland, form the ________ .

And what about you? Answer in full sentences.

19. Who prepares the food when you have a BBQ-party?

20. What kind of BBQ have you got? Give a reason (with charcoal = Holzkohle; an electric BBQ, fired by propane gas or liquefied petroleum gas = flüssiges Propangas).

Be foxy and learn the FOXY-rule

EXERCISES

I. Completed the sentences by putting the words in brackets into their plural form.

1. Good evening, (lady) and (gentleman).

2. Good morning (child).

3. London’s telephone (box) are red and its (taxi) black.

4. Are (bus) allowed to drive as fast as (lorry) on (motorway)?

5. More and more people work in (office) and in the service (industry).

6. Rapunzel had three (wish) free.

7. (Peach) grow in this country, but (orange) must be imported from sunnier (country).

II. Turn the singular forms into plural and the plural into singular forms.

1. You left your book on my shelf.

2. Are these your tomatoes?

3. A man can’t have a baby.

4. Does your tooth ache?

5. A disco is fantastic.

6. There are no leaves on those trees.

7. They have young children.

III. Difficult plural forms, look them up in a dictionary.

1. mother-in-law

2. sheep

3. woman driver

4. life

5. analysis

6. date

IV. Put the words in brackets […] into the plural.

Water – gathered from the long rainfalls which arrived from Wales – was the most active thing in the dale. It would drip endlessly all day from [cloud] and [tree], from [roof] and eaves (Dachrinnen) and [nose]. It tore open [road], cut its way through [garden], filled the [ditch] (Graben) with splashing [noise]. (Summarized from “Cider with Rosie” by Laurie Lee)