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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

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      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)

      EATING

      Fred and his guests are sitting at the table enjoying their food. Jason comes in later with sad news.

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

       1. There are five people sitting at the table at the beginning.

       2. Claudia passes the salt to Eric and says: “please”.

       3. Claudia is eating an iceberg.

       4. Jason comes in with a policeman.

       5. Eric’s car is getting towed off.

       6. “Tomato sauce” and “ketchup” mean the same.

true false

       And what about you? Answer in full sentences.

       7. Are you a vegetarian? Why? Why not?

       8. Have you or one of your friends ever been fined (Strafzettel erhalten) by the police?Why and how much was the fine?

       THE REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS DIE REGELM Ä SSIGEN UND UNREGELMÄSSIGEN VERBEN

      So wie es im Deutschen schwache (fragen, fragte, gefragt) und starke Verben (singen, sang, gesungen) gibt, unterscheidet man auch im Englischen in regelmäßige

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