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Exercise 1
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Chhoooossee tthhee ccoorrrreecctt aaddjjeeccttiivvee oorr nnoouunn ffoorrm
mss ttoo ccoom
mpplleettee tthhee sseenntteenncceess bbeelloow
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11 The Australians   are known for their outgoing personalities, generosity and sense of humour.

! The plural form of nationality nouns which end in --aann and some others is the same as the adjective + --ss.
! We can say AAuussttrraalliiaann ppeeooppllee or tthhee AAuussttrraalliiaannss to refer to the people who are from Australia in general.

22 The illiterate   come mostly from older generations.

! We can use tthhee + adjective (without noun) when we a referring to certain groups of people in general. For example, when
we want to talk about people who are deaf, we can say tthhee ddeeaaff, as an alternative to ddeeaaff ppeeooppllee.
! When we use adjectives without nouns, as described above, we can always use two different structures:

tthhee + adjective (without noun): tthhee rriicchh,, tthhee bblliinndd,, tthhee yyoouunngg,, eettcc..
adjective + ppeeooppllee (without tthhee): rriicchh ppeeooppllee,, bblliinndd ppeeooppllee,, yyoouunngg ppeeooppllee,, eettcc.

33 Rotterdam police have arrested a Dutchman   in connection with the murder of an American tourist.

–cchh,, –
! When we want to refer to one person from a specific country, if the nationality adjective ends in – –sshh,, –
–eessee,, –
–ssss, we
must add --m
maann or --w
woom
maann after it.
–cchh,, –
! There are several nationality adjectives ending in – –sshh,, –
–eessee,, –
–ssss that have special nouns to refer to a person from
the country. We say a Spaniard (NOT a Spanishman), a Dane (NOT a Danishwoman), a Finn (NOT a Finishman), a Scot, a
Pole, a Swede, a Turk, etc.

44 They organise sports tournaments for the deaf   .

! We can use tthhee + adjective (without noun) when we a referring to certain groups of people in general. For example, when
we want to talk about people who are deaf, we can say tthhee ddeeaaff, as an alternative to ddeeaaff ppeeooppllee.
! When we use adjectives without nouns, as described above, we can always use two different structures:

tthhee + adjective (without noun): tthhee rriicchh,, tthhee bblliinndd,, tthhee yyoouunngg,, eettcc..
adjective + ppeeooppllee (without tthhee): rriicchh ppeeooppllee,, bblliinndd ppeeooppllee,, yyoouunngg ppeeooppllee,, eettcc.

55 Quito was discovered in the early 1530's by the Spanish   .

! We can use tthhee + nationality adjective ending in --cchh,, --sshh,, --eessee,, --ssss  to refer to all people of that nationality. We can say tthhee
SSppaanniisshh or SSppaanniisshh ppeeooppllee (without tthhee), or even tthhee SSppaanniiaarrddss..  

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Exercise 3
wrriittee tthhee uunnddeerrlliinneedd pphhrraassee uussiinngg tthhee ++ aaddjjeeccttiivvee oorr tthhee ++ nnoouunn..
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11 The people who live in Spain go to bed very late. The Spanish  

! You can use tthhee ++ aaddjjeeccttiivvee with nationality adjectives that end in -sshh, --cchh, --ssss, or -eess. We can say SSppaanniisshh ppeeooppllee or
tthhee SSppaanniisshh to refer to the people who are from Spain in general.
! We can also have the special noun tthhee SSppaanniiaarrddss to mean 'the Spanish'. A Spaniard is a person from Spain.

22 People from Argentina are quite friendly. The Argentinians  

! With nationality words which end in --aann and some others, the plural expression is the same as the adjective + --ss. We can
say AArrggeennttiinniiaann ppeeooppllee or tthhee AArrggeennttiinniiaannss to refer to the people who are from Argentina in general.

33 The people who had injuries were helped by the doctors. The injured  

! We can say iinnjjuurreedd ppeeooppllee or tthhee iinnjjuurreedd to refer to the people who are injured in general.

44 There is a lift so that people who are disabled can access the third floor. the disabled  

! We can say ddiissaabblleedd ppeeooppllee or tthhee ddiissaabblleedd to refer to the people who are disabled in general.

55 The people from France make excellent cheese. The French  

! You can use tthhee ++ aaddjjeeccttiivvee with nationality adjectives that end in -sshh, --cchh, --ssss, or -eess. We can say FFrreenncchh  ppeeooppllee or tthhee
FFrreenncchh to refer to all people from France in general.

66 Nurses care for people who are sick. the sick  

! We can say ssiicckk  ppeeooppllee or tthhee ssiicckk to refer to the people who are ssiicckk in general.

77 I think the people from Italy are very well-dressed.  the Italians  

! With nationality words which end in --aann and some others, the plural expression is the same as the adjective + --ss. We can
say IIttaalliiaann ppeeooppllee or tthhee IIttaalliiaannss to refer to the people who are from Italy in general.

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