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Introduction
Notes
Unit 1: Negative and interrogative sentences
Unit 2: Short answers
Unit 3: Question tags
Unit 4: Questions and exclamations
Unit 5: So, neither, nor, either
Unit 6: Be, used to, would, be/get/become used to, dare, have, get, become, grow, go, turn, fall and feel
Unit 7: Verb tenses: forms
Unit 8: Irregular verbs
Unit 9: Verb tenses: uses
Unit 10: Personal pronouns, possessives and reflexive pronouns
Unit 11: The genitive case
Unit 12: Singular and plural nouns
Unit 13: Gender
Unit 14: A, an, some, any, no, not, none, each, every and the; compounds of some, any, no and every
Unit 15: Neither, not...either, none, not...any, both and all
Unit 16: A few, few, a lot, lots, a little, little, many, much, no and plenty
Unit 17: Enough, too, so and such
Unit 18: Comparative and superlative sentences
Unit 19: The adjective order
Unit 20: Relative clauses
Unit 21: Do and make
Unit 22: Modal verbs
Unit 23: Infinitives, gerunds and present participles
Unit 24: Conditional sentences
Unit 25: Passive sentences
Unit 26: Reported speech
Unit 27: Purpose
Unit 28: Word order
Unit 29: Inversion
Unit 30: Connectors
Unit 31: Prepositions
Unit 32: Phrasal verbs
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Unit 9: Irregular verbs
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Unit 1: A, an, some any and the
Unit 2: Some, any + body/one, + thing, + where
Unit 3: Personal pronouns and possessives
Unit 4: Reflexive pronouns, the reciprocal pronoun "each other" and object pronouns
Unit 5: List of irregular verbs
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Vocabulary for Beginners - Basic Vocabulary
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Country
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Adjective
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Noun
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Its citizens
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Afghanistan
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Afghan
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The Afghans
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Angola
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Angolan
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The Angolans
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Argentina / The Argentine
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Argentinian, Argentine
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An Argentinian,
An Argentine,
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two Argentinians
two Argentines
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The Argentinians / The Argentines
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Armenia
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Armenian
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An Armenian,
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two Armenians
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The Armenians
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Australia
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Australian
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An Australian,
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two Australians
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The Australians
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Austria
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Austrian
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An Austrian,
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two Austrians
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The Austrians
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The Basque Country
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Basque
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The Basques
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Belgium
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Belgian
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The Belgians
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Bolivia
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Bolivian
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A Bolivian,
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two Bolivians
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The Bolivians
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Brazil
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Brazilian
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A Brazilian,
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two Brazilians
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The Brazilians
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Canada
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Canadian
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A Canadian,
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two Canadians
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The Canadians
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Catalonia
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Catalan
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The Catalans
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Chile
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Chilean
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The Chileans
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China
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Chinese
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The Chinese
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Colombia
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Colombian
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A Colombian,
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two Colombians
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The Colombians
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Costa Rica
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Costa Rican
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A Costa Rican,
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two Costa Ricans
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The Costa Ricans
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Croatia
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Croatian
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A Croatian,
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two Croatians
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The Croatians
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Cuba
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Cuban
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The Cubans
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Czechoslovakia
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Czech
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The Czechs
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Denmark
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Danish
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The Danes
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Ecuador
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Ecuadorian
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An Ecuadorian,
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two Ecuadorians
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The Ecuadorians
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Egypt
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Egyptian
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An Egyptian,
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two Egyptians
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The Egyptians
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England
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English
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An Englishman (male),
An Englishwoman (female),
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two Englishmen
two Englishwomen
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The English
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Estonia
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Estonian
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An Estonian,
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two Estonians
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The Estonians
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Findland
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Finnish
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The Finns
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France
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French
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A Frenchman (male),
A Frenchwoman (female),
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two Frenchmen
two Frenchwomen
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The French
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Germany
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German
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The Germans
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Greece
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Greek
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The Greeks
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Guatemala
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Guatemalan
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A Guatemalan,
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two Guatemalans
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The Guatemalans
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Holland / The Netherlands
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Dutch
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A Dutchman (male),
A Dutchwoman (female),
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two Dutchmen
two Dutchwomen
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The Dutch
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Honduras
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Honduran
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A Honduran,
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two Hondurans
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The Hondurans
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Hungary
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Hungarian
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A Hungarian,
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two Hungarians
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The Hungarians
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Iceland
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Icelandic
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An Icelander,
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two Icelanders
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The Icelanders
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India
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Indian
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The Indians
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Iran
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Iranian
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The Iranians
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Iraq
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Iraqi
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The Iraqis
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Ireland
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Irish
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An Irishman (male),
An Irishwoman (female),
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two Irishmen
two Irishwomen
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The Irish
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Israel
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Israeli
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The Israelis
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Italy
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Italian
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The Italians
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Japan
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Japanese
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The Japanese
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Laos
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Loatian
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The Loatians
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Lithuania
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Lithuanian
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A Lithuanian,
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two Lithuanians
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The Lithuanians
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Mexico
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Mexican
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The Mexicans
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Mongolia
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Mongolian
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A Mongolian,
A Mongol,
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two Mongolians
two Mongols
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The Mongolians / The Mongols
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Morocco
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Moroccan
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A Moroccan,
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two Moroccans
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The Moroccans
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Nepal
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Nepalese / Nepali
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A Nepalese,
A Nepali,
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two Nepalese
two Nepalis
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The Nepalese / The Nepalis
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New Zealand
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New Zealand
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A New Zealander,
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two New Zealanders
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The New Zealanders
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Nicaragua
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Nicaraguan
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A Nicaraguan,
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two Nicaraguans
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The Nicaraguans
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Nigeria
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Nigerian
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A Nigerian,
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two Nigerians
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The Nigerians
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Norway
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Norwegian
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A Norwegian,
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two Norwegians
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The Norwegians
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Pakistan
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Pakistani
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A Pakistani,
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two Pakistanis
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The Pakistanis
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Panama
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Panamanian
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A Panamanian,
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two Panamanians
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The Panamanians
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Paraguay
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Paraguayan
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A Paraguayan,
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two Paraguayans
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The Paraguayans
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Peru
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Peruvian
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A Peruvian,
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two Peruvians
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The Peruvians
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The Philippines
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Filipino
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A Filipino,
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two Filipinos
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The Filipinos
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Poland
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Polish
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The Poles
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Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rican
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A Puerto Rican,
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two Puerto Ricans
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The Puerto Ricans
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Russia
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Russian
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The Russians
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Portugal
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Portuguese
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A Portuguese,
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two Portuguese
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The Portuguese
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Romania / Rumania / Roumania
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Romanian
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A Romanian,
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two Romanians
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The Romanians
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Scotland
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Scottish / Scottch
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A Scot(sman) (male),
A Scot(swoman) (female),
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two Scots(men)
two Scots(women)
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The Scots
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Spain
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Spanish
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A Spaniard,
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two Spaniards
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The Spanish
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Sweden
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Swedish
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The Swedes
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Switzerland
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Swiss
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The Swiss
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Thailand
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Thai
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The Thais
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Turkey
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Turkish
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The Turks
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Uruguay
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Uruguayan
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A Uruguayan,
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two Uruguayans
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The Uruguayans
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Venezuela
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Venezuelan
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A Venezuelan,
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two Venezuelans
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The Venezuelans
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Vietnam
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Vietnamese
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A Vietnamese,
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two Vietnamese
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The Vietnamese
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Wales
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Welsh
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A Welshman (male),
A Welshwoman (female),
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two Welshmen
two Welshwomen
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The Welsh
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Please note that nationality words are spelt with initial capital letters in English, but not in Catalan or Spanish: (The) Italians eat a lot of pasta.
As we have seen in the previous example, the definite article (the) may be omitted with plurals ending in s. Compare the following sentences:
I am going to study Catalan because I like the Catalans.
I am going to study Catalan because I like Catalans.
The Chinese grow a lot of rice. (The article the cannot be left out.)
The Swiss make very tasty chocolates. (The article the cannot be removed, as no s has been added to make the plural form.)
The sentences below mean the same:
(The) Germans are used to the cold. It freezes in Germany in the winter.
German people are used to the cold. It freezes in Germany in the winter.
More examples:
Japanese girls are beautiful.
(The) Canadians speak English and French.
We like Chinese food, so we ate at a Chinese restaurant.
A person who comes from Poland is Polish / A person who comes from Poland is a Pole.
Two people who come from Poland are Polish / Two people who come from Poland are Poles.
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