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Nouns, articles & quantity · CEFR B2 · Confident
English has three ways to talk about a whole class of things, and the bare plural is the everyday one. The other two sound scientific or formal.
Rebuild this lesson’s reference sentence. Other tasks can have other valid word orders.
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Computers have changed our lives.
Dogs are… · A dog is… · The dog is…
Question 1 of 1
Choose an answer, then check why it fits.
This is a check of this example, not an English level assessment.
Example 1 of 1
Computers have changed our lives.
For things in general, the bare plural is what people actually say.
The shape
Dogs are… · A dog is… · The dog is…
Make a general statement three different ways.
In Hindi
पूरी श्रेणी की बात करने के तीन तरीक़े हैं, और बिना article वाला बहुवचन ही रोज़मर्रा का तरीक़ा है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
The computers have changed our lives. | Computers have changed our lives. For things in general, the bare plural is what people actually say. |
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Talking about things in general is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to nouns, articles & quantity. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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