AV11-unit12-LF

Omission of relative pronouns... Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things Practise reading aloud these sentences... Omission of relative pronouns... can’t omit can omit Ex 4: The

I Warm-up

II Pronunciation: /str/ - /skr/ - /skw/

III Grammar point:

1 Relative clauses (revision)

2 Omission of relative pronouns

LESSON 5 : LANGUAGE

FOCUS

II Pronunciation : /str/ - /skr/ - /skw/

* Listen and repeat.

/ Stri:t /

1 Street

a squirrel

/'skwirəl/

/ Skri:n /

2 Screen

II Pronunciation : /str/ - /skr/ - /skw/

* Listen and repeat.

/str/ /skr/ /skw/

Street

Strong

Strange

Strength

Scream Screen Screw Scratch

Square Squeeze Squeak Squeal

II Pronunciation /str/ - /skr/ - /skw/

1 There was a strong man on the street at night

2 The strong man looked very strange

3 He was holding an ice-cream in one hand, and a rubber doll

in the other hand.

4 The man was eating the ice-cream , squeezing the doll and it was squeaking

5 The man was screaming while walking to the square

6 Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things

Practise reading aloud these sentences

III GRAMMAR

1 Relative clauses (revision)

2 Omission of relative pronouns

Ex1: This is the novel Shakespeare wrote this novel.

Ex2:The girl is a singer I saw her on TV last night.

The girl I saw on TV last night is a singer

-> The school I used to go to is very big

Britney Spears, the princess of Pop Music.

can’t omit can omit

can’t omit

can omit

Ex 4: The cartoon is ‘” TOM AND JERRY”,

which I like very much

Ex 5: “TOM AND JERRY” is the cartoon

which/that I like very much.

(S+V) N+ WHOM / THAT / WHICH + S + V….

(S+V) N + S + V…

Form:

Relative pronouns “who, whom,

which, that” can be omitted when

they are objects in the sentences.

But we can’t omit :

* “who ,which, that” as a subject.

* “whom , which” after a comas and a preposition.

Exercise 1: Tick (  )the sentences in which the relative pronoun can be omitted and explain.

1 The book which I need can’t be found in the library.

2 Here is the beach which is the safest for swimmers.

3 Do you know the American woman whose name is

Magaret?

4 Jim, whom I have known for ten years is one of my closet friends.

5 I met someone that said he knew you.

6 The noise that he made wakes everybody up.

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Exercise 2: Combine the following sentences, using a relative clause, and put a relative pronoun in bracket ( )

if it can be omitted

1 This is the man I sold my bike to him.

-> This is the man (whom) I sold my bike to.

2 I like the diamond ring Mary is wearing it.

-> I like the diamond ring (which) Mary is wearing.

3 I didn’t like the man We met him this morning.

-> I didn’t like the man (whom) we met this morning.

4 The bed is very modern I slept in it.

-> The bed (which) we slept in is very modern

5 The man is my uncle Tom is talking to him.

-> The man (whom) Tom is talking to is my uncle.

6 The party was very interesting We went to it.

-> The party (which) we went to was very interesting.

7 The beef was really delicious We had it for lunch.

delicious.

8 The novel is very good My sister wrote it.

1 Reread words and sentences in pronunciation

HOMEWORK

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