unit12: the Asian Games

Combine the sentences using appropriate relative pronouns1/The woman is very friendly.. We can omit relative pronouns “which, that, whom and who” when they are objects of defining relati

LANGUAGE FOCUS

/str/ /skr/ /skw/

I ce-c ream

scream screen screw scratch

/skr/

Squ irrel

square squeeze squeak squeal

/skw/

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

• Relative clauses(revision)

• Omission of relative pronouns

Combine the sentences using appropriate relative pronouns

1/The woman is very friendly She lives next door. The woman who/that is next door is very friendly.

3/This girl is a singer I saw her on TV last night

 This girl, who/whom I saw on TV last night, is a singer

subject

object

object

We can omit relative pronouns “which, that, whom and who” when they are objects of defining relative clauses

The school to which I used to go is very big.

 Note: We can’t omit the relative pronouns when they follow

preposition.

can’t omit

Exercise 1: What are the sentences in which the

relative pronoun can be omitted?

Ex: Are these the keys that you are looking for?

She was the person who saw it first

Yes

No

No Yes

3/ What was the name of the man who you met yesterday?

4/ The table that was broken has now been

repaired.

5/ Do you know the girl who he is talking to.

6/ She is the woman about whom I talk you.

Exercise 1: Complete each of the following sentences,

using a suitable sentence in the box to make a relative

clause without a relative pronoun.

Mary is wearing it  we met him this morning

we had it for lunch  he invited them to the birthday party

John told them I bought it yesterday

you lost it

Ex: I like the diamond ring

I like the diamond ring Mary is wearing.

 we had it for lunch  we met him this morning

 John told them  he invited them to the

birthday party

 you lost it  I bought it yesterday

1/ Have you found the bike … ?

2/ Most of the classmates ………

couldn’t come

3/ The short stories … were very funny

4/ The dictionary … …is expensive , but very interesting

5/ I didn’t like the man

6/ The beef ………….was very delicious.

he invited to the birthday party

Exercise 2: Match the sentence in column A with the sentence

in column B, using the omission of relative pronouns

1/ The flight was fully booked

2/ I enjoy my job because I like the

people

3/ The dinner party wasn’t very enjoyable

4/ The house is not good in good

condition

5/ I wasn’t interested in the things

6/ He didn’t get the job

7/ The bed was very modern

a.we went to itb.we’re living in itc.they were talking about them

d.he applied for ite.I wanted to travel on it

f.I slept in itg.I work with them

2/ I enjoy my job because I like the people I work with.

3/ The dinner party we went to wasn’t very enjoyable.

4/ The house we’re living in is not good condition.

5/ I wasn’t interested in the things they were talking about 6/ He didn’t get the job he applied for.

7/ The bed I slept in was very modern.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS,USING

RELATIVE CLAUSES

1

3 2

Exercise 3 :Choose the best answer for each

sentence

1) I can not talk to Mary, you met last summer.

A which B that C whom D All are correct

2) I can answer the questions are very difficult.

A which B whom C who D 

3) This is Mr Jones, with I have worked

A which B  C whom D B&C

4) This school is only for children are in this village

A who B that C which D A&B

6/ She is the woman about _ I told you.

A who B  C whom D A&C

7/ Mary, works in Thai Nguyen hospital, is a nurse.

A that B who C  D all are correct

8/ I know the man _ last name is Goose.

A  B whom C whose D who

9/ The music to _ we listened last night was good.

A that B which C  D A&B

10/ The scientists we met yesterday is well known for her research.

A whom B who C  D All are correct

+Do exercise 1, 2, and 3 again +Prepare for Reading of Unit 13

This is the female singer who sang “Mot vong trai dat “

The female singer who sang “Mot

vong trai dat” is Minh Hang

Minh Hang

This is the animal that has two long ears.

The animal that has two long ears is the rabbit.

 Rabbit

This is the animal that has two big ears.

The animal that has two big ears is the elephant.

This is the country that has the most

people in the world.

The country that has the most people in the world is

China.

 China

This is the sport which is the most popular in

the world.

The sport which is the most popular in the world is

football.

 football

This is the country whose symbol is lion

 The country whose symbol is lion is the Singapore

The Singapore

Beef [bi:f]

Flight [ flait]

DIAMOND RING