unit 12 E11 Language focus

This is a short story.Nguyen Nhat Anh wrote this short story.. can be omitted This is a short story Nguyen Nhat Anh wrote.. Object This is a short story which/ that Nguyen Nhat Anh wrote

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str ength scr een squ eeze str eet scr atch squ are str ong scr eam squ eak scr ew squ irrel

The difference between the consonant clusters: /str/, /skr/, /skw/.

LESSON 5 : LANGUAGE

FOCUS

squ are /skweə/

squ eeze /skwi:z/

squ eak /skwi:k/

squ eal /skwi:l/

I PRONUNCIATION

1 Listen and repeat : /str/, /skr/, /skw/

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

There was a strong man on the street at night

The strong man looked very strange

He was holding an ice-cream in one hand, and rubber doll in the other hand.

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

The man was screaming while walking to the square

Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things.

2 Practise reading aloud these sentences

II GRAMMAR

1 Relative clauses (revision)

2 Omission of relative pronouns.

This is a short story.

Nguyen Nhat Anh wrote this short story.

can be omitted

This is a short story Nguyen Nhat Anh wrote.

Object This is a short story which/ that Nguyen Nhat Anh wrote.

EXAMPLE 1

The comic book “Conan”, which I like most, is very

Relative pronouns “whom, which, that” can be omitted when

they are OBJECTS in the sentences

But can’t omit :

“whom , which” after a COMAS

and a PREPOSITION.

Notes

1.This is a short story.Nguyen Nhat Anh wrote this short story

This is a short story (which/that) Nguyen Nhat Anh wrote

2.The comic book “Conan”, which I like most, is very interesting.

can’t omit

3 The song to which we listened last night was interesting

can’t omit

Tick ()the sentences in which the relative

pronoun can be omitted and explain.

1 He's the man that I told you about

2 Here is the beach which is the safest for swimmers

3 Do you know the American woman whose name is

Margaret?

4 What was the name of the girl who we met yesterday ?

5 I met someone that said he knew you

6 The noise that he made wakes everybody up

7 The girl whom you are going to see is Nam’ s sister

8 The table which was broken has been repaired

Complete each of the following sentences, using a suitable sentence in the box to make a relative clause

without a relative pronoun.

EXERCISE 2

I slept in it

Mary is wearing it you lost it

we met him this morning

we are living in it

I work with them

I bought it yesterday

he applied for it

1.I like the diamond ring……… ……

2 He didn’t get the job ………

3 Have you found the bike…… ?

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

5 I did not like the man…

6 The house … is not in good condition

7 The bed………… was very modern

8 I enjoy my job because I like the people……

Mary is wearing it you lost it

we met him this morning

1.I like the diamond ring……… ………

2 The flight ……… was fully booked

3 Have you found the bike…… ?

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

5 I did not like the man………

6 The house ……….is not in good condition

7 The bed………….……… was very modern

8 I enjoy my job because I like people………

I slept on it

book/ like best

TIME OVER1 10

TIME

This is the book (which/that) I like best.

2

Make five sentences

about your family, using the relative pronouns.