English 11 Unit 12 Language Focus

Relative clauses and the omission of relative pronouns.a.. Relative Pronoun as subject Ex: The woman who/ that lives next door is a doctor.. The pronouns who/ which/ that can be the subj

English 11 Unit 12: Language focus

1 The ……….man standing in the……….looks very………

2 In the ………., a little girl……….aloud when she saw a deep……… on her leg

3 My mother ………an orange and put on the……… table in front of my face

str- to complete the 1st sentence

scr- for the 2nd sentence

squ- for the 3rd sentence

scratch

Listen and repeat

/str/

Street

Strong

Strange

Strength

/skr/

Scream Screen Screw Scratch

/skw/

Square Squeeze Squeak Squeal

Practise reading aloud these sentences

1 There was a trong 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 creaming while walking to the square

6 Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things

Relative clauses and the omission of relative pronouns.

a Relative Pronoun as subject

Ex: The woman who/ that lives next door is a doctor

The pronouns who/ which/ that can be the subject of a

relative clause

b Relative Pronouns as object:

Ex: The woman whom/ that I wanted to see was away

Note: the pronouns which/ that can be the object of a relative clause

c Omission of relative pronouns:

We can leave out the pronoun when it is not the subject of the

relative clause Clause without pronouns are very common in

informal English

Ex: The man Peter met knows your brother

The dress Ann bought doesn’t fit her very well

Exercise 1: Complete each of the following sentences, using a suitable sentence in the box to make a relative clause without a relative pronoun.

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 yeasterday

Example:

I like the diamond ring………

Mary is wearing it

we had it for lunch we met him this morning

1 Have you found the bike………

2 Most of the classmates………could 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 really delicious

Exercise 1: Answer

1 Have you found the bike you lost ?

2 Most of the classmates he invited to the birthday party couldn’t come.

3 The short stories John told were very funny.

4 The dictionary I bought yesterday is expensive, but very interesting.

5 I didn’t like the man we met this morning

6 The beef we had for lunch was really delicious.

Exercise 2: Complete each of the following sentences, using a suitable sentence in the box to make a relative clause with a preposition

we’re living in it they’re talking about them

I work with them we went to it

I slept in it he applied for it

I want to travel on it

Ex: The flight……… …… was fully booked

we’re living in it they’re talking about them

I work with them we went to it

I slept in it he applied for it

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

2 The dinner party……….wasn’t very enjoyable

3 The house ………is not in good condition

4 I wasn’t interested in the things………

5 He didn’t get the job………

6 The bed……….was very modern

Exercise 2: Answer

1 I enjoy my job because I like the people I work with

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

3 The house we are living in is not in good condition.

4 I wasn’t interested in the things they were talking about

5 He didn’t get the job he applied for

6 The bed I slept in was very modern.

Exercise 3: Tick () the sentences in which the relative pronoun can be omitted.

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

1 The girl who we are going to see is from Britain

2 He works for a company that makes cars

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 This is the novel that I’ve been expecting

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Make five sentences about your family, using the relative pronoun.