Unit 9: Natural disasters. Lesson 6: Language Focus

The city in Japan was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995.. The city which was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995 in Japan is Kobe... * Relative clauses:• Defining relative clauses id

Friday, April 14 th 2006

• Unit nine: NATURAL DISASTERS

Lesson 6: Language Focus

(pages 80, 81, 82)

a The city in Japan was struck by a huge

earthquake in 1995.

b The country won the 1998 Tiger Cup.

c The animal has 1 or 2 horns on its

snout.

d The explorer discovered America.

e The planet is closest to the Earth

f The animal was chosen to be the logo of

SEA Games 2003.

g The ASEAN country is divided into two

regions by the sea.

h The food you can chew but you cannot

swallow and the thing you can swallow

but you cannot chew.

MATCHING TASK

B 1.Chewing gum/ water 2.Malaysia

3.Christopher Columbus 4.Rhinoceros

5 Kobe

6 Singapore

7 Buffalo

8 Venus

Answers:

a5, b6, c4, d3, e8, f7, g2, h1

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* Relative pronouns:

• “Who” refers to people.

• “Which” refers to things.

• “That” can refer to both people and things.

The city which was struck by

a huge earthquake in 1995 in Japan

is Kobe.

Which…? ………

Which…? ………

Ask and answer each other similar questions about the world and

Vietnam.

Combine these pairs of sentences, using

Defining relative clause

Non- defining relative clause

* Relative clauses:

• Defining relative clauses identify nouns

• Non- defining relative clauses give more

information about a person or thing already identified

2/ p 81,82: Matching Then use a suitable relative pronoun to join them

Answers: 1-e (which), 2-g (which), 3-f (which), 4-a (which), 5-c (which), 6-d (which), 7-b (which)

1-e: Andrew is flying to Sacramento Sacramento

is the capital city of California.

2-g: It’s snowed in Lang Son in the winter of 2002

Lang Son is on Ky Cung River

1-e (which): Andrew is flying to Sacramento which

is the capital city of California

2-g (which): It’s snowed in Lang Son which is on Ky Cung River in the winter of 2002

3-f: Pompeii was completely destroyed in AD 79 by

an eruption of Mount Vesuvius Pompeii is an

ancient city of Italy

3-f (which): Pompeii which is an ancient city of Italywas completely destroyed in AD 79 by an eruption

4-a: Hurricane Andrew killed 41 people and made more than 200,000 homeless Hurricane Andrew

swept through southern Florida in August 1992.

4-a (which): Hurricane Andrew which swept through southern Florida in August 1992 killed 41 people

and made more than 200,000 homeless

century The cyclone killed about 500,000 people.

5-c (which): The cyclone of November 1970 in

Bangladesh which killed about 500,000 people was one of the worst natural disasters of the 20th

century

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earthquake in Japan occurred in 1923.

6-d (which): The most disastrous earthquake in Japanese history which occurred in 1923

damaged Tokyo and Yokohama and killed about 150,000 people.

7-b: The October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

caused extensive damage to older buildings in San Francisco Bay area The Loma Prieta earthquake

measured 7.1 on the Richter scale

7-b (which): The October 1989 Loma Prieta

earthquake which measured 7.1 on the Richter scale caused extensive damage to older buildings

in San Francisco Bay area

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3/p.82: Recognizing defining and non- defining relative

clauses

a Viet Nam which is in south- east Asia exports rice.

b Kangaroos which come from Australia have long

f The chair that I bought yesterday is broken.

g Miss Lien who sings very well is my English teacher.

, which is in south- east Asia,

, who lives on Trang Tien Street,

that you gave me on my birthday

, who first walked on the moon,

that I bought yesterday

, which come from Australia,

, who sings very well,

• Do exercise 4/ p 82 : exercise 4/ p 82 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 3/ p 82, replace each underlined clause with your own clause.

Ex:

• Learn new words and grammar notes by heart Learn new words and grammar notes by heart.

• Prepare for unit ten: Getting Started – Listen and

read (vocabulary)

Homework:

Viet Nam, which is in south- east Asia, exports rice

Viet Nam, which is a small country, exports rice

Join the sentences with suitable relative pronouns

a5 The city in Japan was struck by a huge earthquake in

g2.The ASEAN country

by the sea - Malaysia.

h1 The food

and the thing you can swallow but you can’t chew -

chewing gum and water.