OMISSION OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS1.Presentation: Omission of relative pronouns * Examples: - The manager was away on holiday.. * Notes: - We can leave out the pronoun when it stands for an o
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1.Presentation: Omission of relative pronouns
* Examples:
- The manager was away on holiday I wanted to see him
The manager (who / whom / that) I wanted to see was away on holiday.
* Notes:
- We can leave out the pronoun when it stands for an object pronoun of defining relative clauses, and there is no preposition in front of it
- Clauses without relative pronouns are very common in informal English
2 Practice:
* Exercise 1: Combine the two sentences into one, using the relative clauses Leave out the
relative pronouns if possible.
Example: Have you found the keys? You lost them
Have you found the keys (which / that) you lost?
1 I like the dress Trang is wearing it.
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1 The fish was really delicious We had it for dinner
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2 We stayed at a hotel Peter recommended it
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3 The film was interesting I watched it on TV last night
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4. The flat was very old My family used to live in it
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5 The birthday party was too noisy We went to it
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6 Who was that boy? You was with him this morning
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7 I don’t like tie John is wearing it
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8 The train was full of passengers and goods We travelled on it
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9 The church is 200 years old Our class visited it
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* Exercise 2: Tick (√ ) the sentences in which the relative pronouns can be omitted.
Example: √ Is this the car that the police are looking for?
_1 Everything that happened was my fault
_2 Is there anything that I can do?
_3 The window that was broken has now been repaired
_4 Where are the eggs that were in the fridge?
_5 The play that we saw last week was boring
_6 The young man who I sat next to on the bus talked all the time
_7 Do you know the girl who Tom is talking to?
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Trang 2_8 Linda works for a company that makes computers.
_9 The book about the young girl who runs away from home
_10 He is getting on well with Mary, who he met last month
_11 That’s the company for which Lan is working
_12 The man who helped me to finish that work was my neighbour
13 We talked about the party which Sarah wants to organize for my birthday
14 Who was that boy who you were with this morning
15 The fish which we had for dinner was really delicious
16 The church our class visited is 200 years old
17 I don’t like the tie that John is wearing
18 Don is a friend who we stayed with in Australia
19 The coulpe who live next to us have six grandchildren
20 Mrs Brown, who you met at the meeting yesterday, works in television
21 He received a low mark for his essay, which was only one long page
22 In the shop window there’s a sign that says “ Ten per cent off ”
* Exercise 3: Choose the best answer
1 Bill Gate, _ is the president of Microsoft Company, is a billionare
2 Experts feel that they are related to the deep wishes and fears of fthe dreamer
3 The severe drought occurred lat summer ruined the corn crop
4 Florida, the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year
5 Laura’s marriage has been arranged by her family She’s marrying a man
a that she hardly knows him b who she hardly knows him
* Exercise 4: in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phraseFill
In many countries, (41) _ in Africa and the Middle East, there is no 'door to door' (42) of mail For example, (43) _one post a letter to a street address in Namibia, it will be (44) _ to sender as undeliverable Consequently renting a post office box has traditionally been (45) _ only way to receive mail in (46) countries, although some, like Jordan, are now introducing home delivery
Generally, post office boxes are rented from the post office either by individuals (47) _ by businesses on a basis ranging from monthly to annual, and the cost of rent varies depending (48) _ the box size In the US, the rental rate used (49) _ the same across the country Now, however, a postal facility can
be in any of seven fee groups by location; in (50) _ , certain customers qualify for free box rental
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