English 11 - Unit 12: Language focus

language focus 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 ha[r]

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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

square strong squeezed screamed

scratch street screen strange

English 11 Unit 12: Language focus

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Listen and repeat

/str/

Street

Strong

Strange

Strength

/skr/

Scream Screen Screw Scratch

/skw/

Square Squeeze Squeak Squeal

Unit 12 – lesson 1 language focus

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Practise reading aloud these sentences

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 creaming while walking to the square

6 Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things

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* Example1:

1 The woman who/ that lives next door is a doctor.

2 The book which has some wonderful pictures is about Africa.

-What is the role of these relative pronouns?

+ They are the subjects of the clauses.

Practice: Complete the sentences using relative pronouns as a subject.

• The woman is very friendly She lives next door.

………

2 The street is very wide It leads to my school.

……….

3 Dung is a doctor She works in Tien Yen hospital.

………

4.My sister bought me a book.The book is very

interesting

………

….

The woman who lives next door is very friendly

The street which leads to my school is very wide

Dung who works in Tien Yen hospital is a doctor

My sister bought me a book which is very interesting

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** Example2:

• The man whom you saw yesterday is my uncle.

• The dog which you gave me is lovely.

-What is the role of these relative pronouns?

+ They are the objects of the clauses.

Practice: Complete the sentences using

relative pronouns as a object.

• Please post these letters I wrote them this morning.

………

2 The meeting was interesting I went to it yesterday.

………

3 Hoa is a doctor You met him last night.

………

…

4 John doesn’t want to sell the house He lives in it.

………

…

Please post these letters which I wrote this morning

The meeting which I went to yesterday was interesting Hoa whom you met last night is a doctor

John doesn’t want to sell the house which he lives in

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*** the omission of relative pronouns

Omission of relative pronouns:

Notice: 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 meeting was interesting I went to it yesterday.

 The meeting which I went to yesterday was interesting.

 The meeting I went to yesterday was interesting.

*Practice :Rewrite these sentences using Omission of relative

pronouns :

• That man is a teacher I talked to him yesterday.

……… ………

….

• Tien Yen is the beautiful place I was born in it.

………

…

3 The girl is from Brazil We are going to see her.

………

…

4 This is the book John gave it to me last week.

………

…

5 The bed was very modern I slept in it last night.

………

Unit 12 – lesson 1 language focus

That man I talked to yesterday is a teacher

Tien Yen is the beautiful place I was born in

The girl we are going to see is from Brazil

This is the book John gave to me last week

The bed I slept in last night was very modern

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

Example:

I like the diamond ring………

Mary is wearing it

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

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

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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



x



x





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

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