Bài giảng unit 11.Language focus.E1

John Kenedy was the U.S.A president who was Ho Chi Minh was the person who gave birth to the Democratic Yuri Gagarin was the first person who flew into... Teaching GRAMMAR - FORMULA

Fill in each blank with one word from the box relevant to each picture.

A list of words for filling in

= to divide into = the first season of the year = a kind of seafood: t«m

= to found = to be killed/murdered

 past simple form of to fly

 ANSWERS 

Peach flowers are greeting spring The stream splits into

two smaller branches.

Shrimp is my favorite seafood.

John Kenedy was the U.S.A

president who was

Ho Chi Minh was the person who

gave birth to the Democratic

Yuri Gagarin was the first

person who flew into

I PRONUNCIATION

II GRAMMAR

TEACHING POINTS

Teaching PRONUNCIATION

I PRONUNCIATION

1 Peach flowers are greeting spring

2 Shrimp is my favorite seafood.

3 The stream splits into two smaller

branches.

Teaching PRONUNCIATION

shred shrill shrimp shrine

splash split spleen splutter

spring spray spread sprightl

/ ∫ r / / spl / / spr /

LISTEN AND REPEAT

I PRONUNCIATION

 pronunciation 

1 They were all shrieking with laughter.

2 He shrugged (his shoulders), saying he didn’t know

and didn’t care.

3 My dad hates shrimp paste.

4 What a splendid spring day!

5 The stream splits into three smaller streams at this

Teaching GRAMMAR - FORMULA 1

REDUCTION FORM OF RELATIVE CLAUSES

The man to John is my brother.

who spoke

who spoke  speaking

The man speaking to John is my brother.

STUDY THE EXAMPLE

Teaching GRAMMAR- FORMULA 1 REDUCTION FORM OF RELATIVE CLAUSES

who gave

Ho Chi Minh was the person

birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

who gave  giving

Ho Chi Minh was the person giving birth

to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam .

STUDY THESE EXAMPLES

The practice of GRAMMAR

1 The boy who is playing the piano is Ben

 The boy playing the piano is Ben

2 Do you know the woman who is coming towards us?

 Do you know the woman coming towards us?

3 The people who are waiting for the bus in the rain are getting wet

 The people waiting for the bus in the rain are getting wet

4 The scientists who are researching the causes of cancer are making

progress

 The scientists researching the causes of cancer are making progress

5 The fence which surrounds our house is made of wood

 The fence surrounding our house is made of wood

EXERCISE 1: N + WH + active V …  N + V-ing …

Teaching GRAMMAR - FORMULA 2 REDUCTION FORM OF RELATIVE CLAUSES

STUDY THE EXAMPLE

The sport games in India

in 1951 was the first Asian Games.

which was held

which held

The man sport games held in India in

1951 was the first Asian Games.

was

Teaching GRAMMAR- FORMULA 2

REDUCTION FORM OF RELATIVE CLAUSES

STUDY THESE EXAMPLES

who was assassinated

John Kennedy was the U.S.A president

The practice of GRAMMAR: DISCUSS WITH YOUR PARTNER

1 The ideas which are presented in that book are interesting

 The ideas presented in that book are interesting

2 I come from a city that is located in the southern part of the country

 I come from a city located in the southern part of the country

3 They live in a house that was built in 1980

 They live in a house built in 1980

4 The photographs which were published in the newspaper were

extraordinary

 The photographs published in the newspaper were extraordinary

5 The experiment which was conducted at the University of Chicago

Teaching GRAMMAR - FORMULA 3

REDUCTION FORM OF RELATIVE CLAUSES

STUDY THE EXAMPLE

Yuri Gagarin was the first man

into space

who flew

Yuri Gagarin was the first man to fly into

space

Teaching GRAMMAR- FORMULA 3 REDUCTION FORM OF RELATIVE CLAUSES

STUDY THESE EXAMPLES

that is sold

This is the last cake today.

that is sold  to be sold

This is the last cake to be sold today.

the first

+ TO - BARE VERB

( TO – V0 )

to - bare verb ( TO – V0 )

the second

the last

the second

the last

The practice of GRAMMAR: WORK IN PAIRS

KEYS

1  John was the last man to reach the top of the mountain.

2  The first person (for us) to see is Mr Smith.

3  The last person to leave the room must turn off the light.

EXERCISE 3: The first/second/…(+ N) + to V/ to be + P.P…

1 John was the last man who reached the top of the

mountain.

2 The last person who leaves the room must turn off the light.

3 The first person that we must see is Mr Smith

4 This is the second person who was killed in that way.

5 The first person who catches the ball will be the winner.

Teaching GRAMMAR

WORK IN GROUPS

FURTHER PRACTICE

EXERCISE 1

In each sentence choose the best option which can suitably replace the underlined relative clause

1.Who’s the girl that is waiting outside?

2 Don’t let me be the last who knows your decision.

3 The man who was caught by the police last night was a notorious criminal.

4 The man who saved me from the lake was very brave.

5 Hamlet is a tragedy which was written by Shakespeare.

6 The next train which leaves the station is to London.

EXERCISE 2

1 Have you read the book that was written by Nguyen Du?

2 The road which connects Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city is called Number 1

3 This is the second novel which was written by this

famous writer

4 The man who sat next to me on the train looked gentle.

5 The steam engine which was invented by James Watt opened a new period in human development history.

6 I knew then that I was not the first person who came as I saw smoke rising from the chimney of the house.

Reduce these sentences by using participles or to infinitives

KEYS TO THE HANDOUTS

called Number 1

writer

new period in human development history.

6 I knew then that I was not the first person to come as I saw smoke rising from the chimney of the house.