AV11-unit12-LF

I. Warm-up
II. Pronunciation: /str/ - /skr/ - /skw/
III. Grammar point:
1. Relative clauses (revision)
2. Omission of relative pronouns
LESSON 5 : LANGUAGE FOCUS
/ Stri:t /
1. Street
a squirrel
/`skwirəl/
/ Skri:n /
2. Screen
/str/ /skr/ /skw/
Street
Strong
Strange
Strength
Scream
Screen
Screw
Scratch
Square
Squeeze
Squeak
Squeal
II. Pronunciation /str/ - /skr/ - /skw/
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 screaming while walking to the square .
6. Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things
Practise reading aloud these sentences .
III. GRAMMAR
1. Relative clauses (revision)
2. Omission of relative pronouns
Ex1: This is the novel. Shakespeare wrote this novel.
->This is the novel which /that Shakespeare wrote.
This is the novel Shakespeare wrote.
can omit
Ex2:The girl is a singer. I saw her on TV last night.
->The girl whom I saw on TV last night is a singer .

The girl I saw on TV last night is a singer .
Ex3: The school which I used to go to is very big.
The school to which I used to go is very big.

-> The school I used to go to is very big.
Britney Spears,
the princess of Pop Music.

can`t omit
can omit
can`t omit
can omit

Ex 4: The cartoon is ‘” TOM AND JERRY”, which I like very much .

Ex 5: “TOM AND JERRY” is the cartoon which/that I like very much.

(S+V) N+ WHOM / THAT / WHICH + S + V….
(S+V) N + S + V…
Form:
Relative pronouns “who, whom, which, that” can be omitted when they are objects in the sentences.
But we can’t omit :
* “who ,which, that” as a subject.
* “whom , which” after a comas and a preposition.

Exercise 1: Tick ()the sentences in which the relative pronoun can be omitted and explain.
1. The book which I need can’t be found in the library.
2. Here is the beach which is the safest for swimmers.
3. Do you know the American woman whose name is Magaret?
4. Jim, whom I have known for ten years is one of my closet friends.
5. I met someone that said he knew you.
6. The noise that he made wakes everybody up.
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Exercise 2: Combine the following sentences, using a relative clause, and put a relative pronoun in bracket ( ) if it can be omitted.
1. This is the man. I sold my bike to him.
-> This is the man (whom) I sold my bike to.
2. I like the diamond ring. Mary is wearing it.
-> I like the diamond ring (which) Mary is wearing.
3. I didn’t like the man. We met him this morning.
-> I didn’t like the man (whom) we met this morning.
4. The bed is very modern. I slept in it.
-> The bed (which) we slept in is very modern.
5. The man is my uncle. Tom is talking to him.
-> The man (whom) Tom is talking to is my uncle.
6. The party was very interesting. We went to it.
-> The party (which) we went to was very interesting.
7. The beef was really delicious. We had it for lunch.
-> The beef (which) we had for lunch was really delicious.
8. The novel is very good. My sister wrote it.
-> The novel (which) my sister wrote is very good.
Reread words and sentences in pronunciation
Do exercises 1, 2, 3 page 144,145 in the textbook.
Review grammar notes.
HOMEWORK
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