Uni 12 E11 Language focus ĐÁNG XEM

Warm-up
He’s very __________.
How does he look like?
strong
/strɔːŋ/
What is it ?
It’s a__________
/skriːn/
screen.
What is it ?
It’s a ________
/skweə(r)/
square.
In our lesson today, we will practice 3 sounds:

/str/, /skr/ and /skw/.




Unit 12 THE ASIAN GAMES
Part E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Pronunciation
Listen and repeat
/str/
Street
Strong
Strange
Strength
/skr/
Scream
Screen
Screw
Scratch
/skw/
Square
Squeeze
Squeak
Squeal
Practice reading aloud these sentences and point out the words that contain 3 sounds.
1. There was a man on the at night.
2. The man looked very
3. He was holding an in one hand, and a rubber doll in the other hand.
4. The man was eating the , the doll and it was
5. The man was while walking to the
6. Nobody knew why he was doing the things.
strong
street
strong
strange.
ice-cream
ice-cream
squeezing
square.
screaming
strange
screaming.

II. Grammar
1. Relative clauses (revision)
1. Combine each pair of sentences to make sentences, using relative pronouns.

1. The woman is very friendly. She lives next door.



2. This novel is very romantic. Shakespeare wrote it.

The woman is very friendly.
This novel, , is very romantic
which Shakespeare wrote
who/ that lives next door
Defining relative clauses
Non-defining relative clauses

3. The girl is very nice. I talked about her yesterday.

The girl is very nice
about whom I talked yesterday
The girl is very nice
Defining relative clauses
whom I talked about yesterday
who we are going to meet
4. The teacher comes from Britain. We are going to meet him.
Defining relative clauses
The teacher comes from Britain.
1. The woman who/ that lives next door is very friendly.
2. This novel, which Shakespeare wrote, is very romantic.
Subject
Can’t omit, (Subject)
Can’t omit, (non-defining relative clauses)
The woman who/ that lives next door is very friendly.
This novel, which Shakespeare wrote, is very romantic.
2. Omit the relative pronouns of the following sentences
3a. The girl about whom I talked yesterday is very nice
Object of preposition
Can omit, (If the preposition after the verb of relative clause)
The girl I talked about yesterday is very nice.
3b. The girl whom I talked about yesterday is very nice
Object
Can omit, (object)
The teacher we are going to meet comes from Britain.
Object
Can’t omit, (object of preposition)
4. The teacher who we are going to meet comes from Britain.
Exercise 1: Combine the sentences with a suitable relative pronoun, then omit the relative pronoun if possible.
Example:
0. I like the diamond ring. Mary is wearing it.
I like the diamond ring which Mary is wearing.
2. Most of the classmates could come. He invited them to the birthday party.
1. Have you found the bike? You lost it.
Have you found the bike which you lost ?
Most of the classmates whom he invited to the birthday party couldn’t come.
X
X
X
3. The short stories were very funny. John told them.
4. The dictionary is expensive, but very interesting. I bought it yesterday.
5. I didn’t like the man. We met him this morning.
6. The beef was really delicious. We had it for lunch.
The short stories which John told were very funny.
The dictionary which I bought yesterday is expensive, but very interesting.
I didn’t like the man whom we met this morning.
The beef which we had for lunch was really delicious.
X
X
X
X
0. The flight……………………………………was fully booked.

we’re living in it
I work with them
he applied for it
I wanted to travel on it
Exercise 2: Complete each of the following sentences, using a suitable sentence in the box to make a relative clause with a preposition.
I slept in it
they were talking about them
We went to it
I wanted to travel on
1. I enjoy my job because I like the people…………………
2. The dinner party………………..wasn’t very enjoyable.
3. The house……………………is not in good condition.
4. I wasn’t interested in the things……………………………….

we’re living in it
I work with them
he applied for it
I slept in it
they were talking about them
we went to it
5. He didn’t get the job…………………...
6. The bed ………………was very modern.
I work with
we went to
we’re living in
they were talking about
he applied for
I slept in
Exercise 3: Tick () the sentences in which the relative pronoun can be omitted.
Example:

0. 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.
What was the name of the man who you met yesterday?
The table that was broken has now been repaired.
Do you know the girl who he is talking to.
6. This is the novel that I’ve been expecting.

x

x


More exercise:
1. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence.
1. I can’t answer the questions ____ the teacher gave me yesterday.
A. which B. that C.  D. All are correct
2. Do you know the swimmer ____ won 6 gold medals at the Asian Games?
A. who B.  C. whom D. All are correct
3. I enjoy these books, ____ you bought me last week, very much.
A. which B. that C.  D. All are correct
4. The dinner party ____ they were talking about wasn’t enjoyable.
A. which B.  C. whom D. A & B are correct
5. The people with ____ I work are very friendly and helpful.
A. that B. whom C. who D. 
2. Rewrite the following sentences by omitting the relative pronouns or write the reasons why if the relative pronouns of some sentences cannot be omitted.
The teacher who we are going to meet comes from Britain.

 ………………………………………………………………..
2. We live near a farm that raises many cows.
 ………………………………………………………………..
3. My house, which was built in 1985, is being repaired.
 ………………………………………………………………..
4. Do you know the girl with whom he went out last night?
 ………………………………………………………………..
5. This is the novel that I have been expecting.
 ………………………………………………………………..
Revise omission of relative pronouns.

Learn the structures and do more exercises.

Prepare Unit 13 – A. Reading.
Home work