Unit 9. Natural disaters

Lac An Junior High School
LANGUAGE FOCUS
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Ex:
1. The novel
You gave me the novel on my bithday.
has been lost.
which
you gave me on my bithday
which
relative clauses
Viet Nam
exports rice.
is in south-east Asia
.

Viet Nam
2.
which
relative clauses
defining
non - defining
that
,
,
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Relative pronouns
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Exercise 3/ p. 82
b. Kangaroos which come from Australia have long tails.
c. Ba who lives on Trang Tien Street likes playing the guitar.
e. Neil Armstrong who first walked on the moon lived in the USA.
f. The chair that I bought yesterday is broken.
g. Miss Lien who sings very well is my English teacher.
Underline the relative clause. Then add commas (,) to separate the non-defining relative clause from the rest of the sentence.
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,
,
,
,
,
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Exercise 2/ p. 81- 82
Match. Then use a suitable relative pronoun (who/ which / that) to join the two sentences.
1-e: Andrew is flying to Sacramento, which is the capital of
California.
2-g: It snowed in Lang Son, which is on the Ky Cung River,
in the winter of 2002.
3-f: Pompeii, which is an ancient city of Italy, was completely
destroyed in A.D 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
4-a: Hurricane Andrew, which swept through southern
Florida in August 1992, killed 41 people and made more
than 200,000 homeless.
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Exercise 2/ p. 81- 82
5-c: The cyclone of November 1970 in Bangladesh, which
killed about 500,000 people, was one of the worst
natural disaster of the 20th century.
6-d: The most disastrous earthquake in Japanese history,
which occurred in 1923, damaged Tokyo and Yokohama
and killed about 150,000 people.
7-b: The October 1989 Loma Pieta earthquake, which
measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, caused extensive
damage to old buildings in San Francisco Bay Area.
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Exercise 1/ p. 81
Use your knowledge to answer the questions. Use “who”, “which” or “that” in your answers and start your answers with the words given.
Which city in Japan was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995 ?
The city …
which was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995
in Japan
b. Which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup?
 The country …
which won the 1998 Tiger Cup
is Kobe.
is Singapore.
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Exercise 1/ p. 81
c. Which animal has one or two horns on its snout?
The animal …
which has one or two horns on its snout
is rhinoceros.
The explorer …
d. Which explorer discovered America ?
who discovered America
is Christopher Columbus.
The planet …
e. Which planet is closest to the earth ?
which is closest to the earth
is Venus.
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The animal …
which was chosen to be the logo of Sea Games 2003
f. Which animal in Viet Nam was chosen to be the logo of Sea Games 2003 ?
is buffalo.
g. Which ASEAN country is divided into two regions by the sea?
The Asian country …
which is divided into two regions by the sea
is Malaysia.
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h. Which food you can chew but you can’t swallow and which one you can swallow but you can’t chew ?
 The food …
which you can chew but you can’t swallow
is the chewing gum
and the thing you can swallow but you can’t chew
is water.
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Exercise 4/ p. 82
b. Kangaroos which come from Australia have long tails.
c. Ba who lives on Trang Tien Street likes playing the guitar.
e. Neil Armstrong who first walked on the moon lived in the USA.
f. The chair that I bought yesterday is broken.
g. Miss Lien who sings very well is my English teacher.
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,
,
,
,
,
,
Replace each underlined clause with a clause you have written.
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Join each pair of sentences, using a suitable relative pronoun.
Neil Armstrong lives in the USA. He is a famous astronaut.
Neil Armstrong, who is a famous astronaut, lives in the USA.
2. Ba is my best friend. Ba likes playing the guitar.
Ba, who is my best friend, likes playing the guitar.
3. Tornadoes are funnel–shaped storms. They pass overland below a thunderstorm.
 Tornadoes are funnel–shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm.
that
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HOMEWORK
Learn units 8 - 9 for the test.
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REVIEW FOR THE TEST
Vocabulary
Adverb clauses of concession (although, though, even though)
 Join the sentences, using “although, though or even though”
Many tourists enjoy festivals in Viet Nam. Tourists do not understand Vietnamese culture very much.
 Many tourists enjoy festivals in Viet Nam although tourists do not understand Vietnamese culture very much.
b. She isn’t English. She speaks English perfectly.
 Though she isn’t English, she speaks English perfectly.
they
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 Rewrite the sentences as directed.
Smoking is dangerous, but a lot of adults still smoke.
 Although …
b. Ann missed the start of the film. However, she could understand the film.
 Even though …
smoking is dangerous, a lot of adults still smoke.
Ann missed the start of the film, she could
understand the film.
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3. Relative pronouns (who, who(m), which, that)
Join each pair of sentences, using a suitable relative pronoun.
Champagne is a French drink. It is drunk at a New Year’s Eve party.
 Champagne is a French drink which is drunk at a New Year’s Eve party.
b. Trinh Cong Son is dead. He composed many famous songs.
 Trinh Cong Son, who composed many famous songs, is dead.
who
that
c. The typhoon may damage the water pipes. The water pipes supply our home.
 The typhoon may damage the water pipes which supply our home.
that
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4. Pronunciation
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words:
1. A. think B. things C. though D. thunder
2. A. tidal B. wave C. hate D. shape
collapse tidal wave abrupt shift hurricane cyclone erupt decorate shape funnel tornado damage
thunder storm trust occur celebrate parade

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tornado  funnel / funnel-shaped / thunderstorm/ suck up
tropical storm/ typhoon / hurricane / cyclone
tidal wave  big/ large wave
volcano  mountain / erupt / lava
earthquake  shake / sudden violent movement of the surface of the earth / collapse
flood  covered in water
drought  a long period with very little or no rain
thunderstorm rain + thunder + lighting