Monday, 23 October 2023

EF45 Class 32 adjective clauses, literary terms

 

English Foundations 4/5

 

Today’s agenda

·      Begin adjective clauses

·      Continue “Literary Terms”

·      Continue “Roses Sing on New Snow”

 

Tuesday

·      Continue adjective clauses

·      Continue “Roses Sing on New Snow”

Test#4- paragraph Wednesday or Thursday

·      Review paragraph form and structure

 

Wednesday

·      Test#4- Wednesday or Thursday

·      Begin presentation project

·      Continue adjective clauses

Quiz on Thursday for adjective clauses

 

Thursday

·      Continue presentation project

 

Friday

·      Continue presentation project

 

 

 

 

 

Sentence types:

*simple sentences SV   SSV   SVV   SSVV   Imperative    -Interrogative

*compound sentence SV, SOBA SV.    SV; TRANS, SV.

*complex sentence     -adverb clauses

                                         -noun clause

                                         -adjective clause THIS WEEK

 

Final type of clause to learn about- Adjective clauses

 

adjective – describes a noun

the red hat - adjective

 

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES/MODIFIERS: works 90% of the time

opinion, size, age, shape, colour, material, origin, purpose NOUN

 

Examples:

This is my school book. adj noun acting like an adjective

What category is school? purpose

 

She has a nice diamond ring.

What category are nice and diamond? opinion material

 

Junko collects ancient Japanese tea sets.

The dog had a cute fluffy tail.

My grandmother broke her gorgeous sky-blue English teapot.

Mariam bought a warm purple wool/woolen sweater.

Ling bought a new wooden spoon.

We had delicious Chinese dimsum.

Marian bought some golden Canadian maple syrup.

You have a clear plastic water bottle.

Mei likes her new blue silk gloves.

 

single adjectives – good for simple ideas

 

For more complicated ideas- need an adjective clause

An adjective clause tells us about (describes) a  noun just like an adjective does.  Adjective clauses have subject and a verb.

 

Adjective clauses usually use these three words: who, that, which.

90% of the time you will be using who, that, which.

 

There are other words: whom whose where – not used often

NOTE: ‘whom’ very rarely used

MY ADVICE: You pretty much forget about ‘whom’, rarely used

EXCEPTION

Writing a letter- you don’t know who will be reading it:

For example- Letter of Reference

 

To whom it may concern,  USE THIS EXACT PHRASE

 

To whom it might concern, XXX

To whom concern, XXX

To concern who is, XXX

Are you concerning who is what this, XXX

 

DON’T CHANGE IT. It is a convention.

To whom it may concern,

 

 

WE USE THESE WORDS MOST OFTEN WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSES:

*‘who’ - used for people, all people, sounds polite

* ‘that’ - used for things, things are not alive, plants, animals,

EXTRA: people who we don’t like (sounds unfriendly, impolite)

* ‘which’ is used for special things (special to you- only you can decide if it’s special or not), unique things (only one- city names, landmarks)

 

*POINT TO CONSIDER

‘that’ is multiuse word in English

‘that’ is used in many different ways

multi-use word, confusing

Examples

That sandwich was delicious. pronoun

That person is very tall. pronoun

The dog that lives next door is very cute. adjective clause

The man who lives next door is very friendly. adjective clause

That waterbottle is leaking. pronoun

The waterbottle that is on the table is leaking. adj cl

Which waterbottle? on the table

The waterbottle which my son gave me is leaking. special

 

She said that she will be late tomorrow. noun clause

The sandwich that she made was very tasty. adjective clause

I think that that sandwich was scrumptious. noun clause, pronoun

 

Crazy example:

She thinks that that sandwich that you made was so good that she wants to have another one.

confusing, overwritten, grammar is fine

noun clause, pronoun, adjective cl, adverb cl

 

That guy is really tall. pronoun

We saw a giraffe that had a really long neck. adjective clause

 

Adjective clause- The new earrings that you got for Xmas are nice.

The new earrings which you got for Xmas are nice. special

 

FOCUS who   that  which

- Examples of adjective clauses with ‘who’

Mei’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby. adjective clause

2 pieces of information, 2 clauses in the sentence

1 Mei’s sister 2 who is a nurse lives in Burnaby.

Mei’s sister is a nurse who works in Burnaby.

 

Mei’s sister lives in Burnaby. She is a nurse. 2 SIMPLES

Mei’s sister lives in Burnaby, and she is a nurse. COMPOUND

Mei’s sister who is a nurse lives in Burnaby. COMPLEX- adj cl

 

My neighbour who is very elderly is very friendly. adjective clause

 

Mei’s sister who is not married lives with her. adjective clause

Mei’s sister lives with her. She is not married. 2 simples sentences

Mei’s sister lives with her, and she is not married. 1 compound sentence

Mei’s sister lives with her because she is not married. 1 complex sentence- adverb clause

1 complex sentence- noun clause

Not the bext choice

Mei’s sister who lives with her is not married. 1 complex sentence – adjective clause: who, that, which

 

Write now, let’s try writing a few sentences that use adjective clauses.

We can continue tomorrow.

 

Examples:

I went to a wedding that was really fun.

The white bag that is on the floor is mine.

The café that opened last week is very expensive.

The earrings which my sister gave me are nice.

I use the new iphone which my wife bought for me.

I finished all the homework that my teacher gave me.

The cookie that you ate was for my dog.

My only son who is an engineer still lives in Tehran.

These shoes which my mother bought for me are very comfortable.

My brother gave me the ring that you see on the table.

I washed all the clothes that were dirty.

My guitar which was made in Japan is very good quality.

 

 

We will continue tomorrow.

 

 

 

Continue “Literary Terms”

 

*conflict – struggle, fight

vs- versus against   Vancouver Canucks vs Calgary Flames

 

EXTERNAL CONFLICTS

-person vs person-

-person vs society/culture-

-person vs nature-

-person vs technology-

-person vs supernatural (not on your sheet)-

INTERNAL CONFLICT

-person vs herself/himself

 

 

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