WI567 Class 40

 

Good afternoon

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue with adjective clauses

·      Continue essay structure

Option to write an essay on the final day

·      “Sentence Type” exercises

·      Preposition exercises

·      Appositives

·      Causative verbs

 

Wednesday, April 16

·      Finish up outstanding work

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test.

 

Thursday, April 17 - Final day

·      Option to write an essay for marks

·      Non-instructional day

·      One-on-one meetings if you want, just like midterm

Final marks and comments

·      Preparing report cards

Submit the final marks and report cards to the office

 

Next quarter begins Thursday, April 24^th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjective Clauses

Exercise 2

1.    The book that I read was good. object pronoun

The book I read was good. omit ‘that’

The book was good that I read. misplaced modifier

 

I read a book that was good. subject pronoun

I read a book that was good. can’t omit ‘that’

 

2.    I liked the woman who I met at the party last night. object pronoun

CHOICES:

I liked the woman who I met at the party last night.

I liked the woman I met at the party last night.

I liked the woman whom I met at the party last night.

 

3.    I liked the composition that you wrote. object pronoun

I liked the composition you wrote.

I liked the composition which you wrote.

 

4.    The people who we visited them yesterday were very nice.

The people who we visited yesterday were very nice. object pron

 

DIFFERENT MEANING:

The people who we visited were very nice yesterday.

 

The people we visited yesterday who were very nice. misplaced

 

CHOICES:

The people who we visited yesterday were very nice. object pron

The people we visited yesterday were very nice.

The people whom we visited yesterday were very nice.

 

Exercise 3

1.    The meeting was interesting that I went to. misplaced modifier

The meeting that I went to was interesting. object pronoun

The meeting I went to was interesting.

 

I went to a meeting that was interesting. subject pronoun, can’t omit ‘that’

 

2.    The man who I talked to him yesterday was very kind.

The man who I talked to yesterday was very kind.

The man I talked to yesterday was very kind.

The man whom I talked to yesterday was very kind. unusually formal

 

3.    I must thank the people who I got a present from. object pronoun

I must thank the people I got a present from.

I must thank the people whom I got a present from.

I must thank the people from whom I got a present. exceedingly formal

 

4.    The picture was beautiful that she was looking at. misplaced modifier

The picture that she was looking at was beautiful. object pronoun

The picture she was looking at was beautiful.

 

She was looking at a picture that was beautiful.

SIMPLE   She was looking at a beautiful picture.

COMPOUND   She was looking at a picture, and it was beautiful.

The picture was beautiful, so she was looking at it.

 

We are building up our skills at expressing our thoughts in a variety of ways: SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX.

 

a specialist- a doctor who focuses on a narrow area of medicine at a deep level

e.g. cardiologist, neurologist, nephrologist, dermatologist, opthamologist, oncologist, etc.

 

plastic surgeon- face lift, eye tuck, nose job

hair transplant

 

5.    The man who I was telling you about is standing over there.

The man I was telling you about is standing over there.

The man whom I was telling you about is standing over there.

 

Mei was telling her friend about her vacation.

 

Exercise 4

1.I apologized to the women whose coffee was spilled by me.

I apologized to the women whose coffee I spilled.

2. The man whose wallet was stolen called the police.

3.I met the woman whose husband is the …

4.The professor whose course I’m taking is excellent. the professor is excellent

I’m taking the professor’s course which is excellent. the course is excellent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE I’m taking the excellent professor’s course.

COMPOUND I’m taking a course, and the professor is excellent.

I’m taking a course; moreover/in fact/ in my opinion, the professor is excellent.

I’m taking a course; the professor is excellent.

COMPLEX

ADV CL I’m taking a course because the professor is excellent.

N CL I’m taking a course, and I think that the professor is excellent.

ADJ CL The professor whose course I’m taking is excellent.

 

7 ways to say the same thing! What a lot of choice we have!

 

IDIOM the sandwich generation-

 

I’ll be there in half an hour. 30m

I’ll be there in an hour and a half. 90m

 

 

 

 

Ex36

1.You can’t judge a book by its cover.

10. heartache- broken heart, emotional

You broke my heart.

I’m better off without you.

She is better off in Canada. She is in a better situation.

He is better off in his new job. He likes it more.

 

Ex.37

Let’s be comfortable with ambiguity.