Today’s Agenda
·
Spoken presentations 2
·
Adjective clauses
Quiz7 Thursday
·
Essay work
·
HW Try
some of Exercise 5 adjective clause practice. We can share it tomorrow
Wednesday
·
Spoken presentations 3
·
Essay work
·
Adj cl quiz- choose vocab
Thursday
·
Essay work
·
Quiz7- adjective clauses (final quiz) END OF
CLASS (last 25m)
Friday
·
Essay- pass-in
Week 9
Monday
·
Review
Tuesday, June 24
·
Optional replacement test and/or quiz
Replacement test – paragraph new topic
Replacement quiz- mix of six sentence types
and clauses
Wednesday, June 25
Final day- non-instructional day
·
Final marks and meetings
Adjective Clauses – Exercises
Exercise A
Complete each adjective clause with 'who', 'that', or
'which'. Write your sentences on your own paper.
1. The cat that is sitting on the
windowsill is very cute.
2. The book that/which
I borrowed from the library is excellent.
3. The student who handed in the
report late apologized sincerely.
Two forms of adjective clauses:
1.
The woman who lives next door is very kind. subject pronoun
2.
The woman who
I was talking to is very kind.
object pronoun
Object pronoun-
choices
The woman who I was talking to is very kind.
The woman whom I was talking to her is very kind. GRAMMAR BOOK
The woman I
was talking to is very kind. MOST AUTHENTIC,
REAL
The woman who was talking to me is very kind. SUBJECT
PRON
The woman who/who
I was talking to is very
kind. OBJECT PRON
The woman whom I was talking
to is very kind. VERY FORMAL
The woman to whom I was talking
is very kind. SUPER FORMAL
The cat that has a white tail is cute.
The cat that the kids were playing with is cute.
The cat the kids were playing with is cute.
The cat with which the kids
were playing is cute. RIDICULOUS
The kids were playing with a cat that is cute. COMPLEX- ADJ CL- sub pron
The kids were playing with a cute cat.
SIMPLE
*Something to find out about after
the course is finished.
4. The heritage house that/which
has the big garden is for sale.
5. My friend, who is a doctor, is
coming over.
6. This is the person who lost the
keys.
7. The kids who were playing
outside came inside when it started raining.
8. My friend, who lives in New
York, is visiting next week.
9. We decided to try the restaurant
that has great reviews.
10. The package that was supposed
to be delivered yesterday finally arrived.
B. Combine the sentences using an adjective clause using
'who', 'that' or 'which'. Write your sentences on your own paper.
1.
Mary is my friend. She lives next door.
Mary, who lives
next door, is my friend.
2.
The movie was boring. We watched it last night.
The movie that we
watched last night was boring.
3.
The girl has a dog. Her dog won a prize.
The girl that has
a dog won a prize. XXX
The girl has a dog
that won a prize.
4.
The car is blue. My brother bought it.
The car that my
brother bought is blue.
The car that is
blue was bought by my brother. OVERWRITTEN
My brother bought a
car that is blue.
My brother bought a
blue car.
5.
The girl is playing the piano. She is my sister.
The girl
is playing the piano who is my sister. XXX misplaced modifier
The girl who is playing the
piano is my sister.
EXAMPLE OF MISPLACED MODIFIERS
I gave a table to my sister that
has three legs. XXX
FIXES
I gave a table that has three legs to
my sister.
I gave my sister a table that has three
legs.
I gave a three-legged table to my
sister. SIMPLE
The woman saw a cat who is driving
a truck. XXX
The woman who is driving a truck saw
a cat.
The woman who saw a cat is driving
a truck.
ADJ CL follows the NOUN that it is
describing
6.
Jun bought a shirt. It is too small.
Jun bought a shirt
that is too small.
The shirt that is
too small was bought by Jun. OVERWRITTEN
The shirt that Jun
bought is too small.
The shirt Jun
bought is too small.
7.
I visited a city. It has a famous cathedral.
I visited a city
which/that has a famous cathedral.
8.
The movie was interesting. We watched it last
night.
The movie (that) we
watched last night was interesting.
9.
He had an accident. It happened yesterday.
He had an accident
that/which happened yesterday.
10.
She completed the project. It surprised
everyone.
She completed the architecture
project that/which surprised everyone.
IDIOM This is how the other half
live. – how rich people live
MODERN IDIOM the 5%- the richest
people
IDIOM the muckamucks- the rich people
She is a muckamuck. She comes from old money.
-multi-generational wealth
No comments:
Post a Comment