Monday, 19 October 2026

EF71011 P2 Class 28

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Continue complex sentences with adjective clauses

Prepare for Quiz 4

·      Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion”

Crossword

Read out loud?

Thought Questions

·      Continue verb tenses- present perfect

·      Leftover work?

“Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices”

“Phrasal Verb Exercises”

 

 

Tuesday

·      Continue adjective clauses

Choose vocab for Quiz 4

·      Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion” Test 4 when?

·      Continue verb tense- present perfect

 

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz 4- adjective clauses

·      Begin noun clauses- final kind of clause

“Noun Clauses” HANDOUT

·      Continue “Bike-sharing programs can help cities reduce missions and congestion” Test 3 when?

 

 

Thursday

·      “Self-Assessment” Week 7

·      Vocabulary exercises

·      Check progress on spoken presentations

·      Continue noun clauses

Quiz when?

·      Test 3- paragraph- last 55 minutes of class

 

 

Friday- October 23rd

No school

Professional Development

 

 

Monday, October 26

·      Spoken presentations

·      Begin essay work

·      Continue noun clauses

Choose vocab for Quiz 5

 

Tuesday, Oct 27

·      Spoken presentations

·      Continue essay work

·      Quiz 5- last 25m

 

Wednesday, Oct 28

·      Spoken presentations

·      Continue essay work

 

 

Thursday, Oct 29

·      Spoken presentations

·      Continue essay work

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Friday, Oct 30

·      Spoken presentations

 

Final Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

 

Friday- Last day

·      Return everything

No more RWs

·      Final marks and comments

·      One-on-one student-teacher conferences

 

 

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adjective clauses

Exercise B:

Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence using an adjective clause. Write your sentences on your own paper.

1.    I met a woman. She owns a successful business.

I met a woman who owns a successful business.

The woman who I met owns a successful business. object pronoun

CHOICES

The woman who I met owns a successful business. object pronoun

*The woman I met owns a successful business. omit object pronoun

The woman whom I met owns a successful business. GRAMMAR BOOK

 

 

 

 

2.    The book was fascinating. You recommended it to me.

The book that you recommended it to me was fascinating.

The book that you recommended to me was fascinating. object pronoun

CHOICES with object pronouns

The book that you recommended to me was fascinating.

The book you recommended to me was fascinating. OMIT

 

I found the book (that) you recommended fascinating.

 

3.    We visited a village. My grandfather grew up there.

We visited a village where my grandfather grew up.

We visited a village that my grandfather grew up in.

 

How many villages did he live in growing up?

We visited the village where my grandfather grew up. 1 village

We visited a village where my grandfather grew up. 2+

 

 

4.    The man is my neighbour. His dog barks every night.

The man whose dog barks every night is my neighbour.

The dog that barks every night is owned by my neighbour.

 

SV?

The man who’s my neighbour his dog barks every night. XXX

FIX

The man is my neighbour; his dog barks every night. COMPOUND

The man is my neighbour, and his dog barks every night. COMPOUND

 

 

 

 

 

5.    I spoke to a student. The student won a scholarship.

I spoke to a student who won a scholarship. Choice? NO.

 

The student who I spoke to won a scholarship. Choice? YES.

CHOICES

The student I spoke to won a scholarship.

The student who I spoke to won a scholarship.

The student whom I spoke to won a scholarship.

 

 

Exercise C

Correct the error in each adjective clause. Write your sentences on your own paper.

1.    The woman who lives upstairs is a nurse.

2.    I know a man whose daughter is a professional musician.

3.    The house that/where we visited last weekend was beautiful.

The Fairmont Hotel, which we visited last weekend, was beautiful.

 

The house that we walked around in last weekend was beautiful.

 

The condo that we viewed last weekend was beautiful.

The condo that we checked out last weekend was beautiful.

 

IDIOM check out- look at

 

She checked in at the airport.

We checked out from the hotel.

SLANG He looks checked out.  checked out- daydreaming

Sorry. I checked out for a second.

 

IDIOM The lights are on, but nobody’s home.

zoned out

I was a million miles away.

check out- make sure something is real or accurate

The boss checked his resume. It all checked out.

 

He was discharged from the hospital.

She was admitted into the hospital. She went to Admissions.

You are admitted and then discharged from the hospital.

She was hospitalized. PASSIVE VOICE

He is an out-patient. She is an in-patient.

 

He was in shock after the accident.

She had an adrenaline dump.

 

panic- totally lose control

She panicked when she saw the bear.

 

He was shocked by how expensive Vancouver is.

 

She shocked herself changing the light.

Canada- wall current 120 volts, 15 amps

Japan, China, Iran, Europe 220 volts

 

 

4.    The teacher who teaches mathematics is very experienced.

 

5.    That is the restaurant where we ate dinner last Friday.

That is the restaurant that we ate dinner in last Friday.

 

Commas around adjective clauses

 

 

 

 

 

Same meaning? How many teachers?

The teacher who teaches mathematics is very experienced. many

The teacher, who teaches mathematics, is very experienced. one

 

How many mothers? one

Her mother who teaches mathematics is very experienced.

*Her mother, who teaches mathematics, is very experienced.

 

How many friends? many, several

*Her friend who teaches mathematics is very experienced.

Her best friend, who teaches mathematics, is very experienced. one

 

acquaintance- someone you know, but not very close

 

 

Mary’s sister, who lives in Calgary, is a nurse.  1

How many sisters does Mary have? one or 2+

 

Mary’s sister who lives in Calgary is a nurse. 2+

How many sisters does Mary have? one or 2+

 

, comma – breath mark

 

GRAMMAR BOOK essential and non-essential clauses, restrictive and non-restrictive clauses

 

 

Lily is from Beijing, which is the capital of China.

 

Lily is from a small town that is famous for spicy noodles.

Lily is from Sichuan, which is famous for spicy noodles.

 

Exercises

1.  The woman _____ is very kind. live next door

The woman who lives next door is very kind.

The woman who is living next door is very kind.

The woman who has lived next door to us for four years is very kind.

The woman who has been living next door to us for only two weeks is very kind.

The woman who is going to live next door to us seems very kind.

 

 

2.  The book that I borrowed was fascinating.

The book that I borrowed from the library was fascinating.

PHRASAL VERB borrow from, lend to/loan to

I loaned/lent $5 to my friend. He borrowed $5 from me.

loan - $

Could you lend/give me a hand?

Shakespeare- Julius Caesar “lend me your ear”

 

 

 

 

 

3.  The car that I bought last year broke down yesterday.

My car broke down.

PHRASAL VERB She broke down. She started crying.

He is broke. He has no money.

The teacher broke it down. The teacher explained it clearly.

 

He broke down because his car broke down and he was broke.

 

Have you ever broken a bone?

clavicle- collar bone

 

 

My car is broken. XXX

My car got damaged in a collision. It was a fender-bender.

It was totalled. It was a write-off.

 

 

 

4.  The restaurant _____ serves delicious pasta. dinner.

The restaurant where I had dinner last week serves delicious pasta.

The restaurant that I had dinner in serves delicious pasta.

The restaurant which has an early-bird dinner special serves delicious pasta.

 

happy hour- usually associated with alcohol

 

 

5.  The student whose phone is ringing needs to turn it off.

The student whose phone keeps ringing needs to turn it off.

 

The student who his whose phone rang needs to turn it off.

 

 

 

 

 

whose- shows possession

who’s = who is

The student whose phone keeps ringing needs to turn it off.

The student who’s very tall plays basketball.

 

Who’s/Whose phone is that?

Who’s/Whose that?

 

Sasha’s neighbour is friendly.

 

‘ apostrophe- several use

1.  show possession   The dog’s toy is over there.

2.  contraction dog is = dog’s  The dog’s cute.

CONFUSING

its

it’s

 

Jess’ car is really cool.

Jess’s car is really cool.

 

The princess’ crown is made of diamonds.

The princess’s crown is made of diamonds.

 

 

keep + GERUND

She kept talking even after everyone left.

He kept watching the game even though his team was losing 5-0.

 

6.  This is the park where the ghost children play.

 

7.  The artist who owns the gallery is world-famous.

The artist whose painting are/are on display/hang/are exhibited/are shown in the gallery is world-famous.

 

 

 

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