The Asian Games

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Unit 12
The Asian Games
Language Focus
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strawberry
stress
/str/
stream
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/skr/
screen
scroll
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/skw/
squirrel
square
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Pronunciation

• /str/ /skr/
  /skw/

street strong strange strength
scream screen screw scratch
square squeeze squeak squeal
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Grammar

• The man who is talking to John is from Korea.
• The man talking to John is from Korea.
• The ideas which are presented in that book are
  interesting.
• The ideas presented in that book are interesting.
• The books that are on that shelf are mine.
• The books on that shelf are mine.
• I know the first man who sets his foot on the
  moon.
• ? I know the first man to set his foot on the
  moon.

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Grammar

• Reducing relative clause 3 ways
• V-ing present participle
• to-inf V3
• Ved
• past participle

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Grammar

• Relative pronouns

Person Thing
subject Who/that Which/that
object Who/whom/ that Which/that
possessive Whose Whose
Which/that
Who/what
Who/whom/that
Which/that
Whose
Whose
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Grammar

• I like the dress which/that Jane is wearing.
• I like the dress Jane is wearing.
• The doctor who/whom/that I wanted to talk to was
  not on duty.
• ? The doctor I wanted to talk to was not on duty.

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Grammar

• Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom.
• Relative pronoun functions as subject.
• We stopped at the museum, which wed never been
  into.
• Relative pronoun in non-defining relative clause.

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Grammar
Exersise 1
you lost?

• 1. Have you found the bike
• 2. Most of the classmates
• couldnt come.
• 3. The short stories were very
  funny.
• 4. The dictionary
  is expensive, but very interesting.
• 5. I didnt like the man
• 6. The beef was
  really delicious.

he invited to
the birthday party
John told
I bought yesterday
we met this morning
we had for lunch
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Grammar
Exersise 2

• 1.I enjoy my job because I like the people
• 2. The dinner party wasnt
  very enjoyable.
• 3. The house is not in
  good condition.
• 4. I wasnt interested in the things
• 5. He didnt get the job
• 6. The bed was very modern.

I work with.
we went to
were living in
they were
talking about.
he applied for.
I slept in
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Extra activity

• Use the information in the lists to complete
  Mariannas letter to her brother, Paul. Complete
  the sentences using the verb in brackets in a
  relative clause, for example, A Parisian is a
  person who lives in Paris or Thank you for the
  letter you sent me.

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• Dear Paul.
• I had a terrible birthday yesterday nearly
  everything went wrong. The computer_______________
  ________(gave) broke, and the man 1________(came)
  couldnt understand what was wrong, so Ill have
  to take it back to the shop. Then the new shelves
  2_________(put up) fell down immediately. The
  restaurant 3________(took to) was terrible, and
  the friends 4____________(invited) didnt come.
  The in the evening, Peter, one of friends
  5_____________(asked) phoned and said that the
  invitation 6_____________(sent) hadnt arrived in
  time.
• But there were some good things Mum gave me a
  radio alarm clock 7_____________(makes), and it
  works ! In the afternoon, Dad took me to an old
  woman 8______________(told), and she said that
  one day Im going to be a famous actress, but I
  dont believe her !
• Anyway, thank you very much for the earrings
  9_____________(sent) they are the best present
  10_____________(got) Im wearing them now. I hope
  you can come back home soon.
• With lots of love from,
• Marianna

Uncle Toby gave me
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• Answer keys
• Who came to mend
• I put up
• Mum and Dad took me to
• Id invited
• I had asked to my party
• I had sent/ I sent
• Which makes tea
• Who told my fortune
• You sent (me)
• I got

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Review

• PRONUNCIATION
• - How to pronounce the sounds /str/, /skr/, /skw/
• Grammar
• - Reduction in relative clause.
• - Omission of relative pronoun

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