STYLE AND SUBSTANCE

STYLE AND SUBSTANCE

UNIT 2

Relative clauses

• Defining relative clauses

• Non-defining relative clauses

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What relative clause de you use with animals and things?

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What relative clause de you use with People?

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What relative clause de you use with everything? (people, things and animals)

Compound words

the combination of two or more words can be known as compound words. Sometimes they'll keep their meaning and sometimes not.

Example: Police + man = policeman

Butter + fly = Butterfly

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You use this when you can't walk

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This is a plant you can find in the ocean

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This is something you need to write in a computer

The articles

• Definite (The)

• Indefinite (A - An)

• No article

Definite articles

The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader. It is specific.

Example: Can you give me the black pen please?

Did you know why the teacher of chemistry was expelled ?

Indefinite articles

The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known or when you mention something for the first time.

Examples: There's an animal in the backyard

Can you give me a pen please?

No article

There are certain situations in which you don't use articles. This is because you refer to a general idea.

Examples: -All trees are beautiful

-He was asking for advice

- I do not like coffee