Relative pronouns

Relative Clause

defining and non-defining

Relative clauses

• 1.The book which I liked was a detective story.

  2. The girl who is wearing a blue shirt is Mai.

  3. That the boy whom we saw at school yesterday.

  4. This is the woman with whom Mary is sharing the room.

  5. Thanks for this interesting book, which is bilingual, I can understand much more about American culture and improve my English at the same time.

  6. The company, whose name has been subject to frequent changes, is now called Axeg Group.

  7. That’s the reason why he failed.

  8. That’s the man whose dog was found.

Relative clauses

• Defining: This is the woman with whom Mary is sharing the room. (prepositions+ whom, not who. That can be used instead of which and who, can omit relative pronoun)

• Non defining: There is a doctor on-call at the hotel, who you can call in emergency situations. (That cannot be used, cannot omit relative pronoun.)

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That's the boy

is bilingual in English and VIetnamese.

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This is the room

we are having an English lesson this evening.

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The girl

father is my English teacher is reasonablly good at English.

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I didn’t understand the reason

you behaved so strangely at the party last night..

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This is the school

I learned English.

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Here is the newspaper

is in my room.

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The train

goes to Madrid leaves from platform 2.

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The cougar has powerful legs,

it uses to climb and jump into trees.

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The cougar is a member of the cat family

grows to around 8 feet in length.

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I’ve never seen anyone

can kick the ball as hard as David can

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1969 was

the first men went to the Moon.

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After the port there is a row of fisherman’s houses,

lights can be seen from across the bay.

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Kate love being in London,

there was so much to do.

Vocabulary

• English language: accent, bilingual, dialect, fluent, mother tongue, etc...

Multiple Choice

One way of increasing your speed of comprehension is to learn all your vocabulary without the use of your own _________.

• first language

• technical language

• official language

• business language

Multiple Choice

It's an important part of your cultural identity to keep your _________in speaking English.

• vocabulary

• language

• accent

• skill

Multiple Choice

Much _________ comes through body language and gesture.

• talk

• speech

• communication

• exchange

Multiple Choice

Try to _________ the meaning of words rather than going straight for your dictionary.

• judge

• guess

• decide

• except

Multiple Choice

Reading is the best way to _________your vocabulary in any language.

• improve

• increase

• raise

• put up

Multiple Choice

She had to learn English because she works for a _________ company.

• multifunctional

• multinational

• world

• big

Multiple Choice

He can speak English quite fast, but he still needs to improve his __________.

• accuracy

• accurate

• fluency

• fluent

Multiple Choice

Keiko is from Japanese, and she can speak English. Therefore, she is a __________.

• native English speaker

• English native speaker

• non-native English speaker

• English non-native speaker

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In most of the

companies, employees are required to use English competently. (NATION)

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She prefers a book written only in English to a

one. (LINGUAL)

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Linda picked

a bit of Italian when she was staying in Pisa.

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One of the characteristic features of English is its openness

vocabulary.

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Many of the students are bilingual

Spanish and English.

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I could just about get

in English when I first went to the UK.

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5. She’s fluent _______ Polish and French and can speak a little Italian.

6. English is taught at school _______ a second language in many countries.

7. She works for the United Nations, translating _______ English into French.

8. English owes its dominant status _______ its link to two of the world’s most powerful nations: the US and the UK.

9. For some reasons, my teacher think that I’m not good enough _______ languages.

10. When Imani came to Ireland he could not speak a word _______ English.

Multiple Choice

She had to learn English because she works for a _________ company.

• multifunctional

• multinational

• world

• big

II.  Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word in capital.

1.   This supervisor professor helped me a lot during my study in the College. (WHO)

This is_______________________

2.   Janet learned a few words of French when she was in Paris last year. (UP)

Janet_______________________

3.   My best friend Ali can speak English fluently. (IN)

My_______________________

4.   We met Dan for the first time at an Italian restaurant that we found eventually. (WHERE)

We eventually_________________

5.   Cullen can speak both Chinese and English perfectly. (BILINGUAL)

Cullen______________________

6.   Some of the many people we questioned gave us good description of the robber. (WHOM)

We questioned____________________________________

7.   Matha has lived in Poland for two years, but she can only speak basic Polish. (GET)

Although Matha_________________________________________

8.   The train was extremely crowded and stopped at every station. (WHICH)

The train,___________________________________

9.   I haven’t practiced English for ages, so I’m not as good at it as I used to be. (RUSTY)

My English__________________

10. An doesn’t go abroad for higher education because he doesn’t have enough money. (IF)

An______________________

Unit 9

Grammar: Relative clause, second conditional,

Vocabulary: English language: immersion, intonation, fluency,