Relative pronouns- Dream Job

Relative pronouns- Dream Job

by karen ramirez

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(​Info: Pablo Borja and Objective Book)

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the sentences in formal style.

6-Unfortunately, the conference that you enrolled on has been cancelled.

• in which

• for which

• To whom

• on which

Warm-up: Data analytics Presentation

​What is a relative pronoun?

​Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that. The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause.

Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns​

Video activity​: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFDyKAfaOSA

Relative Clauses

Relatives clauses (examples)

​There are two clauses: Independent and Relative.

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​WHOM(A quien/quienes)

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​They are our new friends. We meet in Paris

​IC: They are our friends whom we met in Paris.

​RC+: Our friends, whom we met in Paris, are in English.

​*+: Add information

Relatives clauses (examples)

​There are two clauses: Independent and Relative.

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​WHOSE(De quien, cuyo, cuyos/Possesive)

​He is Michael. Michael is John´s father

​IC: He is Michael whose son is John.

​RC+: Michael, whose son is John, is here.

​*+: Add information

Open Ended

Write the relative and independent clause:

She is my daughter. She is 4 years old

​Relative Clauses

​You saw this advertisements. and you are intered in replying to iy. You have written some notes in preparation for your letter of application. Rewrite the notes into longer sentences using relative clauses.

Open Ended

1. I am writing-MBA. I understand it stars any time.

Open Ended

2. I would like to start in September. I return from annual holiday..

Open Ended

3. I would like to take course in my home country. I will have access to internet and good libraries.

Open Ended

4. I graduated from...two years ago. Studies Politics and economics BSc Honours degree.

Open Ended

5. I am employed by plastics, Wisbro. Sale and marketing department

Open Ended

6. You can obtain reference from Sven Larsson. Marketing manager. Worked closely with him for two years.

​Listening

​You will hear five short extracs in which tour guides are talking about their jobs. While you listen, you must complete both tasks

​Formal and informal

​in formal English we use prepositions before relative pronouns

we can say:

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Was that the restaurant to which we normally go?     or

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​Electronics is a subject about which I know very little.      or

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John is the person from whom I obtained the information.

​Formal and informal

​In Informal situations we would use that rather than which or who:

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The man that spoke to me was very worried

rather than

​The man who spoke to me was very worried

​or we can omit it completely:

The jacket Fred usually wears is a tennis blazer.

rather than

The jacket that Fred usually wears is a tennis blazer.

​Formal and informal

​Note: We cannot use who or that after a preposition.

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​But it does apply for whom, which, and whose:

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​He wrecked the car for which he had paid a fortune.

He was a man for whom everybody had great respect.  

The team signed then the young Maradona, in whose skills everybody had their hopes

Multiple Choice

Which of these tenses are more formal?

• This is the man to whom I was talking.

• This is the man I was talking to.

Multiple Choice

Which of these tenses are more formal?

• The beach was very far from the hotel.

• The beach was very far from the hotel

  in which I was staying.

​Preposition+relative pronoun

​The most common position of the preposition is at the end of the relative clause.

• He wrecked the car for which he had paid a fortune.

• He wrecked the car which he had paid a fortune for.

​Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guiOQZ0NhuY

​Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guiOQZ0NhuY

​Relative adverbs

​Time

​Place

​Reason

Multiple Select

Rewrite the sentences in formal style.

1.- This is the area of research that he is working on.

• in which

• for which

• To whom

• on which

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the sentences in formal style.

2.- Here are some new statistics that you can have confidence in.

• in which

• for which

• To whom

• on which

Multiple Select

Rewrite the sentences in formal style.

5-The editor that she sent here article to has replied.

• in which

• for which

• To whom

• on which

Multiple Choice

Rewrite the sentences in formal style.

6-Unfortunately, the conference that you enrolled on has been cancelled.

• in which

• for which

• To whom

• on which

Open Ended

The grammar textbooks can be purchased in the bookstore. The professor was talking about the textbook

Formal relative pronouns​

Google forms​

Open Ended

The university is not accepting any more students. Maria applies to this university in July.

​Dream Job

​1.What is your dream job?

​2.Write a letter of application to your dream job?