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EngelsMiddelbare schoolhavoLeerjaar 2

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Today
  • Relative pronouns
  • A language biography  

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Relative clauses

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Assignment 
Read the article on the next slide (use the link) and answer the questions .

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Defining relative clauses 

Defining relative clauses geven altijd informatie die essentieel is voor de zin. 

The laptop which I bought last week has started making strange noises! 
Non-defining relative clauses 

We gebruiken non-defining relative clauses wanneer we extra informatie willen geven. 

John's mother, who lives in Scotland, has six grandchildren. 

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Relative clauses

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Non-defining relative clause
Defining relative clause
James Naismith, who was born in Canada, was working at a YMCA school.
It needed to be a sport which would keep students fit.
The man who invented it was James Naismith.
Naismith went to Berlin, where the games took place that year.
In 1936, when Naismith was 75 years old, basketball officially became part of the Olympic Games.
Naismith was working in Massachusetts, which is really cold in the winter.

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What are defining relative clauses used for?
A
To show the time of an action
B
To add extra information to a sentence
C
To identify which person or thing is meant
D
To express feelings

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Defining relative clauses give us...
A
Extra information
B
Essential information

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Non-Defining relative clauses give us...
A
Extra information
B
Essential information

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Relative Clauses:
The village in .........I lived had really changed
A
that
B
which
C
whom
D
who

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Relative Clauses:
Here is the man ____ car was stolen.
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that
B
which
C
whom
D
whose

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Samuel
Keano
Nander
Teun
Faith
Liv
Riyaz
Dincer
Thomas
Dion
Poju
Teacher
2C seating chart

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Today 
  • Relative clauses finish up
  • Recap all for the test (next Friday)

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Relative clauses

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Now 
Do ex 1,2,3,5 p. 39
Done?
Do exam success ex 7 p.39- on your own !!!
Grammar revision ex1,2 p.43
 Vocab revision ex 1,2,3 p.43
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  • Grammar revision ex1,2 p.43
  •  Vocab revision ex 1,2,3 p.43
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Do you know?
  • The number of languages in the world?  
  • The language with the most native speakers? 
  • The language with the most non-native speakers? 
  • The oldest written language that still exists?
  • The country with the most languages spoken by native inhabitants? 
7000
Mandarin
English
Chinese and Greek
Papua New Guines (over 800 living languages)
papua new gini

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When and how did you first start learning English?
  • I started learning English when I was at a primary school.
  • I like speaking and reading English but I'm not so good at writing.

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Gateway
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Now
Look at the pictures and tell me how each one can help to learn English

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Ex 3
The language biography complies an overview of a student's most important language-learning experiencies.
Read the text in ex 3 and mark the paragraphs.
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The answers 
  1. My name is... I can speak English
  2. I started learning...we practised speaking
  3. At the moment...on the computer
  4. Outside school... to London for example.
  5. I like learning English.... revise them from time to time. 

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Use the Writing bank tips and write your language-biography.
Hand it in via Teams 
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  • Language biography (Teams)

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