W24 EN 2G1 U6 les1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Week 24, Lesson 1

Writing and Reading

Your aims

After this lesson I fully mastered relative pronouns and gerunds.

After this lesson I can write a description of who, where, when and why someone played truant.

After this lesson I improved reading skills.

Recap of...

Relative Pronouns

3 multiple choice questions and their explanations

! you have 10 seconds to answer each

When can you replace 'who' or 'which' by 'that'?

1. when there is a comma in front of the relative clause
2. when there is no comma in front of the relative clause

For example

Jessica that/who is my younger sister is a writer.

no commas > you can replace 'who' by 'that'

Jessica, that/who is my younger sister, is a writer.

commas > you cannot replace 'who' by 'that'

When can you leave out the relative pronoun?

1. when it is the subject of the relative clause
2. when it isn't the subject of the relative clause

For example

My sister who I admire the most is a writer.

I=subject of "I admire the most"> can leave who out

My sister who is writing a book is called Jessica.

who=subject of "who is writing a book"> can't leave 'who' out

Choose the correct option(s).
Have you seen the money ... was on the table?

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. o

Why B and C?

Because 'money' is not a person > not who = not A

Because money is  a thing > which = B

Because there were no commas > 'which' can be replaced by 'that' = C

Because 'which'/'that' is the subject of the relative clause (which/that was) > cannot leave out = not D

Recap of...

Gerunds

2 multiple choice questions and their explanations

! you have 10 seconds to answer each

What are gerunds?

1. verbs turned into nouns
2. nouns turned into verbs

Why A?

Because we turn verbs into nouns to use them, for instance, as a subject of a sentence. These new words are what we call 'gerunds'

What do these gerunds look like?
... is what I like most.

1. Sing
2. Sang
3. Singed
4. Singing

Why D?

Gerund  = infinitive of verb + ing

being

studying

stopping

travelling

Edition Time!

Go to eDition, Unit 6 lesson 2 and do exercises 9-11

Return to this lesson after eDition

ReadTheory

Go to ReadTheory and do at least 5 quizes

Return to this lesson after ReadTheory

Look back

Today you

- fully mastered the relative pronouns and gerunds

- wrote a description of someone who, where, when and why he played truant

- improved your reading skills

Look forward

Lesson 2 is at school: vocab and grammar 'future tense'

Lesson 3: recap future tense and some<>any, phrases

Prepare yourself for lesson 2 by

studying Vocab 6.2 and Phrases 6.2