Unit 7 Grammar: Reduced Clauses

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

SPLENDID COLLOCATIONS

Which one word can be used to complete all of the following three sentences? 

1. There was an unexpected ........ of events in the world of politics today.

2. I always try to do people a good ........ as it doesn't cost anything to be thoughtful.

3. He was born around the ........ of the century.

COLLOCATIONS: ANSWERS

The missing word is 'TURN'. Write your own definition or example sentence to help you remember these collocations:

turn of events

to do a good turn

the turn of the century

10 minutes quiet reading- 

Phrasal verbs with off and in....

What can you remember?

We were completely fooled by her prank.

taken in by

We had better postpone the test until everyone is here.

put off

or put the test off until

To be honest, what made me dislike the new teacher was his arrogance.

put (me) off

The rioting prisoners refused to surrender even though the prison was surrounded

give in

The quickest route to the supermarket is to leave the main road just after the petrol station.

turn off

Reduced

Clauses....usually make a sentence sound more formal

P.177 -Use reduced clauses to ......

1. simplify sentences

2. reduce two senteces to one sentence

3. in written dialogues, not spoken

4. talk about two things happening at the same time

5.to talk about two actions that happen within a short time period

6.to imply a reason

Jeez!!! 

Too much information

Reducing sentences

1. reduced relative clauses.

        Reducing sentences

2. Omitting the second repetition of a verb, pronoun or clause.

I went to Spain on holiday and my best friend went to France.

She went to the office and she worked all day.

I would like to move to a larger house but I can’t afford to move to a larger house.

Repeating is ....

Now, go to page 84

Let's have a look together at ex. 1 together (extra info on p177)

Then on your own: 

page 84: ex. 1 Rewrite a-f/1-6 to show their function

page 84: ex. 2 rewrite the information.. let's compare as a class

page 84 : a bit of extra information on next slide and then ex. 3 

page 85: Push yourself: ex 4

7 MINUTES 

QUIET READING.....

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For today: GRAMMAR

Finish all your work up to and including ex 7 page 85

Then,

make sure that you have put  PROPOSAL WRITING TASK in folder along with your feedback form

Homework before Wednesday the 1st of November - Finish the REVIEW OF UNIT 7 ON PAGE 92

This is the end of grammar in unit 7

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