Solutions Unit 6 Lesson A+B

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Unit 6: high flyers

Today´s programme

- grammar: defining relative clauses

- revision: comparison
- vocabulary

Learning objectives 

- you can use defining relative clauses

- you can make comparisons using a variety of structures

- you can describe someone´s character

High flyers

Defining relative clauses

Clause: a group of words containing a subject and a verb which form a sentence, or part of a sentence

Ex: I can´t cook very well, but I make quite cook pancakes

Relative clause: starts with a relative pronoun (who, which, etc.)

Ex: The man who called you is my dentist

How many clauses?
The meeting started a couple of hours ago

1. 2
2. 1
3. 3
4. 5

How many clauses?
Tom told a joke, so Drake laughed

1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1

How many clauses?
Jack is tired, yet he is not going to sleep

1. 3
2. 4
3. 1
4. 2

Defining relative clauses

A defining relative clause gives us essential information. We need to understand what or who is being reffered to.

The dentist who treated me was my uncle

*We don´t use comma´s*

Have you ever been back to the town, that you were born in?

Omit the comma

Keep the comma

The music, which I´m listening to, is great.
(look at the comma´s)

correct

incorrect

The police officer, who arrested the man, is one of my father´s friends. (look at comma´s)

correct

incorrect

Defining relative clauses

Who: used for people
             Ex: the woman who lives next door is a doctor.

Which: for things
             Ex: the car in which we drove to London is my mum´s. 
Whose: instead of his/her/their

             Ex: a nurse is someone whose job is to care for ill people

Where: for places
             Ex: I want to create gardens where I can grow vegetables

Choose the correct answer
I have a friend ... speaks 4 languages

1. whose
2. who
3. which
4. when

Choose the correct answer
The dictionary is a place ... you can find all kind of words

1. which
2. who
3. whose
4. where

Choose the correct answer
I want to see the film ... everybody´s talking about

1. where
2. who
3. whose
4. which

Defining relative clauses

Who/which or ´that´ can be omitted when there are the object of the clause. Ex: Who´s the man that I saw you with?

*we can use ´that´ instead of ´who´ or ´which´ (informa)l*

Ex: The picture that hangs on the wall

*we can use ´whom´(formal) instead of ´who´ when the        pronoun follows a preposition* 
Ex: Is this the man to whom you are referring?

Fill in the correct answer(s)
We should only buy products ... can be recycled

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

Fill in the correct answer(s)
A "technophobe" is someone ... is scared of technology.

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

Fill in the correct answer(s)
Chris is the friend with ... I went to Italy

1. who
2. whom
3. which
4. whose

Comparatives

Comparisons

Comparative: -er + ´than´ behind the adjective (bijv. nw)

Short adjectives with the comparative: use -er

Ex. He is shorter than his brother

Long adjectives with the comparative: use ´more´

Ex. She is more beautiful than her friend

Fill in the correct answer
Her skin is much ... after two weeks in the Caribbean (dark)

Fill in the correct answer
The traffic is ... today because of an accident on the highway (slow)

Fill in the correct answer
Emma is ... her bestfriend (jealous)

Comparisons

Superlative: add ´the´ + -est at the end of the word

Short adjectives with the superlative: use -est

Ex. That car is the fastest of all six

Long adjectives with the superlative: use (the) ´most´

Ex. That is the most ridiculous answer I´ve ever heard

Fill in the correct answer
That is ... mountain I have ever seen (high)

Fill in the correct answer
The cheetah is ... animal in the world (fast)

Fill in the correct answer
From all the excuses I have heard, this is by far ... one. (ridiculous)

Comparative (exceptions)

Words that already end with an ´e´, only get -r or -st at the end

Nice - nicer (than) - (the) nicest

Als er een woord eindigt op een medeklinker, en er staat een klinker voor, dan wordt de medeklinker verdubbeld

Big - bigger (than) - (the) biggest

Eindigt het woord op een ´y´, dan verandert de ´y´ in ´ie´

Silly - sillier (than) - (the) silliest

Fill in the correct answer
This is ... art collection in Europe (fine)

Fill in the correct answer
She is ... in maths than I am (good)

Fill in the correct answer
She always has a smile on her face, she is ... person I know (happy)

Homework Monday 13th of May

Make exercise 2 (chapter 6A) on page 64 of your sb
Make exercise 6 (chapter 6A) on page 65 of your sb

Make exercise 4, 7 and 8 (chapter 6B) on page 66 of your sb 

Finished? Study the purple words (vocabulary) on page 64,65

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Learning objectives received?

- you can use defining relative clauses

- you can make comparisons using a variety of structures

- you can describe someone´s character

Grammar explanation
defining relative clauses