Relative clauses

[Pages:2]3D Relative clauses

A Combine the two sentences, using a non-defining relative clause.

1 My girlfriend has just got a promotion. Her job is already very stressful.

2 Our dentist has just bought a yacht. He earns ?150,000 a year. 3 My father plays a lot of golf. He retired last year. 4 I went for a job interview in Southampton. My fianc? lives in

Southampton. 5 My sister has just got a place at Oxford University. Oxford

University is the oldest university in the UK. 6 The call centre is closing down. Two hundred people work there.

B Write a simple sentence about each of the following.

1 Your English teacher

2 Your school

3 One of your classmates

4 The principal of your school

5 Your capital city

Work in pairs and take it in turns to read your sentences to each other. You must expand your partner's sentences by adding extra information.

C Complete the relative clauses with a relative pronoun. Then add

commas if the clause is non-defining.

1 The waiter

served us last time we ate

here was more polite.

2 William Shakespeare

plays are still very

popular today died on his birthday.

3 My presentation to the Japanese clients

I

thought went very well lasted two hours.

4 I visited the farm

my grandmother grew up.

5 My friend Ian

opinion I respect told me to

resign from my job.

6 Have you seen the unemployment figures

the

government released this morning?

7 My brother Terry

is a reporter for the BBC has

just come back from Libya.

8 A student

doesn't study hard won't get into

university.

Solutions 2nd edition Intermediate

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3D Relative clauses

Aims To review and practise non-defining and defining relative clauses Time 10 minutes Materials 1 handout for each student

? Give each student a copy of the handout and ask them to

look at number one in task A. Elicit how the two sentences may be joined and write the example on the board, drawing attention to the use and positioning of the commas.

? Ask students to do the rest of the task and check answers.

1 My girlfriend, whose job is already very stressful, has just got a promotion. / My girlfriend, who has just got a promotion, already has a very stressful job.

2 Our dentist, who has just bought a yacht, earns ?150,000 a year. / Our dentist, who earns ?150,000 a year, has just bought a yacht.

3 My father, who retired last year, plays a lot of golf. / My father, who plays a lot of golf, retired last year.

4 I went for a job interview in Southampton, where my fianc? lives.

5 My sister has just got a place at Oxford University, which is the oldest university in the UK.

6 The call centre, where two hundred people work, is closing down.

? In task B, students write five simple sentences following the

given prompts. When students have finished, divide the class into pairs. Tell them to take it in turns to read their sentences and expand their partner's sentences by adding additional information. Alternatively, if you feel your students would benefit from the written practice, tell them to swap handouts with their partner and write down the additional details. Circulate and monitor, ensuring that students are using the correct relative pronouns and punctuation. Get some feedback from a few students.

? Before students do task C, review the differences between

defining and non-defining relative clauses and elicit the first answer as an example. Students then complete the rest of the task. Check answers, taking the opportunity to review the possible use of that to replace which and who (informal) in defining relative clauses.

1 The waiter who / that served us last time we ate here was more polite.

2 William Shakespeare, whose plays are still very popular today, died on his birthday.

3 My presentation to the Japanese clients, which I thought went very well, lasted two hours.

4 I visited the farm where my grandmother grew up. 5 My friend Ian, whose opinion I respect, told me to resign from

my job. 6 Have you seen the unemployment figures which / that the

government released this morning? 7 My brother Terry, who is a reporter for the BBC, has just come

back from Libya. 8 A student who / that doesn't study hard won't get into

university.

Solutions 2nd edition Intermediate

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