3H - 3D- Grammar - Non-defining relative clauses

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CH3 - Grammar - Non-defining relative clauses

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What do you need this lesson?

- Your student's book

- Your workbook

- Your notebook

- A pen

- Smartphone (on quiet)

- Earbuds/headphones

- Food/drinks (this means water as well)

- Gum

* Bags on the floor

- Jackets/Coats + caps/hats

On your desk:

In your bag (not pockets):

In your locker:

What do you always have to do?

Only speak English!

Take notes!

• Always take a notebook with you to class. 
• Write down the grammar rules in your notebook.
• Write other important stuff in your notebook.

No notebook (or an empty one) means that you've forgotten your work.

Vocabulary list

Create a vocabulary list at the end of your notebook. This broadens your vocabulary and helps you remember more. 

Always do your homework + don't forget to bring your homework, books, pen and notebook with you.

Learning goals

• I know what non-defining relative clauses are;
• I know the rules to non-defining relative clauses;
• I can make sentences, using non-defining relative clauses. 

3D: Non-defining relative clauses. (SB 27)

Exercise 2 - Read the text about Ted Ingram Quickly. Does the text make sense without the sentences in red?

• Why or why not?

Non-Defining relative clauses

1. Defining relative clauses come immediately after a noun.

2. They give extra information about that noun.

3. They can go in the middle or at the end of a sentence, and start with a comma and end with a comma or full stop

Relative pronouns:

- Who - people

- Where - places

- Which - things

- Whose -possessions

* Not that!

• We can't omit non-defining relative pronouns.
• We can't replace who or which with that. 

Examples of non-defining relative clauses

1. Harrods is a famous department store. "Normal sentence"

 → Harrods, which is in Knightsbrigde in London, is a famous department store. (non-defining relative clause). → You can leave out: "which is in Knightsbridge in London"

They can go in the middle or end of a sentence:

2. Abraham Lincoln, who was President of the United States in the nineteenth century, was shot whilst attending a play. (non-defining clause is in the middle of the sentence)

3. Kingston is the capital of Jamaica, which is an island in the Caribbean. (non-defining clause is at the end of the sentence)

3D: Non-defining relative clauses. (SB 27)

Exercise 3 - Choose the correct words to complete the rules. 

• Write down these rules in your notebook!

Practice non-defining relative clauses. 

• Combine the two simple sentences to make one complex sentence. 
• Include a non-defining relative clause, 
• Either at the end or in the middle of the new sentence. 

1. My sister works for British Airways. She's a flight attendant.

My sister, who works for British Airways, is a flight attendant. 

2. My aunt is a famous scientist. Her laboratory is at Cambridge University.

3. The head office of my dad's company is in Oslo. Oslo is in Norway.

4. Our accountant is retiring. I've known him for years.

5. I'm applying for a job in Glasgow. My cousin lives there.

6. A friend helped me to get this job. His mother is an IT consultant. 

Answers practise non-defining relative clauses

• 2. My aunt, who is a famous scientist, has her laboratory at Cambridge University.
• 3. The head office of my dad's company is in Oslo, Norway.
• 4. Our accountant, who I've known for years,  is retiring.
• 5. I'm applying for a job in Glasgow, where my cousin lives.
• 6. A friend, whose mother is an IT consultant, helped me to get this job. 

You might have something different here. 

Don't hesitate to ask. It could be correct as well.

3d: Non-defining relative clauses (SB p.27)

Exercise 4 - Complete the text about Bill Hocking with the relative clauses (a-f)

Once finished, we'll go over the answers together.

Answers exercise 4 (SB)

• 1 = c
• 2 = b
• 3 = d
• 4 = a
• 5 = f
• 6 = e

If you've done it the other way around ;)

a = 4

b = 2

c = 1

d = 3

e = 6

f = f

3d: Non-defining relative clauses (SB p.27)

Exercise 5 - 

• Combine the two sentences to make one complex sentence.
• Include information in the second sentence as a non-defining relative clause, either at the end or in the middle of the new sentence.

Once finished, we'll go over the answers together.

Answers exercise 5 (SB)

• 1 = X
• 2 = My aunt, who is a lawyer, earns a lot of money.
• 3 = I'd like to go to Africa, where I can work in a national park.
• 4 = Her daughter, who lives in France, works in a laboratory.
• 5 = He loves his job, which involves dealing with the public.  

6 = Last summer I visited Thailand, where my cousin lives.

7 = Matthew, whose mum is a translator, wants to be an interpreter.

Learning goals

• I know what non-defining relative clauses are;
• I know the rules to non-defining relative clauses;
• I can make sentences, using non-defining relative clauses.

Homework

Exercises:

• Finish exercises 2 till 5 (SB page 27)
• Do exercise 1, 2 and 3 (activity book page 25)

Study: Student's book

- Non-defining relative clauses: (p.112)

- Phrasal verbs: separable (p.129)

- Defining relative clauses:  (p.112)

- Agent nouns + useful phrases with work (p.129)