6-10-21

Today's lesson
tongue twisters
Revise some irregular verbs
Improving your writing using relative clauses
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Today's lesson
tongue twisters
Revise some irregular verbs
Improving your writing using relative clauses

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Warming up: 
Let's get today's class warmed up using a tongue twister. 

Betty bought a bit of butter but the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter so Betty bought a better bit of butter and the batter was better

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Some more tongue twisters
I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen

He threw three free throws

Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread

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Irregular verbs practise Be - Win
Spin the spinner
Then name all 3 rows of the verb
(infinitive, past simple, past participle)

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Relative clauses
We use relative clauses to join two sentences together, or to give more information.
I bought a new car. It is very fast.
I bought a new car that is very fast.

She lives in Lissabon. She enjoys living in Lissabon.
She lives in Lissabon, which she enjoys. 

The most common relative clauses are: who, which, that

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When to use who, which, that
Who: People
Which: Things
That: people / things
The man who / that bought our house is Pete's neighbour.
I phoned my brother who / that lives in Rome.
That's the bag which / that I bought in Lissabon.

Important: when the sentence is between commas and contains extra information (instead of necessary information) we cannot use "that". 
My brother, who lives in Canada, is older.

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Using commas in a sentence
When we unite 2 sentences using a relative clause we create a new sentence. 
When the part starting with the relative clause is important information we cannot use commas.
That's the bag which I bought in Paris
By "important information" I mean information which is necessary to understand the sentence.

When the part starting with the relative clause contains extra information we do use commas.
My favourite bag, which I bought in Paris, is blue and red.
(With "Extra information" I mean: the sentence still makes sense when we omit this part of the sentence: My favourite bag is blue and red)

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Omitting who, which
In sentences containing important information we can omit who / which:
That is the bag (which) I bought in Paris

However, when who/ which is followed by a verb, you cannot omit it!
The grapes which are laying in the fridge are rotten

In sentences containing extra information, we cannot omit who / which:
Peter introduced me to Sally, who was very friendly.
Peter introduced me to Sally, was very friendly

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"Important information" sentences

Cannot be left out

No commas

Use who / which / that

You can omit who / which / that: unless followed by a verb







"Extra information" sentences

Can be left out

Use commas

Only use who / which (no that!)

You cannot omit who / which
A short summary for the two different types of sentences using relative clauses

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Other relative clauses: Whose / where / when 
Whose:
Indicates possession and cannot be left out. It replaces his / her / its. It can also replace a possessive 's. 
The dog is over there. The dog's / its owner lives here.
the dog, whose owner lives here, is over there. 

where / when : These can also be used to link 2 sentences.
I live in a city. I study in the city -> I live in the city where I study.
I was at a concert. I drank some wine -> I drank some wine when I was at the concert.


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Personal practise time
Now create your own sentences.

First make very short simple sentences (about any topic)
Then try to unite 2 sentences using who / which/ that / where / when 

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Now your writing looks smarter because you can combine 2 short sentences to make a long, smart sounding sentence.
Your mouth is still sore from the tongue twisters
Your brain is still fried from the irregular verb practise.

So you feel wrecked but no-one on Instagram notices;-)

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