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WRITE 2 SENTENCES USING THE GIVEN CUES:

1. We/ widen/ training areas/ roads/ sport building.
2. It/ necessary/ promote and advertise/ all/ preparations/ the Asian Games/ radio and TV.
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Puzzle
UNIT 12:
THE ASIAN GAMES


PERIOD 79: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. PRONUNCIATION
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b. Practise reading aloud the following sentences:
There was a strong man on the street at night.
The strong man looked very strange.
He was holding an ice-cream in one hand, and a rubber doll in the other hand.
The man was eating the ice-cream, squeezing the doll and it was squeaking.
The man was screaming while walking to the square.
Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things.

Grammar:
Omission of relative pronouns
Combine the following sentences using relative pronouns.
Ex 1: The woman is a doctor. She lives
next door.
-> The woman who lives next door is a
doctor.
Ex 2: The book is about Africa. It has
many wonderful pictures.
-> The book which has many wonderful
pictures is about Africa.
 Rule 1
Relative pronouns of defining relative clauses “who, which, that” can not be omitted when they are subjects in the relative clauses.
Combine the following sentences using relative pronouns.
Ex 3: The man is a doctor. You met
him last night.
-> The man whom you met last
night is a doctor.
Ex 4: John doesn’t want to sell the
house. He lives in it.
-> John doesn’t want to sell the
house which he lives in.
Ex 3: The man is a doctor. You met him
last night.
-> The man whom you met last night is
a doctor.
-> The man you met last night is a
doctor.
Ex 4: John doesn’t want to sell the
house. He lives in it.
-> John doesn’t want to sell the
house which he lives in.
-> John doesn’t want to sell the
house he lives in.
 Rule 2
Relative pronouns of defining relative clauses “who, which, that” can be omitted when they are objects in the relative clauses.
Exceptions
We can not omit:
Relative pronoun in a non-defining relative clause.
Ex: Hanoi, which my grandparents is
living in, is capital of Vietnam.

Relative pronoun after a preposition.
Ex: The house in which he lives is
very old.
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences to make a relative clause without a relative pronoun.

1. Have you found the bike ................ ?
2. Most of the classmates........................................... ................................................................. couldn’t come.
3. The short stories.......................... were very funny.
4. The dictionary....................................... is expensive, but very interesting.
5. I didn’t like the man..........................................
6. The beef......................................was really delicious.
you lost
he invited to the birthday party
John told
I bought yesterday
we met this morning
we had for lunch
Exercise 3: Tick () the sentences in which the relative pronouns can be omitted.
1. The girl who we are going to see is from Britain.
2. He works for a company that makes cars.
3. What was the name of the man who you met yesterday?
4. The table that was broken has now been repaired.
5. Do you know the girl who he is talking to?
6. This is the novel that I’ve been expecting.
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Home work
Do sentences 5, 6 in exercise 1 and 2 at home.
Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 13: Reading