WELCOME TO DAI MO HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: Pham Quoc Khanh
GRADE 11
UNIT 9
THE POST OFFICE
E. LANGUAGE FOCUS

LANGUAGE FOCUS
* Pronunciation: / sp / - / st / - / sk /

* Grammar:
1. Defining relative clauses
2. Non-defining relative clauses
Pronunciation:
Listen and repeat:
/ sp / / st / / sk /
speak Stanley ask
speech stand disk
speedy stop dusk
crisp best skill
spacious text school
A: Ladies and gentlemen ...
B: Speak up, Stanley!
A: I stand before you ...
B: Speak up, Stanley!
A: ON THIS SCHOOL SPEECH DAY...
B: Stop shouting, Stanley!
A: And I speak for both my wife and myself, when I say ...
B: Speak up, Stanley!
A: SPEAK UP, STANLEY!!!
Practise reading aloud this dialogue
GRAMMAR
Revision
1. Defining relative clauses
(Mệnh đề không có dấu phẩy đứng trước who, whom, whose, which, that)
2. Non-defining relative clauses
(Mệnh đề có dấu phẩy đứng trước who, whom, which, whose dùng để cung cấp thêm thông tin)
Set the scene:
Hung went with his father to a very large supermarket. He asked his father: “Who designed the building, dad?”. “The architects”, his father replied. Hung would like to know what ‘architect’ means, so he asked his father “who is an architect, dad?”. His father answered “An architect is someone who designs buildings.”
Exercise 1
1. (a burglar) ......................................................................
2. (a customer)
......................................................................
3. (a shoplifter)
......................................................................
4. (a coward)
...............................................................................
5. (a tenant)
...............................................................................
A burglar is someone who breaks into a house and steals things.
A customer is someone who buys something from a shop.
A shoplifter is someone who steals from a shop.
A coward is someone who is not brave.
A tenant is someone who pays rent to live in a house or a flat.
Exercise 2
Set the scene:
Peter met Mike the other day while Mike was driving a very expensive car. Peter asked Mike “Have you just bought this car, Mike? Mike replied “ Oh! No. Really, Peter. I borrowed it from someone else”.
“What’s the name of the man whose car you borrowed, Mike? ” asked Peter.
1. A pacifist is a person ................... believes that all wars are wrong.
2. An orphan is a child ............ parents are dead.
3. I don’t know the name of the woman .................... I met yesterday.
4. This school is only for children .......... first language is not English.
5. The woman .................. I wanted to see was away on holiday.
whose
who/ that
whom/ that
whose
whom/ that
Exercise 3
Join the sentences, using who, that or which.
Example:
A girl was injured in the accident. She is now in hospital.
- The girl who was injured in the accident is now in hospital.
1. A man answered the phone. He told me you were away.
The man


2. A hotel was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt.
The hotel


3. The people were arrested. They have been now released.


4. The train goes to Ho Chi Minh City. It runs every day.

who answered the phone told me you were away .
which was destroyed in the fire has now been rebuilt .
The people who were arrested have now been released.
The train which goes to HCM City runs every day.
Exercise 4
Using who, whose, which to join the sentences
Set the scene:
- Peter: What is the longest bridge in Hanoi, Mike?
- Mike: Thanh Tri bridge is the longest in Hanoi. It is in Thanh Tri District.
- Peter: Oh, I see. Thanh Tri bridge, which is in Thanh Tri District, is the longest in Hanoi.
- Mike: Yes. That’s right.
The position of Non-defining relative clause?
- They are put after one or between two commas
- They go after subjects:
* with proper nouns ( Uncle Ho; Maria...)
* possessive adjectives ( my, your, his...)
* with this, that, these, those
- Non-defining clauses can be introduced by expressions like all of, many of + relative pronoun
- Notes: we don’t use that in this kind of clause.
1. Peter is studying French and German. He has never been abroad.


2. You’ve all met Michael Wood. He is visiting us for a couple of days.


3. I will be staying with John. His brother is one of my classmates.


4. We are going to move to Hanoi. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam.
Peter, who is studying French and German, has never been abroad.
You’ve all met Michael Wood, who is visiting us for a couple of days.
I’ll be staying with John, whose brother is one of my classmates.
We’re going to Hanoi, which is the capital of Vietnam.
Do the exercises in workbook
Prepare Test Yourself C
HOMEWORK
Thanks for your attention
What insect is it? ...........................
It’s a spider.
10



Is it a shark?
No, it isn’t. It’s a sperm whale.
15
Who are they?
They are students.
5
What are they? ........................
They’re stamps
25
What are the women wearing?
They are wearing skirts.
20
What’s this? ............................
It’s a skull
10
X 2
Lucky number!
What is the name of the sea creature?
It’s a starfish.
15