Wednesday, March 10th 2010
Topic 1: CELEBRATIONS
Lesson 1: Relatives Clause
I/ Presentation
1. Defining relative clauses : ( meänh ñeà quan heä xaùc ñinh)
+ Meänh ñeà quan heä xaùc ñònh ñi sau 1 cuïm danh töø vaø laøm roõ ngöôøi hoaëc vaät chuùng ta noùi veà .
Ex: People who drink and drive are a danger to everyone .
This is a horse that won last year’s race.
+Meänh ñeà quan heä xaùc ñònh coù theå ñi sau a/ an- danh töø
Ex: The book is about a boy who runs away from home
+ Giöõa danh töø / ñaïi töø vaø meänh ñeà quan heä khoâng coù daáu phaåy .
+ Meänh ñeà quan heä laø thaønh phaàn khoâng theå löôïc boû trong caâu .
2. Non- defining relative clauses ( mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định)
+Mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định đi sau 1 cụm danh từ đã được xác định từ trước mà không cần định nghĩa hoặc giải thích gì thêm .
Ex: Bill, who won the race last year , hopes to win again
Her car, whose tyres were bad, skidded on the wet road
+ Giữa danh từ / đại từ và mệnh đề quan hệ có dấu phẩy
+ Mệnh đề quan hệ là thành phần có thể lược bỏ trong câu .
II/ Practice
1.Fill in each blanks with an appropriate relative pronoun:
1.A member………. car breaks down can ring this number

2.Peter,…….spoke French well, offered to interpret

3.His new car, ………….he paid $15,000 for, has broken down
4.That’s the girl ………spoke to me yesterday

5.What’s the name of the book ………..is the best seller this year?
whose
who
which
who
which
2. Combine the two sentences into one, using relative pronouns
This is Mr Smith. He helped me do the work

b. The novel is interesting. My uncle wrote the novel

c. Nam is my friend. Nam’s father is a famous doctor.

d. Jane is the woman. Jane is going to China next year.

e. The table is expensive. I bought the table.
This is Mr. Smith who helped me do the work
The novel, which my uncle wrote, is interesting
Nam, whose father is a famous doctor, is my friend
Jane is the woman who is going to China next year
The table, that I bought, is expensive