LANGUAGE FOCUS
UNIT 12 : THE ASIAN GAMES
Pronunciation

/str/ /skr/ /skw/
stream
/str/
street
strong
strange
strength
Ice-cream
scream
screen
screw
scratch
/skr/
Squirrel
square
squeeze
squeak
squeal
/skw/
II. Pronunciation /str/ - /skr/ - /skw/
1. There was a strong man on the street at night .
2. The strong man looked very strange .
3. He was holding an ice-cream in one hand, and a rubber doll in the other hand.
4. The man was eating the ice-cream , squeezing the doll and it was squeaking .
5. The man was screaming while walking to the square .
6. Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things
Practise reading aloud these sentences .
Grammar
Relative clauses(revision)
Omission of relative pronouns
Combine the sentences using appropriate relative pronouns

1/The woman is very friendly. She lives next door.
The woman who/that is next door is very friendly.

2/The meeting was very interesting. I went to it yesterday.
The meeting which/that I went to yesterday was very interesting.

3/This girl is a singer. I saw her on TV last night.
This girl, who/whom I saw on TV last night, is a singer.
subject
object
object
We can omit relative pronouns “which, that, whom and who” when they are objects of defining relative clauses.
The school to which I used to go is very big.
Note: We can’t omit the relative pronouns when they follow preposition.
can’t omit
Exercise 1: What are the sentences in which the relative pronoun can be omitted?

1/ The girl who we are going to see is from Britain.

2/ He works for a company that makes cars.


Ex: Are these the keys that you are looking for?
She was the person who saw it first.



Yes
No
No
Yes
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/ She is the woman about whom I talk you.

7/ My mother, whom you talk to yesterday, is a good doctor.
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Exercise 1: Complete each of the following sentences, using a suitable sentence in the box to make a relative clause without a relative pronoun.

Ex: I like the diamond ring______________
I like the diamond ring Mary is wearing.
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 very delicious.
he invited to the birthday party
I bought yesterday
we had for lunch
you lost
John told
we met this morning
Exercise 2: Match the sentence in column A with the sentence in column B, using the omission of relative pronouns
Ex : 1/The flight I want to travel on was fully booked .

2/ I enjoy my job because I like the people I work with.
3/ The dinner party we went to wasn’t very enjoyable.
4/ The house we’re living in is not good condition.
5/ I wasn’t interested in the things they were talking about.
6/ He didn’t get the job he applied for.
7/ The bed I slept in was very modern.



ANSWER THE QUESTIONS,USING RELATIVE CLAUSES
Questions
1
4
5
6
3
2
Exercise 3 :Choose the best answer for each sentence
1) I can not talk to Mary, ____ you met last summer.
A. which B. that C. whom D. All are correct

2) I can answer the questions ____ are very difficult.
A. which B. whom C. who D. 

3) This is Mr Jones, with ____ I have worked.
A. which B.  C. whom D. B&C

4) This school is only for children ____ are in this village.
A. who B. that C. which D. A&B

5) Tom, next to ____ I sat in the flight from Chicago to HCM city.
A. that B. whom C. which D. 

6/ She is the woman about_____ I told you.
A who B  C whom D A&C
7/ Mary, ____works in Thai Nguyen hospital, is a nurse.
A that B who C  D all are correct
8/ I know the man_____ last name is Goose.
A  B whom C whose D who
9/ The music to_______ we listened last night was good.
A that B which C  D A&B
10/ The scientists______ we met yesterday is well known for her research.
A whom B who C  D All are correct
+Do exercise 1, 2, and 3 again.
+Prepare for Reading of Unit 13
HOMEWORK
This is the female singer who sang “Mot vong trai dat “
The female singer who sang “Mot vong trai dat” is Minh Hang
Minh Hang
This is the animal that has two long ears.

The animal that has two long ears is the rabbit.
Rabbit
This is the animal that has two big ears.

The animal that has two big ears is the elephant.
The elephant
This is the country that has the most people in the world.

The country that has the most people in the world is China.
China
This is the sport which is the most popular in the world.
The sport which is the most popular in the world is football.
 football
This is the country whose symbol is lion
 The country whose symbol is lion is the Singapore
The Singapore
Beef [bi:f]
Flight [ flait]
DIAMOND RING