unit12: the Asian Games

LANGUAGE FOCUS

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.
 Mary is wearing it  we met him this morning
 we had it for lunch  he invited them to the
birthday party
 John told them I bought it yesterday
 you lost it
Ex: I like the diamond ring______________
I like the diamond ring Mary is wearing.


we had it for lunch

we met him this morning

John told them

he invited them to the
birthday party


you lost it

I bought it yesterday
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 .
Column A
Column B
1/ The flight was fully booked
2/ I enjoy my job because I like the
people
3/ The dinner party wasn’t very enjoyable
4/ The house is not good in good
condition

5/ I wasn’t interested in the things
6/ He didn’t get the job
7/ The bed was very modern
a.we went to it
b.we’re living in it
c.they were talking
about them
d.he applied for it
e.I wanted to travel on
it
f.I slept in it
g.I work with them

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
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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

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