Unit 9. The post office

LANGUAGE FOCUS
* Pronunciation: / sp / - / st / - / sk /
* Grammar:
1. Defining relative clauses
2. Non-defining relative
clauses


Pronunciation:

Listen and repeat:
/ sp /
/ st /
speak
Stanley
speech
stand
speedy
stop
crisp
best
spacious
text

/ sk /
ask
disk
dusk
skill

school


A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:

Ladies and gentlemen ...
Speak up, Stanley!
I stand before you ...
Speak up, Stanley!
ON THIS SCHOOL SPEECH DAY...
Stop shouting, Stanley!
And I speak for both my wife
and myself, when I say ...
B: Speak up, Stanley!
A: SPEAK UP, STANLEY!!!


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

A burglar is someone who
1. (a
breaks
a house and steals things.
burglar)into
.................................................................
.....
A customer is someone who
2. (a customer)
buys
something from a shop.
......................................................................
A shoplifter is someone who

3. (a shoplifter)
steals
from a shop.
......................................................................
A coward is someone who is
4. (abrave.
coward)
not
...............................................................................

A tenant is someone who pays
5. (a tenant)
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.


who/ that
1. A pacifist is a person ...................

believes
that all wars are wrong.
whoseparents are
2. An orphan is a child ............
dead.
3. I don’t know the name of the
whom/ ....................
that
woman
I met yesterday.
whose
4. This school is only for children ..........
first
language is not English.
whom/ that
5. The woman ..................
I wanted to see was
away on holiday.


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 who answered the phone told me you
were away .
2. A hotel was destroyed in the fire. It has now been
rebuilt.
The hotel which was destroyed in the fire has
now been rebuilt .
3. The people were arrested. They have been now
released.
The people who were arrested have now been released.
4. The train goes to Ho Chi Minh City. It runs every
day.
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.
Peter, who is studying French and German, has
never been abroad.
2. You’ve all met Michael Wood. He is visiting us for a
couple of days.
You’ve all met Michael Wood, who is visiting us
for a couple of days.
3. I will be staying with John. His brother is one of my
classmates.
I’ll be staying with John, whose brother is one
of my classmates.
4. We are going to move to Hanoi. Hanoi is the capital of
Vietnam.
We’re going to Hanoi, which is the capital of
Vietnam.

• Do the exercises in workbook
• Prepare Test Yourself C



What insect is it? It’s
...........................
a spider.


Is it a shark?

No, it isn’t. It’s a sperm whale.


Who are they?
They are students.


What are they? They’re
........................
stamps


What are the women wearing?

• They are wearing skirts.


What’s this? ............................

It’s a


X

2

Lucky
number!


What is the name of the sea creature?

It’s a starfish.