Grammar and usage

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Grammar and usage
Jianhu Foreign Language School By Yang cheng
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Harry Potter
a clever boy
a boy with glasses
a boy who is clever and wears glasses
attribute
attributive clause
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• Harry Potter is a boy who wears glasses.
• 2. This is we
  saw last Friday.
• 3. Jianhu Foreign Language School where we study
  is a beautiful school.
• 4. 15th Oct. 2003 was
  Yang Liwei was sent into the space.

antecedent ???
relative pronoun ????
the film
that/ which
antecedent ???
relative adverb ????
the day
when
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Relative pronouns
which ,that, who, whom , whose

• Relative adverbs

when, where, why
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Read the article on P. 9 and underline the
attributive clauses in it.
1.David was one of the most helpful
students that we ever had. 2.In 1998, he went to
Oxford University where he got interested in
Chinese culture. 3.Some of the cities in
China which he likes most are Beijing,
Shanghai, Harbin and Nanjing .
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• 4. Most of the students that he taught
• have become his friends.
• 5. Some of the books were gifts that he
• got from his Chinese friends and
• students.
• 6. The paintings that David donated to
• the school are being displayed in the
• assembly hall.

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In the attributive clauses, the relative words
usually function as subject(??), object(??),
predicative(??), attribute(??), and
adverbial(??). (P. 8)
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??????.
?That / which ??,

• All my classmates enjoyed the cake that /which I
  made.
• 2. The book that /which I borrowed from the
• library is very interesting.

?who/that??,
??????.
3. I am going to see a friend who has just come
back from the UK 4. She is the teacher who
taught us English Literature.
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?whom??,
??? (???),?who??????
5. The student whom we saw at the school gate is
from America.
?whose????,
??? (????)
He is the character in the book. His name is
Harry Potter.
6.He is the character whose name is Harry Potter
in the book.
7.I have read the book whose character I like
very much .
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?
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who/that
which/that
???? ??
(??????)
who(m)/that
which/that
???? ??
(???????)
whose
whose
???? ??
(??????)
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Do Exs C1C2 on page 88
Exercises

• C1 answers 2.4.5.6.7.9.are
  
• attributive clauses.

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Many thanks Goodbye
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Which baby do you like best ?
gnaw his fingers
I like the baby who/that/whose
grovel on the ground
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Which is your favorite monkey ?
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Complete the conversation with relative pronouns
on P.11.
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That is usually used in the following
situations.
which
that
whose
who
whom
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(1) ????all, everything, nothing, anything,
little, much ???????
I am sure she has nothing that you can borrow.
(2)????all, every, no, some, any, little,
much?????
Ive read all the books that are about this
matter.
Ive read every book that is borrowed from the
library.
(3)??????????????????
This is the first book that he has read. This is
the most interesting book that I have ever read.
(4)????the only, the very????
This is the very book that belongs to him.
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Guessing games
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computer
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The Great Wall
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Yang Liwei
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chalk
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cup
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doctor
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baby
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dictionary
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Relative pronouns used in attributive clauses
Antecedent Subject Object Possessive Note
persons who/that whom/ who/that whose A relative pronoun can be omitted when it is used as the object in an attributive clause
things which/ that what/that whose/of which A relative pronoun can be omitted when it is used as the object in an attributive clause
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The End