Defining relative clauses: to postmodify a noun – to make clear which person or thing we are talking about.
Non-deifining relative clauses: to tell us more about a person or thing.
READY TO PRACTISE THEM? CLICK ON A PICTURE TO START!
A RELATIVE PRONOUN EXERCISE
FIVE GAMES TO ENJOY LEARNING THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS
“Tom enjoys desserts such as brownies, cheesecake, and macaroons”
or
“Tom enjoys desserts like brownies, cheesecake, and macaroons”?
Both are acceptable for many grammarians. But, what do people usually do?
Characters like Cinderella, Dracula, and Frankenstein continue to appear in movies and novels. (The “like” tells us characters that are comparable to Cinderella, Dracula, and Frankenstein continue to appear in movies and novels.)
Jim would love to travel to several European cities such as London, Florence, and Athens. (The “such as” tells us these are specific cities Jill wants to see. They are examples of cities he wants to see.)
| Like says that what follows is intended as a reference to indicate the group of things you’re talking about but is itself not included in the group. | |
| Such as means that what follows are examples of the things that are part of the group you’re talking about. |
Watch the video and listen and answer the questions.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/QM0CAER0LkY?list=PL5146C9A4FD908B6D[/youtube]
A game for B1 level students. An unknown alien life form lands on earth and has to learn English to get by in a range of social situations. Players of Academy Island have to progress through different difficulty levels by helping the alien use English in a range of situations such as shopping in a bakery and visiting places such as an art gallery and library. The game is designed to help learners improve their English language ability, in a fun way.
Do you remember the kahoot we did in class? Let’s eview it. Prepare your mobile phone and click on the piture to begin.
Do you need to learn the conditionals and want to play a game at the same time? Here you have the conditionals rally. Click on the picture to play the game.
If you want to play more games when you finish, click on the following picture.
Do some exercises about the linking words. If you need some grammar references, read the text bellow.But is more informal than however. You can usehowever at the beginning of a sentence, but you can’t use but at the beginning of a sentence (in written English).
These linking words are the same, and they are both followed by a subject + verb.
These linking words are the same, and they are followed by a noun or a gerund (-ing form of the verb, which can function as a noun).
These phrases are followed by a subject + verb.
These linking words are used to make contrasts. While and whereas are usually used between two complete phrases. Unlike is typically used with only a subject.
Listen to the speakers and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. You have to click on: Preparation
Then, listen to the video.
And finally, do “check your understanding” exercises.
To do these exercises, click on the following link or the picture.
To review the passive voice that we learnt, you can do the following:
– The passive voice football game 
When you finish, try to complete this chart in your notebook.
| tense | active | passive |
| Present simple | I make (it) | It is made |
| Present continuous | I am making (it) | |
| Past simple | I made (it) | |
| Past continuous | I was making (it) | |
| Present perfect simple | I have made (it) | |
| Present perfect continuous | I have been making (it) | |
| Past perfect simple | I had made (it) | |
| Past perfect continuous | I had been making (it) | |
| Future (will) | I will make (it) | |
| Future (going to) | I am going to make (it) | |
| Future continuous | I will be making (it) | |
| Future perfect | I will have made (it) | |
| Modals | I can/must (etc.) make (it) | |
| Infinitive | to make (it) |
Reported speech is indirect speech, you use it when you are talking about what a person said, asked, commented, etc.
Watch the video in order to understand when you have to use it, then, read how to tdo it, and then, do the exercises bellow.
VIDEO: Click here
HOW TO DO IT? Watch this video and read the chart:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/gTvmI3mT0wQ[/youtube]
DO THE EXRCISES: Click here
