RELATIVE CLAUSES (11 КЛАСС, 2 МОДУЛЬ, УПРАЖНЕНИЯ )

Relative clauses - defining or non-defining? Study the situations and then decide whether the following relative clauses are defining or non-defining. defining – no commas non-defining – commas 1)I have three brothers. My brother who lives in Sidney came to see me last month. 2)I have one sister. My sister who is 25 years old spent her holiday in France. 3)Bob's mum has lost her keys. Bob's mum who is a musician has lost her car keys. 4)My friend Jane moved to Canada. My friend Jane whose husband is Canadian moved to Canada last week. 5)Mr Robinson is very famous. Mr Robinson whom I met at the trade fair is a famous inventor. 6)Tamara has two cats. Both of them are black. Tamara's two cats which can play outside are black. 7)Kevin has four cats. Two of them are black. Kevin's two cats which are black can play outside. 8)We are on holiday. Yesterday we visited a church. The church which we visited yesterday is very old. 9)We are on holiday. Yesterday we visited a church. St. Mary's Church which we visited yesterday is very old.

Forming relative clauses Combine the sentences using a relative clause. We spent our holiday in Scotland last year. Scotland is in the north of Great Britain. Last year we spent our holidays in Scotland, which is in the north of Great Britain. People live in Scotland. They are called Scots. The people…….. We first went to Edinburgh. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. We first ….. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh. He wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories. Arthur Conan Doyle…… Then we visited a lake. It is in the Highlands. The lake ….. Loch Ness is 37 km long. People know it for its friendly monster. Loch Ness ….. There we met an old man. He told us that he had seen Nessie. An old man….. We then travelled to a mountain. The mountain is near the town of Fort William. We then ….. The mountain is the highest mountain in Great Britain. It is called Ben Nevis. The mountain ……. I sent you a postcard. It was written on the summit of Ben Nevis. The postcard …….

Definitions with Relative Clauses 1) A library is... 2) A butterfly is… 3) A waiter is … 4) A night is … 5) A dictionary is … 6) A pickpocket is… 7) A synonym is… 8) Spring is …

Non-Defining Relative Clauses 1) Samuel Johnson was the son of a bookseller. Samuel Johnson was born in Samuel Johnson … 2) In 1728, he went to Oxford. He studied at Pembroke College in Oxford. In 1728, he went … 3) Johnson had to leave Oxford without a degree. He was too poor to pay the fees. Johnson … 4) In 1737, Johnson moved to London. There he wrote poetry, essays and biographies. In 1737, Johnson … 5) In 1746, Johnson started to write his dictionary. It took him nine years to complete. In 1746, Johnson started … 6) His home at that time was in 17 Gough Square in London. It is a museum now. 17 Gough Square in London … 7) In this house, his wife died in Her name was Elizabeth Porter. In this house his wife … 8) In 1755, the work was published. It was called A Dictionary of the English Language. In 1755, the work … 9) Samuel Johnson died in He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Samuel Johnson …

Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge connects the city of San Francisco and San Francisco Peninsula. It spans the Golden Gate, a strait between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay–that’s where the name Golden Gate Bridge comes from. Construction on the bridge began in 1933 and was completed in The bridge rises 230 m above the water. With its total length of 1970 meters it was the longest suspension bridge in the world until The bridge is part of the United States Highway 101, has six lanes and a footpath on each side. Exercise Read the text again and complete the sentences according to the text. 1) There is a bridge … 2) The bridge is used by people … 3) There is a strait called Golden Gate…