Unit 7: Relationships Class 1 Lesson A and B

Circle of friends 2. My most exciting friend… 1. My ___ buddy… 3. My school friend… 5. My new friend… 4. My friend from work/ church/ volunteering…

Grammar Point: Relative clauses identifies or gives information about a noun (He’s the guy who got me started running.) defining (restrictive) – identifies which person/thing is being talked about (*much more common) Ben is the person that sits across from me at work. non-defining (non-restrictive) – gives extra info about the person/thing being talked about Ben, who sits across from me at work, used to have his own company.

Grammar Point: Relative Clauses relative clauses can modify/describe nouns which are subjects or objects Subject Relative Clauses Nina is a woman. She sits across from me. Nina is a woman who / that sits across from me. Nina had a company. It planned weddings. Nina had a company which / that planned weddings. relative pronoun

Grammar Point: Relative Clauses Subject Relative Clauses the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb in the clause clause = a collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb Main clause (independent clause) Subject relative clause (dependent clause) Nina is a woman She had a company who / that sits across from me. that / which planned weddings.

Grammar Point: Relative Clauses 2. Object Relative Clauses the relative pronoun is the object of the verb in the clause Charlie is someone (that) I can trust. What does that refer back to? What is the subject of the relative clause? What is the verb in the relative clause? What is the object of the relative clause? Jen talks about the things (that) she’s doing.

Grammar Point: Relative Clauses in object relative clauses you don’t need to say the relative pronoun especially in conversation Relative Pronouns: Subject Relative Clauses Object Relative Clauses who who(m) *whom not common in conversation but used in writing mostly after a preposition that which which *not frequent

Find the relative clauses P66 underline the relative clauses write S for subject relative clause or O for object relative clause

Circle of friends Write a sentence describing each of your friends using a relative clause. Introduce your circle of friends to your partner.

Unit 7: Relationships Class 2 Lesson C and D

Vocabulary Phrasal verb Meaning wrote back (write back) to reply in writing turned out (turn out) to result in grew up (grow up) to progress from childhood to adulthood hung out (hang out) to spend free time together got along (get along) to spend time together agreeably going out to date; to be in a relationship settle down to choose a life partner and stop dating signed up (sign up) to register work out to progress positively break up to end a relationship moved away (move away) to leave one area for another came back (come back) to return turns out went away (go away) to leave a place flew back (fly back) to return to a familiar place by air

Grammar Point: Phrasal verbs phrasal verbs can be separable or inseparable these are inseparable – the verb and particle stay together [verb + particle] She went away to college. O She went to college away. X these are intransitive [=they don’t take an object] Anna went away. She flew back. Things didn’t work out.

Speaking Naturally phrasal verb = verb + particle usually grammatical words are not stressed BUT the particle in a phrasal verb is strongly stressed grew up go out went away flew back

Annoying neighbors What are some things your neighbors do that annoy you? play the piano late at night let their children run around

Conversation Strategy: Softening comments in conversation, people soften their comments (especially when talking about other people) to avoid sounding too direct or rude I guess** sort of (+ verb) I think* a little*** probably*** a (little) bit**** maybe*** just kind of* (+ adjective) in a way * top 100 words/expressions in English conversation ** top 150 *** top 200 **** top 500

Strategy Plus: though though often used to give a contrasting idea (used like but or however and usually at the end of the sentence) can be used by the same speaker to contrast ideas A: She’s a nice person. She can be a bit weird, though. [=She’s a nice person, but she can be a bit weird.] can be used by another speaker to disagree in a “soft”, polite way A: She’s a nice person. B: Yeah. She can be a bit weird, though. [=I agree, but she can be a little weird.]