UNIT 8. LANGUAGE

A non-defining relative clause give extra information without which the sentence is still complete.. Example:.[r]

UNIT 8

A

Smartphon e

B

laptop

C

tablet

Match each of the phrases on the left with its explanation on the right

1 take notes of something

2 touch screen

3 take advantage of something

4 look something up

5 access something

a reach and use something

b make use of something to the fullest extent

c search for and find

something in a dictionary or a reference book

d sreen which allows giving instructions by touching

Read the conversation in Getting Started again

Match pictures A-C with their uses as learning tools 1-6 mentioned below

1 access the Internet, download programmes and information

2 take notes with a digital pen on a touch screen

3 take photos or record students’ work

4 assignments and projects, and study English

5 store information, take notes, write essays and calculations

6 look up information

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B

C

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A, B, C

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A, C

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A, B, C

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B

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B

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Pronunciation

1 Listen and repeat.

1 concentrate similar contribute digital introduce excellent recognize

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2 Listen again and put a mark (‘) before the stressed syllable.

1 concentrate similar contribute digital introduce excellent recognize

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3 understand personal interest symbolic Note:

GRAMMAR

1.They are the modern devices that have changed the way we learn

2.My laptop, which is a present from my parents, is very useful

3.A tablet is also perfect for people whose work is to draw and write 4.That man who came to fix the

internet access for me was skillful

Relative Pronouns

who(m)

whose

Grammar

A relative clause is used to modify the noun or

pronoun that stands right before it .

- My tablet, which is two years old, still works quite well

- Sometimes we omit the wh-pronoun

Laptop common noun

whose cover is decorated with funny animals

defining relative clause

The laptop whose cover is decorated

with funny animals belongs to my aunt

Long , who is only two and a half, likes to play games on a tablet

Long proper noun who is only two and a half non-defining relative clause

1 I talked to a man whose smartphone was stolen

1 Relative clauses are divided into two types:

• Defining relative clauses (MĐQH xác định): →Xác

định danh từ đứng trước ai, đối tượng/ vật nào

• Non-defining relative clauses (MĐQH khơng xác

định → bổ sung thêm thông tin cho danh từ đứng trước, tách với danh từ dấu phẩy.

Examples:

- I often use the desktop which my parents bought me five years ago

- This is my tablet, which uses the latest digital technology

Defining: which desktop ?

Non-defining

2 Non-defining relative clauses are used when the preceding nouns may include:

• Demonstrative: This, that, these, those • Possessive: my, his, her, their…

• Proper noun: John, Hoa, Obama…

Watch out! (Page 28)

- A defining relative clause gives detailed

and necessary information without which the sentence is incomplete It is not

placed between, or after comma(s) Examples:

- The man who came to visit us is a

computer engineer

- An e-book is an electronic book which

Watch out! (Page 28)

A non-defining relative clause give extra information without which the sentence is still complete It is placed between , or

after comma(s) Example:

That man, who came to visit us, is a computer engineer

This is my brother, who is a computer engineer

Non-defining relative clauses cannot use

1 I talked to a man We often visit our grandfather in Vinh, Thank you very much for the book The man turned out to be her son,

5 He admires people Have you heard of John Atanasoff,

a that you sent me b whose invention changed the world?

c who are wealthy and successful

d which is a city in central Viet Nam

e whose smartphone was stolen

f who had gone

missing during the war

A B

Revision

Relative pronouns after nouns that are:

1 N (person) + + V N (person) + + S- V N (thing) + + V/ S- V

4 N (person/thing) + + V/ S-V (không dùng sau dấu phẩy/ non-defining)

5 N1 + _ + N2 (N2 thuộc sở hữu N1)

WHO WHOM WHICH

THAT

1 Personal electronic devices distract students from their class work are banned in most schools

2 The laptop cover is decorated with funny animals belongs to my aunt

3 My tablet, is two years old, still works quite well Students have smart phones can use them to look up words in an electronic devices

5 Some scientists think that children parents allow them to use electronic devices early will have more

advantages in the future

6 Long , is only two and a half, likes to play games on a tablet

Using who , which, that or whose to complete each of the sentences

Homework

- Reviewing grammar point

- Doing exercise in workbook