Adjective Clause I

35 fu06g487Adjective Clause:

1. If we use a sentence like:

(The police have found the boy.) It may not be clear which boy.

We can make it clear like this:

->The police have found the boy who disappeared last week.

2. When we talk about people, we use “who” or “that”:

- > He talk to the girl who (or that) won the game.

3. When we talk about things or animals, we use “which” or “that”.

- > I like the car which (or that) won the race.

4. We use “whose in place of his, her, their, etc.

We only use it with people, countries and organizations, not things.

It has a possessive meaning. Here is another example.

(The man didn’t apologize. His dog bit me.)

--> The man whose dog bit me didn’t apologize.

Exercise:

1. (I went to see a doctor. She helped my mother.)

2. A dog bit me. It belonged to Mrs. Jones.)

3. The bus crashed. It was twenty-three years old.)

4. (A woman wrote to me. She wanted my advice.)

5. Ann talked to a man. He just won a lot of money.)

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6. (Mary was wearing the red dress. She wears it for parties.)

7. He’s an architect. He designed the new city library.)

The Last Class in K9

Dear all,

Our last class during winter break was at K9. I am really lucky to meet all of you. I remember that I told you the reason why you are in my class is just because I happen to know something you want to learn. In fact, I have been learning a lot from you since the class started.

I enjoyed the time that I have spent with you guys. At the night in the KTV, I had a lot of fun and I was happy that most of you sang the songs that we have learned. So, now, since we have to tell school what we did that day for record, it is so much better if you can tell me how you feel that day and I will just write down what you said.

Please post your comments for that class in K9 here as comments.

Again, we are here to learn English, so, speak up, speak loud, and have fun!!!



Love,
Julie

The class for March 5, 2007 in Community College

March 5, 2007

I. Self – Introduction
- Where are you from?
- What’s your job?
- What do you like to do in your free time?
- Why do you want to learn English?
- How long have you been learning English? (I have been learning English for …………years.)
- How long have you been in this class? (I have been in this class for ………. months.)
- What is your weakness in learning English?
- What do you want to learn (get) in this class?
- What do you like about Julie?
- What do you like the most about yourself? Why?

II. Talk about your trip on Chinese New Year vacation

EX:
I went to 飛牛牧場 with my family on the third day of Chinese New Year vacation. We went there by car. It was a very big field with a lot of flowers and funny stuff to see. We saw cows, sheep, horses, and rabbits there. We saw the staff feeding baby calf with a very big milk bottle. That was very interesting.
For the following days, we went to different relatives homes for dinners. That is a traditional routine for my family. Normally, there are about 20 to 30 people in the house at once. This year was the same. Some of my aunts and uncles played MahJong with Chinese chess. Some of them sang. The forth generation of my family ran around the house. It was very crowded and filled the atmosphere of New Year.
I like spending time with my family during Chinese New Year. Even we, the third generation didn’t really do something but only talked and watched TV, but, that is the time for all of the family members gathering together.

Now, try to write your own Chinese New Year by the questions below. You can add more sentences.

Where – Where did you go during Chinese New Year?
How – How did you get there?
Who – Who did you go with?
When – When did you go?
What – What did you see there? What did you do there?
Are there any special things you do on your Chinese New Year? What are they?