Unit 5c Grammar in use

Suggested Answer Key (Ex. 1a)When is Halloween? (31st October)Where is it celebrated? (Britain)What do people wear? (masks and costumes)What do people make? (lanterns made from pumpkins)

Relative clausesReading & Listening

Unit 5c Grammar in use

Answer Key (Ex. 1b)

ritual (n) [a series of actions that are always performed in the same way, especially as part of a religious ceremony]spook (n) [a ghost]roam (v) , [to walk or travel around an area without any definite aim or direction]ghoul (n) [an evil spirit that opens graves and eats the dead bodies in them] [ ]Vocabulary (Ex. 1b)Suggested Answer Key (Ex. 2)1 I dont like stories which/that are scary.2 Id never go to a place where I don't know anybody.3 I like someone who/that is kind and honest.4 I once met a man whose/that wife was a magician/was a magician.5 It was this time last year when I graduated from university.

relative pronouns: who, whose, whichrelative adverbs: when, wherewho/that for people, where for places, which/that for things and animals, whose to show possession for people, things and animals, when for time that is never used after commas or prepositions Thats the place in which (NOT: in that) I was born. Thats the place which I was born in. 12th July is the date on which (NOT: on that) they got married. 12th July is the date which they got married on.Introducing relative clauses1 My brother, who is studying Art, will be 23 next month.2 People who dont eat meat are called vegetarians.Sentence 1:Is the meaning of the main clause complete? (Yes)

The relative clause gives extra information about my brother so it can be omitted without causing confusion or changing the meaning of the main clause. This type of relative clause is called non-defining and must be put between commas.1 My brother, who is studying Art, will be 23 next month.Sentence 2:The relative clause gives essential information about the main clause (not all the people only those who dont eat meat).

This type of relative clause is called defining. It cannot be omitted as this could obscure the meaning of the main clause and cannot be put between commas. 2 People who dont eat meat are called vegetarians.

Answer Key (Ex. 3a)DNDDNDND

, whoNDwhich,which whosewhere, whenwhich/thatDDDDNDNDAnswer Key (Ex. 3b)

Answer Key (Ex. 3c)3 The book (which) he is reading is about dragons.8 The costume (which/that) youre wearing is great.

Suggested Answer Key (Ex. 4b)Lisa sings better than Joy, but Sue sings the best.Joy is funnier than Lisa, but Sue is the funniest. etc

Answer Key (Ex. 5)hotter and hotter as slim as faster faster

successfulhelpfulspeechlessharmlessAnswer Key (Ex. 6)

Suggested Answer Key (Writing)In China there is a strange month-long festival which is calledYue-Lan. It is a festival which is celebrated to show respect forthose who have died. To celebrate, the Chinese make amazingpaper models of things which they think are valuable. On thelast day of the festival, which falls on the 14th day of theseventh month, people burn these paper models.

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