Unit 13 grammar presentation
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This document discusses different types of adjective clauses and how they can be used with prepositions, quantifiers like "all of" and "some of", and nouns. It provides examples of adjective clauses and how they can be reduced to adjective phrases for conciseness. Adjective clauses modify nouns and can include relative pronouns like "who", "whom", "whose", "that", or be introduced by prepositions. They add essential information about a noun but can sometimes be replaced with adjective phrases to simplify sentences.
Unit 13 grammar presentation
- 1. Unit 13 Grammar Presentation PAGES 214-215
- 3. We can say: He’s the actor to whom she was talking. OR He’s the actor whom she was talking to.
- 4. We can say: He’s the actor whom she was talking to. OR He’s the actor who she was talking to. OR He’s the actor that she was talking to. OR He’s the actor she was talking to.
- 5. We can say: It’s the studio for which he works. OR It’s the studio which he works for.
- 6. We can say: It’s the studio which he works for. OR It’s the studio that he works for. OR It’s the studio he works for.
- 7. Using whose: That’s the director whose movies I told you about. That’s the movie whose director I spoke of.
- 9. Examples of Quantifiers: all of, most of, a number of, some of, a few of, several of, a couple of, both of, two of
- 10. I have many friends, all of whom are actors. I have many friends, most of whom are actors. I have many friends, a few of whom are actors.
- 11. She was in a lot of movies, a few of which are classics. She was in a lot of movies, some of which were successes. Her son was in two movies, both of which were terrible.
- 12. Using whose: Avatar was directed by James Cameron, several of whose movies have made a lot of money. My favorite movies in the reading are Babel and Slumdog Millionaire, both of whose stories take place in poor countries.
- 14. She makes comedies, an example of which is Julie and Julia. I love Big Bang Theory, some episodes of which she directed.
- 15. Reducing Adjective Clauses to Adjective Phrases
- 16. He’s the actor who’s from the film school. He’s the actor from the film school.
- 17. I saw the film which is based on that book. I saw the film based on that book.
- 18. That’s the man who is in charge of lighting. That’s the man in charge of lighting.
- 19. I read the scripts that are on my desk. I read the scripts on my desk.
- 20. Changing Adjective Clauses to Adjective Phrases
- 21. He’s the actor who plays the king. He’s the actor playing the king.
- 22. Babel is a picture that/which stars Brad Pitt. Babel is a picture starring Brad Pitt.