ADJECTIVE CLAUSES AND
LISTENING DISCUSSION
PRACTICE
Week 4
Level 4 YUELI-ICU
DISCUSSION PRACTICE
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What kind of teachers do you like?
What are their qualities?
 How do they act towards their students?
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What kind of a student does well in Level 4?
What are his/her qualities?
 What does he/she do to succeed?
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What kind of school has the most successful
students?
What programs does the school offer?
 What are the requirements or rules in class, for
homework, tests, etc.?
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FORMING COMPLEX OPINION SENTENCES
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1.
2.
3.
Take your groups’ ideas and make sentences
using the following as the beginning of your
sentences.
I like teachers…
A successful student is someone…
A school with the most successful
students is a school …
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
1.
2.
3.
I like teachers who are helpful and
kind.
A successful student is someone
that works hard and doesn’t cheat.
A school with the most successful
students is a school which sets
high standards and hires excellent
teachers.
Adjective Clause Pronouns used as the
Subject (Azar 13-2)
I thanked the woman.
She helped me.
(a) I thanked the woman
(b) I thanked the woman
who
that
In (a): I thanked the woman = a main clause;
who helped me = an adjective clause.
helped me.
helped me.
The book is mine.
It is on the table.
(c) The book which is on the table
(d) The book that is on the table
* An adjective clause modifies a noun.
In (a): the adjective clause modifies woman.
In (a): who is the subject of the adjective clause.
In (b): that is the subject of the adjective clause.
is mine.
is mine.
NOTE: (a) and (b) have the same meaning; (c) and (d)
have the same meaning.
who = used for people
which = used for things
that = used for both people and things
(e) CORRECT: The book that is on the table is mine. (f )
INCORRECT: The book is mine -that-is-on-the-table.
An adjective clause closely follows the noun it
modifies.
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
 So
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what is an adjective clause?
Adjective?
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Something that describes a noun
Clause?
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A group of words which contain a subject and
verb
So….it is a group of words that begin with
a relative pronoun [who, whom, whose, that, or
which] or a relative adverb [when, where,
or why] and it works just like an adjective! It
answers the questions What kind? How
many? or Which one?
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES AS SUBJECTS
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The first group we will look at are related act as
subjects of the noun they are modifying:
1. We helped the man. He was lost in the woods.
a. We helped the man who was lost in the woods.
b. We helped the man that was lost in the woods.
2. The new computer is fast. It is in my office.
a. The new computer which is in my office is fast.
b. The new computer that is in my office is fast.
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Do selected activities from Azar abridged Adjective
Clause Exercises (Exercises 2-6)
Adjective Clause Pronouns used as the
Object (Azar 13-2)
The man was Mr. Jones.
I saw him.
a) The man who(m) I saw was Mr. Jones.
b) The man that I saw was Mr. Jones.
c) The man I saw was Mr. Jones.
Notice in the examples: The adjective
clause pronouns are placed at the
beginning of the clause.
In (a): who is usually used instead of
whom, especially in speaking. Whom is
generally used only in very formal
English.
In (c) and (f ): An object pronoun is often
The movie wasn't very good.
We saw it last night.
d) The movie which we saw last night
wasn’t very good.
e) The movie that we saw last night
wasn’t very good.
f) The movie we saw last night
wasn’t very good.
(g)
INCORRECT: The man who(m) I saw -him- was Mr.
Jones. ;The man that I saw -him- was Mr. Jones. ; The
man I saw -him- was Mr. Jones.
omitted (0) from an adjective clause. (A
subject pronoun, however, may not be
omitted.)
who(m) = used for people
which = used for things
that = used for both people and things
In (g): The pronoun him must be
removed. It is unnecessary because
who(m), that, or 0 functions as the object
of the verb saw.
ACTIVITIES WITH ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
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Do selected activities from Azar abridged
Adjective Clause Exercises (Exercises 7-9)
RELATIVE PRONOUN: WHOSE
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What is the difference between who’s and whose?
who’s means who is or who has
 whose is the relative pronoun showing possession
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e.g. I know the teacher. This teacher’s test was the
most difficult in the school.
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Can you replace this teacher’s with a relative pronoun?
I know the teacher whose test was the most difficult
in the school.
Do selected activities from Azar abridged Adjective
Clause Exercises (Exercises 17-22)
RELATIVE ADVERBS: WHEN AND WHY
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Can you think of possible ways to use when and
why in adjective clauses?
e.g. Friday is the day when I like to get together
with my friends.
Friday is a day.
+
I like to get together with my friends on Friday.
How about why?
RELATIVE ADVERBS: WHEN AND WHY
I sleep in class.
+
Boredom is the reason.
Boredom is the reason why I sleep in class.
Do selected activities from Azar abridged Adjective
Clause Exercises (Exercises 24-26)
LISTENING & SPEAKING PRACTICE
Next week, you will have a Listening Quiz and
Speaking Discussion Assessment
 The rest of today’s lesson will be very similar to
what you will see next week
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PRE-LISTENING DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
What was your high school like?
In general, how would you describe
Turkish education in secondary schools?
What methods did teachers use in high
school?
What is the best way for teachers to help
students attain knowledge?
LISTENING PRACTICE
Procedure:
1.
We will watch and listen 2 times and take notes.
2.
You should review your notes for 3 minutes between
these 2 viewings.
3.
After the second time, you will be given the
questions and time to fill in your answers.
4.
Then we will watch the video one more time.
Please note this is a REAL lecture and it will seem
difficult at first. Relax. Use some of the visual
information and context clues to write your notes. You
will get more and more details after each time you
watch.
POST-LISTENING DISCUSSION
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How do conversations begin usually amongst
your friends?
Do you usually begin immediately with a serious
topic?
 What are the first few sentences of many
conversations?
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When we begin with unimportant conversation,
this is called small talk!
 weather
 TV
 class
SMALL TALK
Conversation starters
 Weather
Crazy weather, eh?
 It’s been very hot lately, hasn’t it?
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TV
Did you watch any interesting shows last night?
 I saw the best show last night.
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class
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How was class?
What’d you learn today?
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
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Once you begin the conversation, you also have to
keep it going!
Ask follow-up questions
Example: 2 students speaking during break
A: How was class?
B: Terrible.
A: Oh really? Why?
B: Because my teacher only gave us 3 hours of
homework.
A: Only? You want more??
B: Of course. It helps me learn. Don’t you like
homework?
A: Ummmm…
PUT TOGETHER A CONVERSATION
Next week, you will be given discussion questions
after the listening.
 You’ll be marked on your ability to keep the
conversation going
 Let’s practice:
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with your group, write a few lines of small talk
 then, have one student begin the discussion by
asking one of the questions
 keep asking follow up questions to keep the
conversation going
 write down a few lines of dialogue to show your
teacher
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If you want to practice more with that lecture, go
here:
http://www.ted.com/talks/geoff_mulgan_a_short_i
ntro_to_the_studio_school?language=en