Practice Ways to Combine
Clauses with Prepositions
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Look at the 2 sentences on the slide. Notice that 1 of
them has a separable phrasal verb (verb + preposition).
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Make new sentences that combine the 2 clauses on the
slide. Make all the possible combinations you can (5
when referring to a person object –
who(m)/that/0/prep.+whom; 4 when referring to a
place/thing object (which/that/0/prep.+which)
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Then, click to see the correct combinations on the next
slide.
look at
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The person is EMCC’s president.
You are looking at him.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The person at whom you are looking is EMCC’s president.
The person whom you are looking at is EMCC’s president.
The person who you are looking at is EMCC’s president.
The person that you are looking at is EMCC’s president.
The person ø you are looking at is EMCC’s president.
look at
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The painting is by Renoir.
You are looking at it.
1.
2.
3.
4.
The painting at which you are looking is by Renoir.
The painting which you are looking at is by Renoir.
The painting that you are looking at is by Renoir.
The painting ø you are looking at is by Renoir.
dance with
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The man is her brother.
She is dancing with him.
1.
The man with whom she is dancing is her brother.
2.
The man whom she is dancing with is her brother.
3.
The man who she is dancing with is her brother.
4.
The man that she is dancing with is her brother.
5.
The man ø she is dancing with is her brother.
lean against
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The wall was painted yesterday.
The woman is leaning against it.
1.
2.
3.
4.
The wall against which the woman is leaning
was painted yesterday.
The wall which the woman is leaning against
was painted yesterday.
The wall that the woman is leaning against was
painted yesterday.
The wall ø the woman is leaning against was
painted yesterday.
borrow from
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The classmate is nice.
I borrowed a pencil from him.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The classmate from whom I borrowed a pencil is nice.
The classmate whom I borrowed a pencil from is nice.
The classmate who I borrowed a pencil from is nice.
The classmate that I borrowed a pencil from is nice.
The classmate ø I borrowed a pencil from is nice.
listen to
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The music makes her smile.
She is listening to it.
1.
The music to which she is listening makes her smile.
2.
The music which she is listening to makes her smile.
3.
The music that she is listening to makes her smile.
4.
The music ø she is listening to makes her smile.
I have a teacher whose name is
Diane.
Using whose in
adjective clauses
Azar Ex. 20 p. 360
Instructions
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Speaker A says the two separate sentences on you see
on the slide.
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Speaker B combines the 2 sentences into one by using
an adjective clause beginning with “whose”.
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Then, Speaker A clicks to see if the answer is correct.
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Students change roles (take turns reading & combining)
after each sentence.
Ex. 20 p. 360 Example
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The people were
very kind. I stayed at
their house.
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The people whose
house you stayed at
were very kind.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #1
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The man called the
police. His car was
stolen.
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The man whose car
was stolen called the
police.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #2
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The woman was
sad. Her cat died.
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The woman whose
cat died was sad.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #3
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The man is friendly.
His daughter is in my
English class.
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The man whose
daughter is in my
English class is
friendly.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #4
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The professor gives
hard tests. I’m taking
her course.
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The professor whose
course I’m taking
gives hard tests.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #5
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The man is very
proud. His daughter
is an astronaut.
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The man whose
daughter is an
astronaut is very
proud.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #6
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The girl is a good
friend of mine. I
borrowed her
camera.

The girl whose
camera I borrowed is
a good friend of mine.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #7
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The people were very
nice. I visited their
house.
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The people whose
house I visited were
very nice.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #8
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I have a friend. Her
brother is a police
officer.
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I have a friend whose
brother is a police
officer.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #9
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I have a neighbor.
His dog barks all day
long.
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I have a neighbor
whose dog barks all
day long.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #10
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I liked the people. We
went to their house.
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I liked the people
whose house we
went to.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #11
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I thanked the woman.
I borrowed her
dictionary.

I thanked the woman
whose dictionary I
borrowed.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #12
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The woman shouted
“Stop! Thief!” Her
purse was stolen.

The woman whose
purse was stolen
shouted “Stop! Thief!”
Ex. 20 p. 360 #13
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The man is famous.
His picture is in the
newspaper.

The man whose
picture is in the
newspaper is famous.
Ex. 20 p. 360 #14
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I know a girl. Her
family never eats
dinner together.
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I know a girl whose
family never eats
dinner together.