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Revision——The Attributive Clause （relative pronouns）

Teaching targets: ①To review the basic usage of the Attributive Clause. ②To get familiar with the special cases where of all relative pronouns, only "that" can be used and where "that" cannot be used. Important points & difficult points: how to choose a proper relative pronoun. Teaching method: task Teaching procedures: I. Warming up: 1）Listen to the songs and fill in the blanks. ①Everything ________ reminds me of you ②He said you can't go hating others ___________________ to you ③I'm listening to the kind of music ___________________

2）Analyze the sentences above(meaning and sentence structure) II. Review: 1. Concepts:

What's the Attributive Clause?

Where to put it?

What's the antecedent?

What's the relative? What's the use of a relative? 2. relatives:

refer to someone: who/whom/that

relative

refer to something: which/that pronouns refer to a sentence: which

modify a noun: whose relative

refer to a place: where relative refer to a time: when adverbs refer to a reason: why

III. Task:

Tell whether the following sentences are Attributive Clauses or not. If yes, pick out the relative pronouns, and consider if it can be replaced by another word. If not, please give your reason. 1. It is said that Mr. Smith's going to be our boss. 2. I have a muscle disease that makes me very weak. 3.The boy whose leg was injured used to be a football player.

4. That's what he said just now. 5. That's all he said just now. 6. Can you tell me which is better? 7. Can you tell me the movie which you want to see? 8. He is the one who is always willing to help you. 9. Do you know the man whom he talks about? IV. Summary

1. How can a relative pronoun be used? 2. When can a relative be omitted?

V. Task:

Finish the following exercise and think: what special case is it? Can "that" be used? Why? 1. Correct the sentences. ①The first place which we visited was the Great Wall. ②Is this the book that your father it bought for you? 2. Choose the best answer. ①Who is the man ___ ?

A. who you are talking

B. whom you are talking about

C. that you are talking

D. that you are talking about ②A. I like the book _____ the writer has recently finished.

B. I like the book _____ writer has recently got married.

A. whose

B. which

C. /

D. That 3. Fill in the blanks. ①Is there anything ______ I can do for you? ②She spent 2 hours talking about the things and people ______ none of us has ever heard of. ③A. I know Harry Potter, ______ is in the school football team.

B. I know the book

Harry Potter, ______ is written by J.K. Rowling. ④A. The city _______ she lives in is far away.

B. The city in ______ she lives is far away. ⑤A. He forgot to phone Ann, ______ was waiting for him at the bus stop.

B. He forgot to phone Ann, ______ made her very angry. ⑥A. Those ______ don't work hard will never succeed in their work.

B. Those ______ can't be taken out of the library are very precious.

VI. Summary 1. Cases where only "that" can be used. 2. Cases where "that" cannot be used.

VII. Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks.

1) The man ______________ is talking to me is a friend of my father's. 2) The school______________ is famous here has a long history. 3) I live in the room ______________ windows face south. 4) He is a person ______________ we like very much. 5) The last thing ______________ we need to do is to send the file to our boss. 6) All ______________ we have to do is to practice every day. 7) The first lesson ______________ I learned will never be forgotten

8) Which is the clock ______________ is made in China?

9) She didn’t like the lady ______________ coat was blue.

10) Mr. Smith is never the one to ______________ I'll speak.

2. Grammar filling. Matt Damon, ________ is a famous American actor, has drawn attention from the world wide. He is a poster child for success with a life __________ includes hit movies, a beautiful wife, three daughters. Those ________ know him insist that he is one of Hollywood's nice guys.

Besides the great acting ability for ________ he is known, Damon is also known as a very charitable person. In 2009, he co-founded Water.org, a non- profit organization ________ goal was to bring clean water to people in the developing countries.

He often goes to some of the world's poorest regions and sees the people and their life with his own eyes _______ astonishes him a lot. They even have no safe drinking water, _______ makes him shocked and determined to do something _______ can help them. The very thing _______ he wants to do is to use his fame to bring attention to the problem. He says he would like to raise needed money for water projects for everyone _______ need clean water.

VIII. Homework. 1. Review the attributive clause carefully. 2. Finish the exercise.