Learning about Language教学设计第一课时

Period 2: Learning about Language (The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause)

Aims: To learn about the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clause To discover some useful structures Procedures: I. Warming up

Warming up by discovering useful words and expressions

II. Learning about Attributive Clause 1. What is an adjective Clause? An adjective clause

is a dependent clause which takes the place of an adjective in another clause or phrase. Like an adjective, an adjective clause modifies a noun or pronoun, answering questions like “which?” or “what kind of?”

2. Restrictive & non restrictive clauses

Do the following pairs of sentences mean the same thing? 1. My uncle, who lives in London, is very rich. 2. My uncle who lives in London is very rich. The first sentence has a non-restrictive clause within two commas, and the second has a restrictive clause.

A non-restrictive clause simply adds more information into the sentence and does not affect the meaning of the main clause:

it is therefore bracketed off with commas (1 = an uncle who happens to live in London).

Conversely, a restrictive clause defines its referent in the main clause more specifically and contributes significantly to the meaning of the sentence.

Thus it is that particular uncle who lives in London who is referred to (2).

3. A test on ADJECTIVE CLAUSES Quiz on Attributive clause Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The words you choose should fit the blank in the sentence. Don’t use the HINT buttons unless you really need them. 1. As many children

came were given some cakes.

A. that

B. as

C. who

D. whom

2. The visitors saw rows of houses the roofs

are red.

A. on which

B. of which

C. where

D. that

3. I usually take a nap after lunch,

is my habit.

A. which it

B. as it

C. as

D. that

4. Please tell me the way

you did the job.

A. how

B. where

C. which

D. in which

5 Is this museum

some German friends visited the day before yesterday?

A. the one

B. which

C. that

D. where

Key: 1~5：BBCDA