AlessonplanforLearningaboutLanguage(TheRestrictiveandNon-RestrictiveAttributiveClause)Aims:Tolearnabouttherestrictiveandnon-restrictiveattributiveclauseTodiscoversomeusefulwordsandexpressionsTodiscoversomeusefulstructuresProcedures:I.WarmingupWarmingupbydiscoveringusefulwordsandexpressionsPleaseturntopage3.Doexercises1,2,3and4first.Pleasecheckyouranswersagainstyourclassmates’.WarmingupbyexplainingNow,class,sinceyou’vereadthepassage,couldyouexplaintomehowtousethephrase“belongto”?Theword“to”hereisapreposition,indicatingthepossession,andisalwaysfollowedbynounsorpronoun.LookatEx3.Thepreposition“at”indicatesastate,conditionorcontinuousactivity.Sowecanreplacethemorexpressthembyusingapresent-continuoustense.II.LearningaboutAttributiveClause1.WhatisanadjectiveClause?Anadjectiveclauseisadependentclausewhichtakestheplaceofanadjectiveinanotherclauseorphrase.Likeanadjective,anadjectiveclausemodifiesanounorpronoun,answeringquestionslike“which?”or“whatkindof?”Considerthefollowingexamples:AdjectivetheredcoatAdjectiveclausethecoatwhichIboughtyesterday1Liketheword“red”inthefirstexample,thedependentclause“whichIboughtyesterday”inthesecondexamplemodifiesthenoun“coat.”Notethatanadjectiveclauseusuallycomesafterwhatitmodifies,whileanadjectiveusuallycomesbefore.Informalwriting,anadjectiveclausebeginswiththerelativepronouns“who(m),”“that,”or“which.”Ininformalwritingorspeech,youmayleaveouttherelativepronounwhenitisnotthesubjectoftheadjectiveclause,butyoushouldusuallyincludetherelativepronouninformal,academicwriting:informalThebookspeoplereadweremainlyreligious.formalThebooksthatpeoplereadweremainlyreligious.informalSomefirefightersnevermeetthepeopletheysave.formalSomefirefightersnevermeetthepeoplewhomtheysave.Herearesomemoreexamplesofadjectiveclauses:themeatwhichtheyatewastaintedThisclausemodifiesthenoun“meat”andanswersthequestion“whichmeat?”.They’retalkingaboutthemoviewhichmadehimcryThisclausemodifiesthenoun“movie”andanswersthequestion“whichmovie?”.Theya...
