(共21张PPT)
Unit 2
Sports and Fitness
Lesson 1
Relative clause(1)
1.To master the features and functions of restrictive relative clauses. with relative pronouns by analysing.
2.To use restrictive relative clauses with relative pronouns to describe things and people around.
Learning objectives
Review
Who was his favorite player
What were they doing when they were not playing
Who were The Lions playing
What kind of player was he on the team
Review
The underdog is an athlete who seems to have little chance to win.
It is a person who seems least likely to succeed in a competition.
relative clause
relative clause
relative pronoun
relative pronoun
What do you think an underdog is
Observing
Circle the relative pronouns and underline the relative clauses.
1 When we weren’t playing on the court which was next to our building, we were watching a game on TV.
2 Paul’s favorite player was a guy who played for the
Charlotte Hornets.
3 Paul was someone who worked really hard for the team.
4 He didn’t know he’d soon get the chance that he’d been waiting for.
5 They were playing against The Bears,
a team whose record was perfect.
Circle the relative pronouns and underline the relative clauses.
Observing
Check the answers
This is Joe who is a digital native.
Relative pronoun who refers to Joe, people.
What does each relative pronoun refer to (people, things, places or possessions)
Joe is a student that does a wide range of things online.
Relative pronoun that refers to student, people.
Check the answers
Li Ying is always attentive in all classes and think actively, so that she can have more free time to do other things that she is interested in after school.
Relative pronoun that refers to things, things.
Check the answers
He is going to show you the rooms that are available.
Relative pronoun that refers to rooms, places.
Check the answers
In front of the classroom, there was a playground which got dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days.
Relative pronoun which refers to playground, places.
Check the answers
The contribution which Zhang Tian made to the village school was great, so he became very popular among the students.
Relative pronoun which refers to contribution, things.
Check the answers
Zhang Tian was a volunteer teacher whose experience inspired many young graduates.
Relative pronoun whose refers to teacher’s, possessions.
Check the answers
Grammar—Relative clause
who is for people (not things):
A thief is a person Do you know anybody The man The people who steals things. who can play the piano who phoned who work in the office
didn’t give his name.
are very friendly.
that is for things or people:
An aeroplane is a machine Emma lives in a house The woman that flies. that is 500 years old. that lives next door
is a doctor.
which is for things(not people):
An aeroplane is a machine Emma lives in a house which flies.
which is 500 years old.
概念:在复合句中,修饰某一名词或代词的从句叫定语从句。被修饰的名词或代词叫先行词。定语从句一般放在先行词的后面。引导定语从句的词叫关系词。
whose is mostly for people:
What’s the name of the man I met someone whose car you borrowed
whose brother I went to school with.
Grammar summary
1 When we weren’t playing on the court which/that was
next to our building, we were watching a game on TV.
2 Paul’s favorite player was a guy who/that played for the
Charlotte Hornets.
3 Bogues was only 1.6 metres all, which made him the
shortest player ever in the NBA.
subject
Point out the functions of the relative pronouns in the relative clauses.
which refers to things
who refers to people
subject
subject
which refers to the previous sentence
whose refers to possessions,
the record of the team…
4 He didn’t know he’d soon get the chance that he’d been waiting for.
5 They were playing against The Bears,
a team whose record was perfect.
that can refer to things as well as people
object
attributive
Point out the functions of the relative pronouns in the relative clauses.
Grammar summary
I have 12 Senior 1 students in my group, most
of whom do a daily workout in the gym.
The noun to which a relative pronoun refers is called the “antecedent” [ nt si d( )nt] (先行词)of the pronoun.
object
Point out the functions of the relative pronouns in the relative clauses.
Grammar summary
Does a relative clause always need the relative pronoun In which sentences can we leave out that, which or who in relative clauses
1 All the extra hours that he’d spent practising alone paid off.
2 Paul was a player who had a strong desire to play for the team.
3 Paul didn’t know he’d soon get the chance that he’d been waiting for.
4 Bogues was only 1.6 metres tall, which made him the
shortest player ever in the NBA.
can be left out
Grammar summary
We can leave out the relative pronouns which, that or who in relative clauses when it is the object in the relative clause, but not when it is the subject:
We’ll have our picnic in the place (which/that) most of us like best.
The girl (who/whom) you met is Peter’s sister.
subject
subject
verb
verb
object
object
Grammar summary
Comprehensive exercise 1
He knew the teacher ________ we met yesterday.
The action movie _________ we saw yesterday was very wonderful.
His father works in a factory _________ makes TV sets.
The woman __________ bag was stolen is crying sadly at the police station.
Fill in the blanks with correct relative pronouns.
who/that
which/that
which/that
whose
Comprehensive exercise 2
My father was a singer and actor 1__________ was born in Michigan in 1958. In 1977, he moved to New York and met a DJ 2 __________ contacts in Warner Brothers gave him the opportunity 3 __________ he was hoping for. He starred as a brave soldier in an old film, a role 4 __________ won him a few awards. He was not afraid to sing songs 5 __________ were controversial. My father 6 _________ personal life was always in the news, now is enjoying his peaceful retirement.
Fill in the blanks with correct relative pronouns.
who/that
whose
which/that
which/that
which/that
whose