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19/11/2021 Inglês VI
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Língua Inglesa VI
19/11/21
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Regras de Convivência
Regras de Convivência
Steve
Jobs
What do you know about Steve Jobs?
Listening
Comprehension
Activity
1. He was born in San Francisco, in 1955.
2. He dropped out of college after just 6 months.
3. His first job was with Atari, a company which made video games.
4. The Apple Machintosh was the first successful computer to use a mouse.
5. In 1985, he co-founded Pixar.
6. He died of cancer of the pancreas, in 2011.
7. He was only 56 years old when he died.
Relative
Clauses
Relative Clauses
Complete the sentences with who, whose, which or where:
Relative
Clauses
Who, whose, which, where
1. The Machintosh Classic was the personal computer __________ was made by Apple in 1990.
2. Stephen Wozniak is the American computer engineer __________ founded Apple Computers with Steve Jobs and __________ computer designs became the original Apple I and Apple II computers.
3. Mona Simpson introduced Steve Jobs as her brother at the party __________ she gave to celebrate the publication of her first novel.
Who, whose, which, where
4. Mountain View is the area in California __________ Steve Jobs grew up.
5. Jonathan Mak's design, __________ use Job's silhouette incorporated into the bite of a white Apple logo, became a worldwide internet sensation.
In which case is the Relative Pronoun not necessary?
In which sentence could you leave out the Relative Clause, but the sentence would still make sense?
1. The Machintosh Classic was the personal computer which was made by Apple in 1990.
2. Stephen Wozniak is the American computer engineer who founded Apple Computers with Steve Jobs and whose computer designs became the original Apple I and Apple II computers.
3. Mona Simpson introduced Steve Jobs as her brother at the party which she gave to celebrate the publication of her first novel.
In which case is the Relative Pronoun not necessary?
In which sentence could you leave out the Relative Clause, but the sentence would still make sense?
4. Mountain View is the area in California where Steve Jobs grew up.
5. Jonathan Mak's design, which use Job's silhouette incorporated into the bite of a white Apple logo, became a worldwide internet sensation.
Defining Relative Clauses
Use a defining Relative Clause to give important information about a person, a place or a thing.
1. The Machintosh Classic was the personal computer which was made by Apple in 1990.
2. Stephen Wozniak is the American computer engineer who founded Apple Computers with Steve Jobs and whose computer designs became the original Apple I and Apple II computers.
Defining Relative Clauses
Use a defining Relative Clause to give important information about a person, a place or a thing.
3. Mona Simpson introduced Steve Jobs as her brother at the party which she gave to celebrate the publication of her first novel.
4. Mountain View is the area in California where Steve Jobs grew up.
Defining Relative Clauses
Use a defining Relative Clause to give important information about a person, a place or a thing.
- You can use that instead of who or which.
- Who, which and that can be omitted when the verbs in the main clause and the relative clause have different subjects.
3. Mona Simpson introduced Steve Jobs as her brother at the party which she gave to celebrate the publication of her first novel.
Non-Defining Relative Clauses
Non-defining Relative Clauses give extra information in a sentence. If this clause is omitted, the sentence still makes sense.
5. Jonathan Mak's design, which use Job's silhouette incorporated into the bite of a white Apple logo, became a worldwide internet sensation.