weak and strong forms of some conjunctions and prepositions
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Weak and strong forms of some conjunctions and prepositions
A. LISTEN AND REPEATSTRONG FORM WEAK FORM
AND
BUT
/ænd/
/bʌt/
/ ənd/; / ən/
/bət/
AT
FOR
OF
TO
FROM
/æt/
/fɔ:/
/ɔv/
/tu:/
/frɔm/
/ət/
/fə/
/əv/
/tə/
/frəm/
B. PRACTICE READING THESE SENTENCES
• 1. What are you looking at?• 2. I want to go but I don’t know when• 3. She bought a book and two pens.• 4. Thanks for coming.• 5. Where is it from?• 6. I’m from Hanoi• 7. She’s the one I’m fond of.• 8. First of all, I want to thank you for coming.• 9. The letter was to him, not from him.• 10. I want to ask you a question.
GENERAL RULES
Functions Persons Things and Animals
Subject who which
Object whom (who) which
Possessive whose whose, of which
1. Look at the man. He is singing on the stage
Look at the man who is singing on the stage
Look at the man singing on the stage.
2. Shakespeare was an English playwright.
His plays are very famous in the world.
Shakespeare, whose plays are very famous in the world, was an English playwright.
Exercise 1: Choose the option A, B, C, D that best complete each sentence
1. There is one person to ______ I owe more than I can say.A. who B. whom C. that D. B and C are correct2. Mrs. Brown was the first owner ______ dog won three prizes in the same show.A. which B. who C. that D. whose3. Mary was late yesterday, ______ was unusual for her.A. which B. whoever C. who D. that4. It was the kind of accident for ______ nobody was really to blame.A. who B. whom C. which D. whose5. I don’t know ______ told you that, but they were wrong.A. why B. which C. that D. who6. ______ leaves last should turn off the lights.A. Who B. Whoever C. That D. Whose
Exercise 2:Exercise 2: Choose the underlined Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs word or phrase that needs correcting.correcting.
1. The girl answered the phone told me you were out. A B C D2. Could you locate the person which wallet you found? A B C D3. Most of the people that were injured in the crash A B C recovering quickly. D4. The man whom made a speech was the headmaster. A B C D5. On the wall, there is a colorful poster which it consists A B C of a group of young people who are dancing. D
• Do all the exercises
in the textbook
again at home.
• Prepare
Test yourself B.
