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Unit 4 Friends forever
Using language
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Attributive Clause
定语从句
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Grammar: Attributive clauses
Read the following descriptions and talk about the differences.
1. a lovely girl
2. a girl in red
3. a girl standing on the platform
4. a girl dressed in red
5. a girl who is dressed in red
形容词作定语
从句作定语
介词短语作定语
过去分词作定语
现在分词作定语
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Grammar: Attributive clauses
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
a We can… stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with.
What does “that” refer to in sentence (a)?
“that” refers to “the people”.
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Grammar: Attributive clauses
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
b The digital age also enables us to find people who share our interests…
What does “who” refer to in sentence (b)?
“who” refers to “people”.
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Grammar: Attributive clauses
What is the differences between the two groups of sentences?
a We can… stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with.
b The digital age also enables us to find people who share our interests…
(a) and (b) contain a clause defining a noun in each sentence.
c We can... stay in touch with people. We want to remain friends with them.
d The digital age also enables us to find people. These people share our interests…
(c) and (d) consist of a pair of simple sentences, with one defining a noun that appears in the other sentence.
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Grammar: Attributive clauses
Why does the author choose to use sentences (a) and (b) in the reading passage?
a We can… stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with.
b The digital age also enables us to find people who share
our interests…
a closer connection. It also makes the passage clearer, and stress the people or things being defined.
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Grammar: Attributive clauses
which
whom
whose
“which” can refer to an object or a thing as the subject or object of an action.
“whom” can refer to a person as the objec