May 5th

Micro-Presentation

This is the first in a series of presentations that will allow you to put to use a lot of the gramatical points learned in our courses.

The subject for today is The Health Benefit of Drinking Wine

Duration of the presentation should be between 8-10 minutes and 3-5 minutes for Q&A session

Make sure to structure your presentation well (introduction, argument, anticipate counter arguments, provide examples and have a strong conclusion) and envision an audience with very little knowledge about the subject whom you wish to convince to integrate wine into their diet.

http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/8-health-benefits-of-drinking-wine

http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20410287_2,00.html

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Relative Clauses: Who, That, Which


Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a mystical place. Its stone circles are probably more than 4,000 years old. The huge stones come from an area about 30 km north of Stonehenge. The smaller stones possibly are from the Preseli Mountains in Wales, almost 400 km away from Stonehenge.

Nobody knows for sure what the function of Stonehenge was. Maybe it was a druid temple. Maybe it was a sacrificial altar. Maybe it was some kind of observatory.

Grammar on the Text

who / which

Use who for people; for everything else use which.

Decide whether to use who or which.

1. The people whowhich built Stonehenge lived several thousand years ago.
2. The huge stones whowhich are more than 6 metres high weigh about 45 tons.
3. The smaller stones weigh about 4 tons and are from an area in Wales whowhich is 400 kilometres away from Stonehenge.
4. As Stonehenge lies in a large field, tourists whowhich come to this place can already see the stones from a distance.
5. Everybody whowhich has visited Stonehenge says that it is very impressive.

Decide whether the relative pronoun is correct or not.

1. The postman which works in this village is very old.
    correct
    not correct
2. The egg which is in the nest is brown.
    correct
    not correct
3. Where is the bed who was in the attic?
    correct
    not correct
4. The bottles that are lying on the floor are green.
    correct
    not correct
5. The cowboy who is wearing the red shirt is very funny.
    correct
    not correct

Complete the sentences with relative clauses in simple present. Use who or which.

1. This is the man (work at the station) .
2. The tree (grow in the garden)  is an apple tree.
3. The man (go jogging)  every Friday is my neighbour.
4. The elephants (live in Africa)  have big ears.
5. Turn left at the yellow house (be opposite)  the petrol station.