Relative clauses

The woman who gave me the flowers: how to construct relative clauses. by Liz Walter

by Liz Walter​ There are two main types of relative clause. One is for making it clear who or what we are talking about. Teachers call this type ‘defining relative clauses’, and they don’t have commas around them: The woman who gave me the flowers is my neighbour. This is the chair that I bought […]

http://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2015/03/18/the-woman-who-gave-me-the-flowers-how-to-construct-relative-clauses/

3 & 4 Revise and Check

GRAMMAR

1 b 6 a 11 a
2 c 7 b 12 c
3 a 8 a 13 b
4 b 9 a 14 b
5 c 10 c 15 b

VOCABULARY

a
1 in 3 for 5 for
2 for 4 on
b
1 do 3 do 5 make
2 make 4 do
c
1 lay 6 Gate
2 washing 7 trolley
3 try on 8 check-in
4 receipt 9 Terminal
5 fit 10 lifts
d
1 boring 3 exciting 5 interested
2 relaxed 4 depressed

PRONUNCIATION

a
1 trolley 3 chemist’s 5 yet
2 worry 4 customer
b
1 Arrivals 3 teenager 5 arrangement
2 opposite 4 delivery

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?

a
a) expensive designer shoes (only the left ones)
b) expensive designer shoes (only the right ones)
1 Malmö.
2 Two men. They stole expensive designer shoes shoes – the left ones only.
3 Shop assistants.
4 30 minutes.
5 Because in Sweden shops display left shoes and in Denmark shops display right shoes.
6 Yes, they did.
7 Because many stores have fewer shop assistants.
8 Because the thieves will then go to Germany.

Egypt's salt hotel

From: Ana Isabel Sanchez Cuervo 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/06/140604_vwitn_salt_hotel.shtml

Egypt's salt hotel

The video tells about a hotel made entirely of salt in western Egypt. The building materials come from the shores of lakes.

Everything at the hotel -are +is made of salt -, +: the walls, small sculptures and even the beds. Workers at the hotel say it's resisted the rain so far, but people think this story isn't true at all.

Whales

Stranded: unable to leave a place because something prevents you from moving.

Tirelessly: working energetically non-stop.

Floating: being near the surface of the water.

No mean feat: a great achievement.

Mammals: animals which drink milk from their mothers’ bodies when young, like dogs, cows and horses







The video -[is showing] +shows us a rescue of around 70 pilot whales on the sand at Puponga Beach

in New Zealand. The -volunteer +volunteers -hard worked +hard. However, the rescue wasn’t a success -[. Because] +because only 46 pilot whales survive at the moment in the sea.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/01/140122_vwitn_whales.shtml

Camera glasses

From: ana utrilla

CAMERA   GLASSES

 The camera-glasses are a prototype which helps sight people.

 They were developed by researchers from Oxford.

 The glasses show the images in the lent and give a clear sense of reality

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/06/140618_vwitn_camera_glasses.shtml

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