MIXED REPHRASING III (Oct-Nov 2013) 1. The cake burnt before we smelt the smoke By the time 2.

Drinking sweet black Turkish coffee is new to me This is 3. The fridge started to smell bad a few days ago The fridge has 4. The programme starts at 1 pm and finishes at 2pm By 2 pm, 5. She started to be interested in animal in 2002 She has 6. He hid the perfume bottle somewhere and never found it She never found where 7. Tomorrow, Ill listen to music all day This time tomorrow 8. He ran all day. As a result, he smelt terrible! He smelt terrible because 9. When did you start studying the sense? How 10. Speaking exam practice starts tomorrow. This time tomorrow, I 11. The end of the audio tour is at 5 By 5.15, the audio tour 12. Paul left before the party finished By the time 13. They were the most colourful socks I had ever worn 14. She had never visited a bigger castle It was 15. You didnt earn as much as you had been told You earned 16. If I were you I would marry that girl You 17. Its against the rules to smoke in bed You 18. He knows how to do a cartwheel He 19. Your friend drives very fast. You dont like this You say to your friend: I wish USE OF ENGLISH Relative Clauses There are two types: Defining: They give essential information She is the singer who visited my school Non-defining: They offer additional information which is not essential The tickets, which cost 50 each, were posted to the wrong address We use WHO to refer to people We use WHICH to refer to things We use THAT to refer to people or things We use WHOSE to express possession We use the adverb WHEN to refer to time We use the adverb WHERE to refer to space Remember! 1. We can omit relative pronouns if they are not the subject of the defining relative clause, but they cannot be omitted in non-defining relative clauses. Whose can never be omitted. 2. Prepositions can precede relative pronouns (formal) or can be placed at the end of the relative clause (informal) This is the city in which my mum was born This is the city which my mum was born in When we use a preposition before who, it becomes whom PRACTICE: 1. I bought a house. It was advertised in the local paper. (one sentence) 2. Thats the boy. I told you about (one sentence) 3. They have sold the house. I wanted to buy it. (one sentence) 4. They have sold the grocery. I used to go there (one sentence) 5. They boy broke the window. He ran away (one sentence) 6. He received the parcel. He was waiting for it (one sentence) 7. The biggest city in Brazil is Sao Paulo. Its population is over five million (one sentence)

8. He had a good voice. He became a popular singer (one sentence) 9. I met a lady named Lydia in the circus. She had so many tattoos on her body she looked like an illustrated encyclopaedia (one sentence) 10. He arrived 20 minutes late. It didn t help his chances to get the job (one sentence) 11. Ive bought the photographs. I told you about them (one sentence) 12. Adam was the man Laura had spoken to on the phone. He sat back in his seat (one sentence) 13. Marks wife was wearing a dress last night. It was beautiful The dress 14. Ann had been working all day. She was tired and needed a rest Ann, 15. This is the man. His job is very dangerous This is 16. Fiona is smiling in the picture. She is my boss Fiona, 17. Albert is coming back from hospital tomorrow. He has just broken his ankle Albert, 18. That womans husband is my boss That is the woman 20. Robert has written an amazing novel The novel 21. We last had coffee together in this place This is 22. This is the man. His dog bit my brother in the park This is the man 23. That mans brother is my new English teacher That is the man 24. The Da Vinci Code is a best-seller. It was written by Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code, 25. They didnt pay for this ring This is the ring 26. I saw a man later. He was the president of the Europen Community The man

USE OF ENGLISH Expressing Reason & Result Because (of), As, Since, So, Therefore, Owing to, Due to, On account of, As a result The match was cancelled because it was raining = As it was raining, the match was cancelled He managed to lift the box because he was very strong = Since he was very strong, he managed to lift the box Expressing Contrast Althoug/though, In spite of/Despite, Even though, However, BUt Although it was hot, we didnt go to the beach = Despite the hot weather, we didnt go to the beach
Despite/In spite of his old age Despite/In spite of being old Despite /In spite of the fact that hes old he could run very fast

The story is short, but interesting = Though the play is short, it is interesting = Despite being short, the play is interesting PRACTICE: 1. We cancelled our holiday because the weather was bad. The weather was bad, so 2. Although the tickets were very expensve, we went to the concert. In spite of 3. Despite the rain, we went to the picnic. In spite of 4. Despite the doctors advice not to play football, he played last week. Even though 5. Although the exams were difficult, I managed to pass them all Despite 6. She had good qualifications but she didnt get the job Although 7. Tourists have been warned not to go there because of the sharks Due to 8. In spite of his knowledge of Chinese, he wasnt chosen to be ambassador to Taiwan. Despite the fact that