Share FIRST Gold Experience: Grammar review unit 7
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CORRECT OR NOT? The manager, who number I tried to call, just rang me back.
WHOSE
CORRECT OR NOT? My neighbour, with who I´ve had lots of arguments, turned out to be a really kind person.
with WHOM (use whom with a proposition)
CORRECT OR NOT? 3. My passport was in my car, where I´d left it, the night before.
It should not be in a comma sandwich, as it is eesential information!
CORRECT OR NOT? It was a friend that told me about this restaurant
It's fine! Or "who"
CORRECT OR NOT? My house that has a blue door needs painting.
,which has a blue door: not essential info!
CORRECT OR NOT? 7. This phone, that I only bought six months ago, keeps freezing.
,which : no that after a comma!
To omit or not to omit? This was the hotel that we stayed in for two weeks.
Yes you can! After the pronoun you have a subject, so the relative pronoun is an OBJECT pronoun
To omit or not to omit? Mrs. Smith, who is very smart, lives on the fourth floor.
Nope! Never in a non-defining clause
To omit or not to omit? My colleague with whom I'm doing the project should be here as soon as possible
Nope! Cannot be omitted after preposition + whom/which (at which, with whom, among whom etc.)!
To omit or not to omit? A doctor is a person who looks after people's health.
No can do! Here the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause, so you can´t eliminate it
To omit or not to omit? That's the woman whose house has been broken into.
No can do! Never omit whose!
She plays _______ well (that) she could be a professional.
so
"It's hot today." Rephrase it using "such"
It´s such a hot day today
Unscramble this sentence: ENOUGH / TEAM / I'M / BE / THE / NOT / TO / IN / GOOD
I´m not good enough to be in the team
Our teacher gives us _________ homework.
too much / so much / very little ...etc
"He's too short to be a basketball player." Re-write it using "enough".
He isn´t tall enough to be a basketball player.
