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The content discusses the use of relative clauses and conditional sentences in English grammar. Relative clauses, which start with relative pronouns like who, that, which, whose, where, and when, are used to define or identify the noun that comes before them.

Special Project: Grammar

Regarding

Example: your recent letter regarding the above proposal

Meaning: with respect to; concerning.

Part of Speech: Preposition

Wary off

Example: dogs that have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers

Meaning: feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.

Part of Speech: Adjetivo

Suffixes

Example: -ity, -ty quality of inactivity, veracity, parity, serenity

Meaning: In semantics, a suffix is a letter or a group of the letters that is attached at the end of a root or a base word to change its meaning or tense

Part of Speech: Noun/Verb

Crowded

Example: The men crowded together round the campfires.

Meaning:(of a space) full of people, leaving little or no room for movement; packed.

Part of Speech: Adjetive

Tight with money

Example: I am tight on money because I bought a new car.

Meaning: In BE, "tight with money" is used as being pretty much synonymous with mean or stingy. Although people don't commonly refer to themselves as being

Part of Speech: Verb

Vocabulary

I wish that I had studied harder at school. (I didn't study hard at school, and now I'm sorry about it.) I wish that I hadn't eaten so much yesterday!

Struture

I wish. I do not wish. Do I wish?

wish + past simple is used to express that we want a situation in the present (or future) to be different. wish + past continuous is used to express that we want to be doing a different action in the present (or future)

Wish+Past tense

1. First conditional: If I have enough money, I will go to Japan. 2. Second conditional: If I had enough money, I would go to Japan.

Second conditionals Positive If I had more time, I'd travel more. I'd = I would Negative I wouldn't refuse if you offered me $10,000. I would be surprised if he didn't come. wouldn't = would not didn't = did not Question What would you say if you met the President?

First conditionals Affirmative If + present simple, subject + will + base form of the verb + complement If Danny eats healthy, he will get sick. Negative If + present simple, subject + will + NOT + base form of the verb + complement If Danny eats healthy, he won’t get sick. Question Wh + will + base form of the verb + if + subject + present simple + complement? What will happen if you eat healthy?

1st and 2nd conditionals. The first conditional is a structure used for talking about possibilities in the present or in the future. The second condtional expresses unreal situations in the present or future.

Fist and Second Conditionals

Examples

-Japan is a country where eartquakes are very common.

-It was in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.

Structure

Whose refers to a possesion.

Wich/That refer to objects.

Where refers to a particular place.

When refers to a moment in time.

Who/That refer to people.

Function

Relative clauses. Relative clauses are clauses starting with the relative pronouns who*, that, which, whose, where, when. They are most often used to define or identify the noun that precedes them.

Defining Relative Clauses

Unit 11-12

Grammar