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Relatives: correction

  Relative clauses A)   Different clauses The man who invented the phone was Scottish. → Where is the relative clause ?  What is  the antecedent of the pronoun?      "who invented the phone"   the antecedent of "who" is the man → Compare with: “The man , who invented the phone , was Scottish. Which difference(s) do you notice?   les virgules, car la relative n'est pas indispensable à la compréhension; elle apporte juste des précisions. Elle est non déterminative (non- defining) B)   Different pronouns 1)    Subject or object ? (=pronom sujet ou complément?) 1.   He is the man who won the war.         who is S 2.    The man whom you can see here is a genius .        whom is O 3.    The problems Ø   they could not explain helped them to create things. ...

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Grammar : relative clauses

  Relative clauses A)   Different clauses The man who invented the phone was Scottish. → Where is the relative clause ?  What is its antecedent?      → Compare with: “The man , who invented the phone , was Scottish. Which difference(s) do you notice? B)   Different pronouns 1)    Subject or object ? (=pronom sujet ou complément?) 1.   He is the man who won the war. 2.    The man whom you can see here is a genius . 3.    The problems Ø   they could not explain helped them to create things. 4.    The text which I read was on the blog. 2)    which antecedent ? → Complete with : who, whom, which, that ,  ⃠ a)      If the pronouns are subjects : human antecedent Ex: the man ________   created the first TV was a Scot t...

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  VOCABULARY   1)      Match the words with their   definitions:   1. valuable                         which is very surprising, amazing 2. enigma                           an influence that encourages effort to do well. 3. inspiration                       a grant by the government to make, use, or sell a new invention. 4. posterity                         capable of being done, carried out… 5. skilled                 ...