Thursday, March 5, 2020

That or Which Video with Quiz

That or Which Video with Quiz It can be difficult to know when to use That or Which in English, they are used in English relative clauses. To non-native speakers, the words can often seem like they have very similar meanings. In the video below, Teauna explains the difference. Watch the video, then try our quiz.English Relative ClausesThe dependent clauses  in bold below are called relative clauses, have a look at them,   also known as adjective clauses.Isaac Newton was born on 25 December 1642,in a  manor house  in Lincolnshire, EnglandRelative clauses provide extra information about the nouns or noun phrases preceding them.  They start with relative pronouns, such as  that,  which,  who,  whom,  whose, or  where. Also, relative clauses can modify both subjects and objects.1. Subject Relative ClauseExample:    It was  Einsteins great  intellect  that  captured  the publics imagination.    Form:     [subject complement] + [relative pronoun] + [verb] In the example sentence above, the subject complement  Einstein s great intellect  is modified by the relative pronoun  who.2. Object Relative ClauseExample:      He had  a learning disability  which  affected  his speech.Form:    [object]  + [relative pronoun] + [verb] In the example sentence above, the object  a learning disability  is modified by the relative pronoun  which.Click here to try our That or Which quiz.English Relative Clause ExerciseDirections: Choose the correct word(s) to complete the following sentences.1.  He excelled in mathematics, and in Latin,  which / who  he respected.2. Einstein may have been  a man of science  who / whom  was also deeply spiritual.3.  What I see in nature is a magnificent structure  that / who  we can only comprehend imperfectly.4. Have you read the article that  were / we were  talking about yesterday?5. There are hundreds of books about him that  were / we were  published this year alone.English Relative Clause  Matching ExerciseDirections: Match each sentence in the first column to the sentence in the second column. Then combine the sentences  using a relative clause.Example:  Immigration is an important issue.  It  concerns many people.                   Immigration is an important issue  which  concerns many people.

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