Students review defining and non-defining relative clauses and pronouns. Students focus on movies, books, TV shows, and actors and how to present essential and non-essential information. The movies ‘IT’ and ‘Avatar’ as well as the TV shows ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Squid Game’ are discussed.
Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses
Overview
Level
Upper-Intermediate: B2Advanced: C1
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4 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Comprehending textDescribing cause and effectDescribing people, places, or thingsExplaining
Language forms
Passive voicePast formsPerfect forms
Activities
DiscussionGap fillQuestions and answersReadingWriting
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