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Read the following e,camples. Identify the linking verbs
I.He~ tall.
2.Yo u~sa d.
3.Yo u~t hin .
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ly.
25. If the alarm sounds, leave the building immediatc:
1 Read through this text and find one relative clause in each paragraph.
A Th<recenr discovery of the wreck of", l•ld ship l)n " large l'rc11,·l, ship, _whjch chey-renmne.:l 'QuS£11
the ocem lloor near the coasl of Nonh C.1rolin~ Anne's Revwge', Blackbeard 2nd his crew finilly •
has rwivcd inrereilr in th• colourful d ,...-.t'(j!r ~ , had a crur pirate ship,_80 foor long, with three
,va.s the ship's last captain. Tl,e ship is bdiiwd-ro masts and more than thtt.e dozcf\ cannons,
be the '~u.ien Anne's l}-eveng'e'; whir.h ;;·,nk ,n D Bl~ck!icard 500n leatned that a fearsornc
!ZYl· Her caprain, who was the n~<>•t 11otoriuu~ "' reputation, a p,irate flag,_and some warning shots
)2iut,u>fbis day, ,vas called 'Bl~k~ ~- (h~rl'~ from his cannons were all rhar he ntedgl to stop ,
Bla~eard, whose cral oan1e' um 1 ~.accl:. mo.st · ships wjtliout a ' fight, In contemporary
hadbeca a sailor on 13t'irish.-shjps in t he Cori bl •~.,n accounts, Blackbeard is desctibed as a ' demon ~
,o du·nng Quctn Anne's Wa,r (-l 70Z-17~:l). The~!- frcim hell', .1vhose huge black beard was c.wiswi · IJ"~~~
ships were ofcen involved in at=ks'o n f're,•:cr. an.i ,, into long tails and_who carriC~I.Yfr_;l gu__?s _and ! _v ..i__ 1 _
Sj:iarush sliaps r n To...-.=eglon and w.,:t;;:;:-\> ui :-;;--- _!;VOrds in beTrs~u ng_:g_oss both shgulde:cs. ➔ ~ ~
keep a percencagc of whatever the cap1u,cd fro,, Sticking ou1 from the sides of his cap were long ~ ' - ! ~
these enemies of the queen. f.N'I i r"c8 smouldering fuses ,.clµc be could use to ignite ;_ . ~\~ \It_
"C All this changed in 1713 w1.i:n d:c E1,:u;,:J.:o cannonsduringai] arcagk
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powers declared peace and tbc 1-1·or r.1·,Jc.i. Tea~h " I: lllackbeard'r r~ign of terror lastc,l uncil 1718~ _ ~ \ j f ~
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and hundreds of other s.;;lors !::.·l to choose he was kjlb! in a sea battle wid1 cwo Bricish shiQs C) A. ol2.:.... 0
berweeo returning toUnemploym,·•,, i,: ;;,.1rniu or which had been sent,co put an end to piracy in the..~ ··1r· ·~
r ont:i.nuing to do what they kne,r t,,·r.,, c d y as
pirates_.They starced~.sm:iti·band.-: i:1,,m::\::.-'.·'·:,s,
u:gfon . .'\ftcr his death, Blackbe:1rd became a
ron'.:mcic fig ure a,ud stories about, h.is d:;uing 1
u:ackmg and robbing merch,II,t sh,~£: .ir,J ,, ad~entu.res and tales pf: s~cret buried treasure
f. ~if ~e.ntually took control ofla~er ~-:i,:s ;i:;_-i•·', ,,,,; -h~lpc? to c,:eatc the popular image of piratesJ!'.'
'.;iif' the speed and power co dorrunate u,~ ir.,,,, ,
91;:-·, snll have today. •
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2 Complete this description usin9 n-'1at!·,ri r:.ronouns, or no relative pronoun where
appropriate.
Betwt;,en 17\3 aud 1718, a pir.1t'e, t ,1 _ '-}lhQl.>l.. ........ real name was Edward Teach, but
121 ~~"1 ..1...-:"".. ... was known a:.. l,l,,d,.Lt!arJ, atlacked ships /.Ii . ~~-b.i~1~.
sailed in and
near the Caribbean. This pirate, (1) .W.\.ifl'«' . ... so me described as a 'demon from hell', had a
large black beard (SJ . . -~ - .. . .. ·. · .. \•"a; twi5tcd into long tai !s.' t-ic wore belts across both
shoulders in (6) . .~i.c,)n ... ..... l·;c -:arr~·Li: ,:1i 11:; and swords. His pirate days came to an end in
1718 (7) . . . .W ~. ... ... . he was kilkc! in ,is~;: .battle, btLt the stories 18)
about his adventures helped to c.rea, ·: ,;h~ ;·,:, ,T..,.1•, ; ;, i,nage of pirates (9)
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14 RF.l.ATIVE CLAUSES
l pronouns
Relative clauses and relative
IB,elatiye clauses Instead
n phra se in a prec edin g clause.
use a _rela tive clau se to give mor e info rma tion abo ut a nou who , whic h).
We pro nou n (
n phra se, we can use a relative in Lo11do11 .
of repe aun_g the sub ject nou in Lon don . ..... J lrave a friend who lives
1 I have a frie nd . The frie nd OR !k lives
shop whi ch sold old records.
rds . ..... We foim d a
[ 2 We foun d a sho p. The shop OR I! sold old reco
pro nou n
pron oun , we put the relative
en we u
_ se_ a rela tive pro nou n instead of an object nou n or nou n.
Wh n or pro
clau se. We don 't repeat the nou
at the beg mm ng of the relative the card tha t you sent. (NOT ... Nie ea,-d el111t ,.,1, ,e,,t
it.)
[ 3 I l~ve d the card . You _sent _it. - I loved
. ,./,a m f ttdm il'E him .)
. - He's one man whom I admire. (NO T . .
4 Hes one man . I adm ire him
a~ s they desc ribe (5) ,gw e
to pu~ ~ela tive clau ses imm edi<!te,!y afte r the nou n phr
We ~su ally try the relative clau s (6).
e betw een the nou n hrase and
can mcl ude a re os1tion hras - ..... The food tha t we had to eat cam
e in
d cam e in plas tic ags. W e 1a to eat ~
5 The '.oo
t-pl - bagtthttr ut: h11d tt, t:tlf.)
astk
plas_tic bags. (NO T~ me -f1 other ships.
6 A ptrat-e I S ~
ship wl10 atta cks and steals from
011 a
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7 Mic hae l is
in:et·him; - The person whom youn t Mtd iae/. ·
8 !he per son was n't Michael. Y~u m t Mrchnel./ [he perso11 _ you
met wm .
pers on wl,o .)'OU met w_ a
9 !Jie ns.
tive clau se in form al situ atio
€v& od)after pre pos itio ns at the beg inni ng of a rela at the beg inni ng or,
We can use verb and use who
put the preposit ion afte r the
In info rma l situ atio ns, we can
the rela tive pro nm: n . Nash
mor e usu ally , we leav e out to who m ou should talk is Joe
sho uld talk .t2..h.im. - rhe man
.IO The man is Joe Nas h. You ma n_ you s ou ta to is oe as ,.
to is Joe Nasli./The
The man who you should talk gro up of
up nou ns suc h as team for a
We use @)and ~o r{t hin
gs QI ru1ir..1.1!s} l - after gro . ln~ nfo rmi llitu atio ns, we
or e~
a sing le udt (12) . Which ·s m
peo ple we are thin kin g of as eo e ( 13 ).
of who /who 11r'for
som etim es use that inst ead tllat do~sn't have a taiL
l l I found th';i;;ys which/that
were 1111ssing. • They own a cm_whicl,J which/that won the cup.
the team
won thc cup .-+ We were in
l We
12 We wer e in the team . The team next c)u,)I'. - The woman tha t lives next door is a nurse.
13 The woman is a mirse. lli
live
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th i.ngs
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clauses \. on tha t idc mi li~ , or classifies
pe op le ( 11 an d
lud e inf orm ati g rel ati ve cla us e.
ve cla us e, we inc tho ut the de fin in ,
In a dc fin in~ relati ten ce is no t co mp let e wi ok sh op ? Slic's n tea ch er
now.
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in,: of th e sen wo rk in tl1c bo So rry . l do n ·
(2 ) . Th e m ea n wl ,o lls ed to nn o,n ett :r?
l Vo yo u n·n;n,
,Uer tl1c wo uuu, s tem pe ra tur e? ~- \ Ou me nu " tlie . .
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1re
rl1i11g tl1at ,nens1 ob jec t (3 ) or t~e or
2 /)o yb u ha ve n use ins tea d ut' the ( ~)
nin g 111 a dd in; ,.,; rel ati ve cla rases co nta ini ng su pe rla tiv es
t) at the he gin a fte r no un ph
We oft en us e ( rlin ion (4) . We us ua llr use (t/J ,?1/ .
nb.kc t of a µre µo
,it ,_vtt'.iteti.
1111 ry ( ll1 al) """ ;'"
il. - / brought the ,lic11,1 L< T"''"·' .
qu an tif ier s ( 6) . dic tio na ry. M ari
a wa nte d
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ku rg ab ou t
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3 I br ou gh t the
ins '. He's tal kin g
ll2!ll!l..i1- - Tl, e fi/1 wo rst tcnch cr (th at) I Jw d "' sclro ld,
4 Th e film is ' Tw Y'" rs. · He ,w1 s rJ,c
) we me t /ra d a co
1 (tl wt ) I'v e scc
11 i11 ery pc r;u n (th at
5 It's tJ,e be st fi/11 t mm purer ;. • Ev
I do11'1 k11ow abou
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(, There's a lot (th at )
cla use~; wi th Q ,o,\who,iilirnd
whicl1 yo u
r0;,/i:J mm t t1lways ol,
cy.
de fin ing relative J cu11 trust. • T/1rr,• are two mies
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7 T do11't· k11ow a11
N on -d ef in in g re la tiv e
cl ause s c.AF'tif- c
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that I which I who (x2) I wl,om that· (x2) I whicl, I who (x2)
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to 1940. Stan Laurel, IZ) . \:;~Q,-- ~
v'he or she controls a sports game most people know him as Mark Twai11 "/,,
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~otn e of them are poisonous it uses exaggerated actions, often i,1vo/ving accide
it is below the surface of the water ~
the largest part of
-.L..it con.sists of nine islands takes part in t-hrce different sports in it ,.__
or flat from him each comp etitor
'1,...yoll rent a room
✓ he has never been married .I .A •h•'-~ o,·~ ~
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w ~ e lo ok in g for so
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