UNIT 6 p53
A DESCRIPTION (1)
Describing a room - relative pronouns, participles
1 Think of your favourite room. Draw a plan of it on a piece of paper. Write down why you like it and some adjectives to describe it.
My favourite room is...   J like it because,,.
Show a partner your plan and talk about your room.
2 Read the description. Why is this kitchen more than just a room where you cook and eat?
3 Complete the description using these relative clauses:
which tells the story
that we're going to next Saturday
where we cook and eat
whose family have all emigrated
which is the focal point of the room
which means
we haven't seen
I like best
who are cross and sleepy
where family and friends come together
GRAMMAR SPOT
Underline the relative pronouns in exercise 3. What do they refer to? When do we use which, who, that, where, and whose1.
Look at the these sentences. We can omit the relative pronoun from one in each pair. Which one? Why?
This is the room which I like best. / This is the room which has a good view of the sea.
He's a friend who we haven't seen for years, / He's a friend who lives in London.
Look at these examples of participles. Rewrite them with relative pronouns.
I have so many happy memories of times spent there.
There is a large window looking out onto two apple trees in the garden.
Grammar Reference 6.5 and 6.6 p!43
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The room in our house [i)_is our kitchen. Perhaps the kitchen is the most important room in many houses, but it is particularly so in our house because it's not only (2)_,
but it's also the place [3]_.
I have so many happy memories of times spent there: ordinary daily events such as making breakfast on dark, cold winter
mornings for children (4)_, before sending them off to
school; or special occasions such as homecomings or cooking Christmas dinner. Whenever we have a party, people gravitate with their drinks to the kitchen. It always ends up the fullest and noisiest room in the house.
So what does this special room look like? it's quite big, but not huge. It's big enough to have a good-sized rectangular table in the centre, (5)__. There is a large window above the sink, looking
out onto two apple trees in the garden. There's a big, old cooking stove at one end, and at the other end a wall with a huge notice
board (6)_of our lives, past, present, and future: a school
photo of the kids; a postcard from Auntie Nancy, (?)_to
Australia; the menu from a take-away Chinese restaurant; an
invitation to a wedding (8]_; a letter from a friend
(9)_for years. All our world is there for everyone to read!
The front door is seldom used in our house, only by strangers.
All our friends use the back door (10)_they come straight
into the kitchen and join in whatever is happening there. The kettle goes on immediately and then we all sit round the table, drinking tea and putting the world to rights! Without doubt some of the happiest times of my life have been spent in our kitchen.
4 Link these sentences with the correct relative pronoun: who, which, that, where, whose.
1 The blonde lady is Pat. She's wearing a black dress.
2 There's the hospital. My sister works there.
3 The postcard arrived this morning. It's from Auntie Nancy.
4 I passed all my exams. This made my father very proud.
5 Did you meet the girl? Her mother teaches French.
5 Complete the sentences with a word from the box in the present or past participle.
play   give   stick   listen arrange
1 I spend hours in my room, to music.
2 I have lots of posters_
the walls.
3 My brother is in his bedroom, _on his computer.
4 There are photos of my family _on my shelves.
5 I also have a colour TV_
me on my last birthday.
on
to
6 Write a similar description of your favourite room in about 250 words. Describe it and give reasons why you like it Use relative pronouns and participles to link your sentences.
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