2015-08-19 Writing: adjective clauses in sentences

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: read p. 180 (about using commas), and do practice 7 (A and B) on p. 181
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The students who did the homework got good grades on the test.
= Some of the students did the homework, and they got good grades on the test.

The students, who did the homework, got good grades on the test.
= All the students did the homework and got good grades on the test.
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The homework which we did yesterday was easy.
= The homework that we did yesterday was easy.
= The homework we did yesterday was easy.
(“we” is the subject of the adjective clause, so you can remove “which” or “that”)
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p. 183-4 part B
3 Mr. and Mrs. Haddad, who are from Lebanon, are very traditional.
  (Mr. and Mrs. Haddad, who are very traditional, are from Lebanon.)
4 Jamila is the oldest daughter in the Haddad family, who/which immigrated to this country seven years ago.
5 Her parents want her to marry a man who is 32 years old.
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Homework: finish part B (6-10)