My name is who. My name is what...relative clauses.

Learn all about relative clauses from our rapper friend Eminem otherwise known as ´Slim Shady´or the 'Real Slim Shady'.

I will post some sentence transformations up here at a later date but for now just look at the presentation and refresh your memory.

And will the best students please stand up....

... and do these sentence transformations:







1. He is famous for becoming one of the first serious white rappers and working with established talent like Dr Dre.

Who

He is famous for becoming _________________ who with Dr. Dre.

2. He is a rapper to whom the people of Detroit listen.

Who

He is a rapper ___________________

3. His is the music which criticised George Bush during the second term elections.

Whose

______________________ music criticised Bush during the second term elections.

4. Out of the two rappers Enimen is the one I know least about.

Which

Eminem is the rapper ________________________ about.

5. In fact I´m struggling to come up with anything. So only four sentence transformations for you tonight. You lucky things.

Mystery Box: Future Forms

Another mystery box. This time on Future Forms.

Mystery Box: Modals of obligation

The mystery box is back! Is it going to be a good mystery box or a bad mystery box? Well click and find out.

All I know is that this presentation of the mystery box modals of obligation is great. Thanks to my friend Matt Ruiz for the original idea. Check it out   below.

Jose is frightened but writing a review, check it out.

REVIEW

The topic was taken from the red book Test 1, Part 2 (page 15)

GLEE

“Glee” is a musical TV series set in McKinley High School in Ohio, USA. The TV series combines both drama and comedy stories with complex musical numbers. The starring is formed by Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Heather Morris and more stars.

[Star can only be used as a verb in an active tense i.e. the series stared Chris...etc. Or Chris etc. stared in, or Glee stared ... etc. The noun for the list of actors is 'the cast'.] 

The series takes place in a High School of Ohio, and focuses on Glee Club, which is a music choir joined by some friends. The plot is especially based on the based on the love story between Rachel (Lea Michelle) and Finn (Cory Monteith). During the three seasons some celebrities make a cameo, like Lindsay Lohan, Gwyneth Paltrow or Ricky Martin. Also, Glee Club has made several tribute episodes for Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears or Madonna.

Contrasting with nowadays TV series, Glee is different because they plot is continued with some songs (they all are covers), which makes the viewer to love the series and continue watching it.

I would recommend this TV series with any hesitation. The viewer will love how they sing modern songs and also will discover old songs.

[Notice the correct combination of love without preposition in the last paragraph.]


PS: I didn’t know if a TV series is a TV programme, so here I got a question: if in the writing I consider a TV series as a TV programme, and it’s not the same, will I fail all the Writing part, or will they take into account how I write it?

Jose Homework: Informal Letter

The topic was taken from the red book Test 1, Part 1 (page 14) (Yes, I copied Angel, hehe)

Dear Robin
It’s been a long time since I heard from you last time. I would like to thank you for considering me a good person to trust in, especially if we are talking about a sports camp, because I love them. I have been to six sports camps, the last one was held in December, so I maybe have more experience in this topic. Sleeping in a room is not a bad idea, but I think we should sleep in tents, that’s what camps are about, aren’t them? [camps are the subject not the object of this sentence.]

Cooking is not my specialty, but I’ll try to do my best with the “gazpacho”, soap made of tomatoes and oil, or some “espetos”, which are some sardines put together in a stick.
I think I’ll travel to Canada a week before the camp, so I can get used to its weather. I would like to visit Toronto, because I’ve loved all I ever seen and heard about this city.

[errr have you been readin
Anew, thank you for inviting me.g 17th century novels Jose (or I guess you really did see Fernando's tomb, instead of a anew. You should just write 'Thanks for inviting me again. Remember it's an informal letter.]
See you soon,
Jose.

Two and a Half Men reporting verbs

Below is a presentation of how reporting verbs work in English. If you are feeling confident that you know all about this topic complete the sentence transformations below. If not scroll down for the presentation. Thanks.

     1,   'I am the greatest.' said Ali.

     Boast

     Ali _____________________ the greatest.

     2.  'I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse' said the Godfather.

     Threaten

     The Godfather _____________________ an offer he couldn't refuse.

     3. Don't underestimate Chelsea they might beat Barcelona.

     Warn

     He __________ the students not to underestimate BCN.

     4. You guys mustn't go near him I think he's dangerous.

     Warn

     He ___________________  not to go near him, as he was dangerous.

       5. 'Shall I compare thee[you, but an old fashioned way of saying usted in English] to    a summer's day.'

       Suggest

      Shakespeare ____________________ the fair lady to a summer's day.

       6. I know you're not sure but you definitely should go and see San Fernando's Tomb.

       Persuade

      He ______________________ go and see San Fernando's Tomb.

     7. I'm frightened about my exam said Jose.

      Admit

     Jose _________________ frightened about his exam.

     8. If you don't give me money I'll betray you.

      Threaten

     The snitch __________________ the man.

     9. 'I wish I wasn't doing this on my day off.'

       Complain

       David ____________________ on his day off.

       10. 'I am really tired now.'

       Admit

      He ___________________ really tired.

It's the.....MYSTERY BOX ONLINE

It's the Mystery Box! Loved by teachers and students alike play it as a whole class or bet with fellow students at home. Everyone loves the Mystery box.

I will upload every mystery box if you want to practice before your exams. This is the first one gerunds and infinitives.

Check it out.