EXAM

Hi girls. Remember you have an exam about relative clauses for next class.
Besides you have a translation about the use of internet

Translation

What's good about Internet and what's bad about Internet?

The Positives:

Instant messengers such as MSN, Skype and many others allow text, sound and video to be transferred worldwide instantly as well as sharing images and other data.The Internet has allowed people to send and receive information in seconds rather than days or weeks using E-mail. There is no barrier to doing business or collaborative research across continents. Families can use email to keep in touch in a way that was never possible before.As a research and learning tool, the Worldwide Web offers a vast library of data. Finding information is as simple as entering words into a search engine. Knowledge can be gained in minutes rather than hours and days.The incredibly rapid transfer of data means that people can travel less. Contact can be maintained from almost anywhere in the world as easily as across a meeting table.The Internet provides a platform for individuals to publish information, advertising data and commerce sites. No other medium is as accessible to individuals and small businesses.There is excellent information on any topic instantly available for anyone who knows how to evaluate their sources. Research can be performed in an hour that would have taken a month prior to the internet. One can look up a medical condition or the side effects of a prescription drug. This potential is awesome and encourages the acquisition of a whole new subset of skills.Email allows easy, regular, casual communication between people who live far away from each other where they may not have gone to the trouble or could not have gone to the expense of telephone calls or written correspondence by mail. It allows instant and daily communications that help to maintain long distance relationships. One might only call a sibling once a month but email allows daily communication at a nominal cost. One can send a photo instantly by email.The internet has become a great resource for work from home either for a company employee or the self employed.The internet provides instant price shopping for any product a consumer may need. A savvy shopper can take advantage of free shipping in addition to a great price.Youtube videos are available on any topic for instant answers on "how to" or to check out a recording artist before buying.The internet allows shut-ins an instant window on the world and more control over their lives. Forums are available on any topic that allow these people access to other like minded people and people with similar interests and open channels of communication they would never have without the internet.Education and even degrees can be obtained online.

 The Negatives:
Privacy is being compromised by the ever increasing storage of personal data on servers accessible worldwide. Most data is not at all sensitive but important financial and identity data has been used for fraudulent purposes.E-mail has diminished the value of personal contact, some people argue. E-mail is so convenient that it has replaced millions of face to face meetings and even more hand written sentences.Although research is now remarkably easy, not all data on the internet is accurate. Individuals are able to generate web sites without any other person reviewing the information posted to the sites. It is often a challenge to separate the accurate information from the dubious data and opinions so often found on obscure web sites.The Internet can be used for crime as well as legal activities. One of the most publicized activities is that of adults communicating with children. Adults are able to hide behind false identities and have secret conversations online with children. In some cases, great harm has been caused to children in this way.Many critics will say that social skills are being eroded by online communications. People who would have mixed in society are now found in front of a computer to the exclusion of all other social contact.Many users do not realize that what they put online about themselves will stay there forever, in some cases affecting future employment. Also, unthinking people post photos of other people, some in compromising positions, without permission. Many unthinking people post family photos online not only placing their children at risk but without their informed consent. Scams, pornography, hackers, trolls."Black hat" hackers, ones that write viruses and hack banks.

RELATIVE CLAUSES HOMEWORK

Exercise on Relative Clauses (Contact clauses)

Relative Pronouns (who / which / whose)

Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).

1.     This is the bank   who which whose  was robbed yesterday.

2.     A boy   who which whose  sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.

3.     The man   who which whose  robbed the bank had two pistols.

4.     He wore a mask   who which whose  made him look like Mickey Mouse.

5.     He came with a friend   who which whose  waited outside in the car.

6.     The woman   who which whose  gave him the money was young.

7.     The bag   who which whose  contained the money was yellow.

8.     The people   who which whose  were in the bank were very frightened.

9.     A man   who which whose  mobile was ringing did not know what to do.

10.  A woman   who which whose  daughter was crying tried to calm her.

11.  The car   who which whose  the bank robbers escaped in was orange.

12.  The robber   who which whose  mask was obviously too big didn't drive.

13.  The man   who which whose  drove the car was nervous.

14.  He didn't wait at the traffic lights   who which whose  were red.

15.  A police officer   who which whose  car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them.

Exercise on Relative Clauses (Contact clauses)

Relative Adverbs

Choose the correct relative adverb.

1.     This is the station   where when why  Emily met James.

2.     July and August are the months   where when why  most people go on holiday.

3.     Do you know the reason   where when why  so many people in the world learn English?

4.     This is the church   where when why  Sue and Peter got married.

5.     Edinburgh is the town   where when why  Alexander Graham Bell was born.

6.     25 December is the day   where when why  children in Great Britain get their Christmas presents.

7.     A famine was the reason   where when why  so many Irish people emigrated to the USA in the 19th century.

8.     A greengrocer's is a shop   where when why  you can buy vegetables.

9.     The day   where when why  I arrived was very nice.

10.  A horror film was the reason   where when why  I couldn't sleep last night.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words.

How to Form Relative Clauses 

Imagine, a girl is talking to Tom. You want to know who she is and ask a friend whether he knows her. You could say:

A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl?

That sounds rather complicated, doesn't it? It would be easier with a relative clause: you put both pieces of information into one sentence. Start with the most important thing  – you want to know who the girl is.

Do you know the girl …

As your friend cannot know which girl you are talking about, you need to put in the additional information  – the girl is talking to Tom. Use „the girl“ only in the first part of the sentence, in the second part replace it with the relative pronoun (for people, use the relative pronoun „who“). So the final sentence is:

Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?

Relative Pronouns 

relative pronoun	use	example
who	subject or object pronoun for people	I told you about the woman who lives next door.
which	subject or object pronoun for animals and things	Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof?
which	referring to a whole sentence	He couldn’t read which surprised me.
whose	possession for people animals and things	Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse?
whom	object pronoun for people, especially in non-defining relative clauses (in defining relative clauses we colloquially prefer who)	I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference.
that	subject or object pronoun for people, animals and things in defining relative clauses (who or which are also possible)	I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen.

Relative Adverbs 

A relative adverb can be used instead of a relative pronoun plus preposition. This often makes the sentence easier to understand.

This is the shop in which I bought my bike.
→ This is the shop where I bought my bike.

relative adverb	meaning	use	example
when	in/on which	refers to a time expression	the day when we met him
where	in/at which	refers to a place	the place where we met him
why	for which	refers to a reason	the reason why we met him