LÍNGUA INGLESA RELAÇÕES DISCURSIVAS aula 3

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LÍNGUA INGLESA RELAÇÕES DISCURSIVAS AULA 3
	
	
	1a Questão
	
	
	
	Which is the most suitable conjunction to complete the following sentence "This is the man ___________ talked to Mrs. Brown yesterday."?
	
	
	
	
	
	 
	who
	
	
	
	
	Explicação:
We use who and whom for people, and which for things.
Or we can use that for people or things.
So in the given sentence, we use who because it refers to the word 'man'.
	
	
	
	 2a Questão
	
	
	
	
	What would NOT be the right way to join these sentences: (1) He's the man. (2) I sent the money to him.
		
	 
	He is the man whose I sent the money to.
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Explicação:
The use of whose is inappropriate in this case because of its meaning (cujo/cuja) and the way the sentence was structured.
	
		4a Questão
	
	
	
	In which alternative the sentences are NOT correctly joined?
		
	 
	(1) You are the expert. (2) We want your advice. --} You are the expert which advice we want.
	
	(1) They're the birds. (2) I fed them this morning. --} They're the birds (which) I fed this morning.
	
	(1) He´s the accountant. (2) You recommended him to me. --} He´s the accountant (whom) you recommended to me.
	
	(1) She's the woman. (2) The film was made in her house. --} She´s the woman whose house the film was made in.
	
	(1) I'm the witness. (2) My evidence led to his arrest. --} I´m the witness whose evidence led to his arrest.
	Explicação:
The sentences (1) You are the expert. (2) We want your advice. --} You are the expert which advice we want. were not correctly joined.
The right answer should be You are the expert whose advice we want.
	
	
		5a Questão
	
	
	
	In which clause the relative pronoun is NOT analyzed correctly?
		
	
	d) I congratulated Mrs Jones, WHOSE son had won the first prize. (possessive determiner)
	
	e) Do you remember the time WHEN we ate an entire pie in one sitting? (adverbial)
	
	c) Mr. Jones, FOR WHOM I was working, was a very tolerant man. (prepositional complement)
	
	a) I spoke to the woman WHO owns the hotel. (subject)
	 
	b) She introduced me to her husband, WHO(M) I hadn¿t met before (subject)
	Explicação:
"Whom is used only when its antecedent is the object of the relative clause, but not when its antecedent is the subject of a sentence or clause.
The officer nabbed the thief whom I saw (antecedent thief is the object of the relative clause).
The officer nabbed the thief whom saw me (here the antecedent thief is the subject of the relative clause ("... the thief _ saw me"); who is correct here.)"
(webaula - class 3)
	
	
	 5a Questão
	
	
	
	
	Choose the alternative whose relative pronoun can fill the space appropriately: Have you seen the pencil ___________ I was writing with?
		
	 
	which
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Explicação:
Which is a pronoun that is used to refer to objects or things.
	
	
	
	 6a Questão
	
	
	
	
	In which clause the relative pronoun is NOT analyzed correctly?
		
	 
	She introduced me to her husband, WHO(M) I hadn¿t met before. (subject)
	
	
	
	 8a Questão
	
	
	
	
	What would NOT be the right way to join these sentences: (1) She's the nurse. (2) I gave the flowers to her.
		
	
	She's the nurse that I gave the flowers.
	 
	She is the nurse whose flowers I gave to her.
	
	She's the nurse who(m) I gave the flowers.
	
	She's the nurse I gave the flowers to.
	
	She's the nurse to whom I gave the flowers.
	
Explicação:
The following is not correctly structured: She is the nurse whose flowers I gave to her.
The relative pronoun and the way the ideas were grouped together are incorrect.
	1a Questão
	
	
	
	Read the text below. Put in the right relative pronouns ONLY where necessary. Then choose the the correct option below.
 A CHANCE IN A MILLION: "Cissie, the woman (1)...... works in our office, wanted to phone Mr. Robinson, but she dialed the wrong number. The number (2)...... she dialed turned out to be the number of a public call box in the street. A man,(3)..... was passing at the time, heard the phone ringing and answered it. 'Is that Mr. Robinson?' Cissie asked. 'Speaking,' the man answered. It turned out that the man (4)..... she was speaking to was actually called Robinson and had just happened to be passing the call box when she rang!
		
	 
	who - Ø - who - Ø
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Explicação:
"A relative pronoun is one which is used to refer to nouns mentioned previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas. Relative pronouns can be used to join two sentences."   ( http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/relative-pronouns/ )
	2a Questão
	
	
	
	Choose the alternative whose relative pronoun can fill the space appropriately: The students __________ broke the window are not from our school.
		
	
	
	 
	who
	
	
	
	
	
	
	3a Questão
	
	
	
	Relative pronouns can perform syntactic functions in the English language. What is the syntactic function of the relative pronoun in the sentence below?
I spoke to the man who owns the department store.
		
	
	
	 
	Subject.
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Explicação:
A subject is a word, phrase, or clause that performs the action of or acts upon the verb functioning as the predicate. (webclass)
	4a Questão
	
	
	
	Choose the alternative whose relative pronoun can fill the space appropriately: Mr Richards, __________ is a taxi driver, lives on the corner.
		
	
	
	
	
	 
	who
	
	
	
	
	5a Questão
	
	
	
	Choose the alternative whose relative pronoun can fill the space appropriately: The driver, ____________ car was in bad conditions, was drunk.
		
	
	
	 
	whose
	
	
	
	
	
	
	6a Questão
	
	
	
	When we think of an adjective, we usually think about a single word used before a noun to modify its meanings . However, an adjective can also come in the form of an adjective clause.
Read the comments below and choose the appropriate one.
		
	
	
	
	
	 
	Restrictive or essential adjective clauses offers essential information and is needed to complete the sentence's thought. They are closely connected with their heads. These clauses tell us which person or thing the speaker means.
	
	
	
	
	Explicação:
The information provided in: ´ Restrictive or essential adjective clauses offers essential information and is needed to complete the sentence's thought. They are closely connected with their heads. These clauses tell us which person or thing the speaker means.´ is adequate, since adjective clauses are a type of  subordinate clauses that act as adjectives. An adjective clause is a dependent clause that, like an adjective, modifies a noun or pronoun.
	7a Questão
	
	
	
	What would NOT be the right way to join these sentences: "She's the nurse. I gave the flowers to her."
		
	
	a) She's the nurse to whom I gave the flowers.
	
	b) She´s the nurse who(m) I gave the flowers.
	
	e) She's the nurse that I gave the flowers.
	 
	c) She's the nurse whose flowers I gave to her.
	
	d) She's the nurse I gave the flowers to.
	Explicação:
The following: "She's the nurse whose flowers I gave to her." is not appropriate because it was structured in the wrong way. 
	8a Questão
	
	
	
	Consider how these two sentences can be combined and choose the appropriate answer:
I introduced my husband to Sally. Sally's mother is my neighbor.
		
	
	
	 
	I introduced my husband to Sally, whose mother is my neighbor.
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Explicação:
The purpose of the question was to check if the student mastered the use of relative pronouns and rules of punctuation.
	1a Questão
	
	
	
	What would NOT be the right way to join these sentences: "He is the man. I sent the money to him."
		
	
	d) He is the man that I sent the money.
	
	a) He is the man to whom I sent the money.
	 
	e) He is the man whose I sent the money to.
	
	b) He is the man who(m) I sent the money.
	
	c) He is the man I sent the money to.
	Explicação:
The following structure of a sentence is inadequate:He is the man whose I sent the money to.
	7a Questão
	
	
	
	In which alternative the sentences are not correctly joined?
		
	 
	b) You are the expert. We want your advice. - You are the expert which advice we want.
	
	c) I´m the witness. My evidence led to his arrest. - I´m the witness whose evidence led to his arrest.
	
	e) He's the accountant. You recommended him to me. - He´s the accountant (whom) you recommended to me.
	
	d) She´s the woman. The film was made in her house. - She´s the woman whose house the film was made in.
	
	a) They´re the birds. I fed them this morning. - They´re the birds (which) I fed this morning.
	Explicação:
You are the expert. We want your advice. - You are the expert which advice we want.
The right answer should be: You are the expert whose advice we want.