Practice Ways to Combine Clauses with Prepositions

Look at the 2 sentences on the slide. Notice that 1 of them has a separable phrasal verb (verb + preposition).

Make new sentences that combine the 2 clauses on the slide. Make all the possible combinations you can (5 when referring to a person object – who(m)/that/0/prep.+whom; 4 when referring to a place/thing object (which/that/0/prep.+which)

Then, click to see the correct combinations on the next slide.

look at

The person is EMCC’s president. You are looking at him.1. The person at whom you are looking is EMCC’s president.2. The person whom you are looking at is EMCC’s president.3. The person who you are looking at is EMCC’s president.4. The person that you are looking at is EMCC’s president.5. The person ø you are looking at is EMCC’s president.

look at

The painting is by Renoir. You are looking at it.1. The painting at which you are looking is by Renoir.2. The painting which you are looking at is by Renoir.3. The painting that you are looking at is by Renoir.4. The painting ø you are looking at is by Renoir.

dance with

The man is her brother. She is dancing with him.1. The man with whom she is dancing is her brother.2. The man whom she is dancing with is her brother.3. The man who she is dancing with is her brother.4. The man that she is dancing with is her brother.5. The man ø she is dancing with is her brother.

lean against

The wall was painted yesterday. The woman is leaning against it.1. The wall against which the woman is leaning was

painted yesterday.2. The wall which the woman is leaning against was

painted yesterday.3. The wall that the woman is leaning against was

painted yesterday.4. The wall ø the woman is leaning against was painted

yesterday.

borrow from

The classmate is nice. I borrowed a pencil from him.1. The classmate from whom I borrowed a pencil is nice. 2. The classmate whom I borrowed a pencil from is nice. 3. The classmate who I borrowed a pencil from is nice. 4. The classmate that I borrowed a pencil from is nice. 5. The classmate ø I borrowed a pencil from is nice.

listen to

The music makes her smile. She is listening to it.1. The music to which she is listening makes her smile.2. The music which she is listening to makes her smile.3. The music that she is listening to makes her smile.4. The music ø she is listening to makes her smile.

I have a teacher whose name is Diane.

Using whose in adjective clausesAzar Ex. 20 p. 360

Instructions

Speaker A says the two separate sentences on you see on the slide.

Speaker B combines the 2 sentences into one by using an adjective clause beginning with “whose”.

Then, Speaker A clicks to see if the answer is correct.

Students change roles (take turns reading & combining) after each sentence.

Ex. 20 p. 360 Example

The people were very kind. I stayed at their house.

The people whose house you stayed at were very kind.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #1

The man called the police. His car was stolen.

The man whose car was stolen called the police.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #2

The woman was sad. Her cat died.

The woman whose cat died was sad.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #3

The man is friendly. His daughter is in my English class.

The man whose daughter is in my English class is friendly.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #4

The professor gives hard tests. I’m taking her course.

The professor whose course I’m taking gives hard tests.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #5

The man is very proud. His daughter is an astronaut.

The man whose daughter is an astronaut is very proud.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #6

The girl is a good friend of mine. I borrowed her camera.

The girl whose camera I borrowed is a good friend of mine.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #7

The people were very nice. I visited their house.

The people whose house I visited were very nice.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #8

I have a friend. Her brother is a police officer.

I have a friend whose brother is a police officer.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #9

I have a neighbor. His dog barks all day long.

I have a neighbor whose dog barks all day long.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #10

I liked the people. We went to their house.

I liked the people whose house we went to.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #11

I thanked the woman. I borrowed her dictionary.

I thanked the woman whose dictionary I borrowed.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #12

The woman shouted “Stop! Thief!” Her purse was stolen.

The woman whose purse was stolen shouted “Stop! Thief!”

Ex. 20 p. 360 #13

The man is famous. His picture is in the newspaper.

The man whose picture is in the newspaper is famous.

Ex. 20 p. 360 #14

I know a girl. Her family never eats dinner together.

I know a girl whose family never eats dinner together.