Language Tree SB 6

Unit 12

1 I have my own water bottle. It can be used many times. 2 We listened to the speaker. He explained what to do. 2 We can use fans. They use much less power than air conditioning.

4 He’s an ocean scientist. He studies coral reefs. 5 I saw pictures of the Arctic. The ice is melting there. 6 We did an experiment. It demonstrated global warming. Who or whom?

“I don’t know who dropped the litter.” Who replaces the subject of the verb dropped. “Mr. Bates was a teacher whom we all liked.” Whom replaces the object of the verb liked .

1 Complete each sentence using who or whom. Example: This is my aunt whom I visited in England. That is the person The boy for She’s the girl This is the family with The man to who whom has a scooter. we stayed. left litter on the beach. I spoke had a beard. I voted has won.

Whose and who’s

Who: “ The students gave the best presentation. They won a prize.” è “ The group who gave the best presentation won a prize.” Who is the subject of the verb gave . Whose: “The group’s presentation was best. They won a prize.” è “ The group whose presentation was best won a prize.” Whose shows ownership. 3 Complete each sentence using who’s or whose. Example: I know who’s behind the door. 1 ___________ bag is that? 2 Do you know ___________ responsible? 3 I saw the boy ___________ picture won the prize. 4 ___________ your favourite singer? 5 I sat next to a girl ___________ brother plays in the band. 6 ___________ the owner of that hotel?

• Draw attention to the fact that ‘whom’ comes after prepositions such as ‘to’, ‘for’ and ‘with’. You may want to explain that ‘who’ is a subject pronoun and ‘whom’ is an object pronoun.

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