VOCABULARY
Flood: Water that invades streets and houses. (inundación)
Climate: The weather in a specific Earth's area. (clima)
Global warming: Problem caused by the greenhouse effect. (calentamiento global)
Earthquake: Violent movements caused by internal waves that the earth produces when the tectonic plates chafe each other. (terremoto)
Factory: The place where people helped by machines manufacture things. (fábrica)
Greenhouse: The place where plants grow. (invernadero)
Rubbish: = garbage. (basura) It's used to say that some stuff is a shit too. Ex: That freaking exercise is rubbish.(very colloquial)
Environment: All that surround us. (medio ambiente)
Pollution: The air's rubbish that comes from some factories, cars... (contaminación)
Waste: The opposite of save. (malgastar)
Saving: Not to waste money. (ahorrar)
Recycling: To use something used again. (reciclar)
Trafic jam : lot of cars on the road that don't almost move. (atasco)
Unit 5.
Defining clauses
Give relevant information
Ej: He practices with the guy who plays professional tennis
Ej: I bought a car that you recomended
Non defining clauses
Give extra information
THAT can't be used in non defining relative clauses
There should be a comma before and after the relative clause.
non-defining vs defining relative clauses
OMISSION
It's not necessary to write the subject because relative pronouns can act as the subject or as the object of a sentence.
In the non definig sentences you can't omit them!! Ex:This the guy who writes the novel.
RELATIVES PRONOUNS.
WHEN
Refers to a time expression.
Ex:We remember the day when we meet the new student.
WHICH
Refers to an animal or a thing.
Ex:The jewels which she bought are from India.
WHERE
Refers to places.
Ex: This is the hotel were we had slept last weekend.
WHOSE
Express possesion for people.animal and things.
Is always followed by a noun.
Ex: He married a woman whose father is a millionaire.
THAT
Used with people,animals and things.
Can be replace by... Who,when and which.
Ex: Who took the money that was in my wallet?
WHO
Refers to a person.
Ex: The girl who was dancing at the party is my sister.
Things to remember.
