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Healthy food (A)
Textbook: pp. 50–53
GoalDefining relative clauses: who, which, that, whose, where; healthy-eating vocabulary.
New words
protein · oqsilfibre · tolavitamins · vitaminlarsnack · gazak
Explanation
A relative clause gives more information about a noun. Who/that is for people: a nurse who works at school. Which/that is for things: a fruit which has a lot of vitamin C. Whose shows possession: a girl whose mother is a dietitian. Where is for places: the market where we buy vegetables. A defining clause has no commas and is needed to show which noun we mean: The apples that are green taste sour. When who/which is the object of the clause it can be dropped: The soup (that) he cooked was delicious. When it is the subject it cannot be dropped.
Worked examples
A balanced meal is a meal that contains protein, carbohydrates, vegetables and some healthy fats.
The canteen where we have lunch has stopped selling fizzy drinks.
Class activity
“Who am I?” game: a student describes a food or job with a relative clause (It is a food which grows underground and is orange) and the others guess.
Practice
1
Fill in who, which or where: The shop ___ sells whole-grain bread is near my house.
which (or that)
2
Fill in who, which or whose: I know a boy ___ father is a chef.
whose
3
Join with a relative clause: Alina is a dietitian. She helps athletes plan meals.
Alina is a dietitian who helps athletes plan meals.
4
In which sentence can the pronoun be dropped? (a) The salad that I made is fresh. (b) The cook who made the salad is new. Why?
(a), because that is the object of made; in (b) who is the subject.