LANGUAGE FOCUS

Pronunciation

Listen and repeat.

/sl/

slave

sleep

slim

/sm/

small

smell

smart

Practise reading aloud this dialogue.

A: Is Snowy at home? Snowy Smith?

B: He is sleeping. Go away.

A: Sleeping? Where?

B: In there. Why do you smile?

A: Perhaps Snowy is in there. But he is not asleep.

B: I swear he is sleeping.

A: When Snowy sleeps, he snores but he looks sweet.

Grammar 1

Exercise 1. Choose the suitable italicised words to complete the following sentences. 

1. To who/whom it may concern.

2. It was a service for which/that I was grateful.

3. The success of a shared holiday depends on who/whom you share it with.

4. Do you like the person who/whom sits next to you?

5. Midway through the second half, Manchester United scored their third goal, at that/ which point Leeds United save up completely.

6. There is one person to whom/who I owe more than I can say.

7. It was the kind of accident for which/that nobody was really to blame.

Grammar 2

Exercise 2. Combine the following sentences, using preposition + whom or which. 

1. The man was very kind. I talked to him yesterday.

2. The man works in the hospital. I told you about him.

3. The woman teaches me English. I am telling you about her.

4. The movie is fantastic. They are talking about it.

5. The picture was beautiful. She was looking at it.

6. I'll give you the address. You should write to it.

Grammar 3

Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences, using who, whom, which or that.

1. Jack is the one ______ I miss most.

2. It was a kind of computer with ______I was not familiar.

3. Do you get on with the person ______ lives next door?

4. I must thank the man from ______ I got the present.

5. It is an event ______ I would rather not forget.

6. The meeting to ______ I went was interesting.

7. The person ______ did it was never caught.

8. That's the woman to ______ Jim used to be married.