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Relative clause

The woman who found my wallet handed it in to reception.

The student whose dog has run away has gone to look for it.

I remember the day when we first met.

These are the earrings that my mother gave me “-----”.

My friend’s birthday, which was last weekend, was great fun.


My favourite food, which used to be Italian, is now Japanese.

 The people, half of whom had never voted before, elected a new leader.


 The patients, many of whom smoked, were suffering from lung conditions.

2. Future

3. Ling's train is due to arrive at 9:37.


4. Jayeesh's parents are due to leave this evening.
5. Ivana's exam's due to finish at noon.

It's likely to be a major advance in computing technology.


The new smart watches are unlikely to be a big revolution in technology.

shed light on (C2)-shed the light on the topics


brings to light (C2)-my research brought to light new information about internal erosion
probe into- investigation probed deep into her private life
probing for inconsistencies of her story
hostile – hostile crows /reception
as time goes by-As time goes by, people learn more and more about our situation

Despite being a little formal, English people are actually very warm-hearted.

Sweeping power to the army


Your parents will be wondering where you are//"I've been
wondering about (= considering) going to Florida."

If you heat water enough, it boils.


If I go to the shops, I’ll get some bread.
If I had the money, I’d travel around the world.
If I had known you were coming, I wouldn’t have prepared the cheese dish.
Mix\
1. Past hypo+present hypo
If I had taken programming at school, I'd have a job at Google now.
If I were smarter, I'd have gone to Oxford University.

2.

. When a plan isn't certain, use past form for present and future

 I was thinking of going to that party later.

To be polite

 I was wondering if your report was ready.

 With 'suppose' and 'what if'

 Suppose we went on holiday to Thailand.


 What if we finished before the deadline?

she peered through the window to see if anyone was there

This time instead of separately, nation by nation, they came in as one, what
was described as the spirit of togetherness, the Olympic spirit.

Visitors can peer into the abyss through reinforced glass panels

A report by the Institute of Cancer Research found women taking the drug
are almost three times more likely to develop cancer than those that are not
on it.
Followed by an infinitive

agree, appear, choose, decide, expect, fail, hope, learn, need, refuse, seem, wait, want

Followed by either, usually with no change in meaning


begin, continue, hate, like, love, prefer, start

Followed by either, with a change in meaning

stop, regret, remember, forget, go on, try

 I still remember being nervous on my first day of school.


 I'll never forget seeing his face

rickety wooden boats

The expansion will effectively quadruple the size of the reserve; bringing it to around 1.5m sq
km

 What happened was we got to the hotel and realised that our room had been
double booked.
 What they did was move us to another hotel.
 What he did was offer us another week there for free.

What I hated most was the insects everywhere.

US intelligence officials have accused Russia of trying to influence the outcome of the US
presidential election\

proving there was an appetite for much bigger phones and it hoped this latest version would be
the best selling yet

compares the movement of these chimps to those in the wild

A local campaign group says pollution in the River Coata is to blame for the deaths
Residents say the government has done too little to deal with the impact of humans in the area.
he had recently released classified material that would have an impact on the American
presidential elections.
women's drinking has increased due to a number of reasons, including falling prices and
successful marketing
has lost its status as the world's largest hub airport to Dubai.
Now his successor as Chancellor is outlining how that money will be used to shore up Britain's
cyber defences.

The new public relations manager has the difficult task of shoring up (support)


the company's troubled image.
it's the highest drainage project of its kind in the world
The move is part of an effort to save them from extinction after extensive logging and
development in the rainforest.

Become extinct
Speaking at his final rally in Michigan, Donald Trump said he was offering a once-in-a-lifetime
political change and would restore honesty to the US government.
 shattering the dreams of his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, who had been narrowly ahead
in the polls.
 economics, sheep, politics, headquarters, series and fish (which has an alternative plural).
sweltering; sizzling; scorching

ve 2016 is on course (on track) to be the warmest year on recordry, very hot
to evade tax,

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