Relative pronouns and relative clauses

We use a relative clause (proposizione relativa) to give extra information about the nouns (sostantivi/nomi) in the main clause (proposizione principale) , without starting a new sentence.

The relative clause goes immediately after the noun it relates to and it is introduced by a relative pronoun (pronome relativo).

Relative pronouns are:

Examples:

The man WHO works at the Post Office is veery kind.

Tina has a bunch of flowers WHICH is friend bought.

The blue jacket THAT she is wearing belongs to her friend.

The man THAT lives upstairs is a doctor.

That is the house WHOSE owner is my uncle.

The hotel WHERE we slept was excellent.

That was the day WHEN my sister was born.

Tell me the reason WHY you are here! 

Here's a map for you:

And here a couple of videos:

And now the best part of this post:

For our next lesson on Monday you have to:

• study the rules of relative pronouns on your textbook (p. 89 D)
• do p. 15 ex. 7 (libro) - 8 (quaderno)
• do p. 92 ex 7 (l) - 8 (l)
• write 10 sentences using the relatives pronouns and going to

Have a nice weekend! =)

Happy Easter

Even though I'm a little bit late... I wish you all a very Happy Easter!

Let's talk about.... the future!

Yesterday we talked about the use of "be going to"  and the Present Continuous... and I know it was  a little bit confusing for you! But don't worry! I found out (ho scoperto) that it's confusing for native English speakers too! =) I'll try to give you some hints (aiuto, suggerimento) in this post!


Let's start by saying that these two forms are both (entrambe) used to talk about future plans, but there are, however, some differences between them!

The present continuous is used when we say what (ciò che) we have planned or arranged (organizzato) to do at a specific time in the future. These are fixed plans with definite time and/or place.

Jill is starting university in September

Sally is meeting John at seven o'clock this evening in a restaurant downtown (in centro)

Do you remember its structure? If you don't... just take a look below!

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• We use "going to" to express the future when we intend to do something or we have decided to do something but did NOT ARRANGE it. It is just an INTENTION.

Mary: The windows are dirty

Suzie: Yes, I know. I'm going to clean them later

 (Suzie has decided to clean them, but she hasn't arranged to clean them)

• We can also use "Going to" to make predictions (previsioni).

Watch out! You're going to break the glass.

It's cloudy! I think it's going to rain

Take a look at the structure:

Maybe the following video can help you more! I think he's very clear in explaining... what do you think?

Have a nice weekend guys! 😎