6-6Pronunciation, function and everyday English.pptVIP

1. Read the sentences and underline the attributive clauses. 1) The tallest building that I have seen is the Empire State Building in NewYork. 2) The Grand Canal, which is the world’s oldest and longest canal, was built in the fifth century BC. good freezing nice delighted hot fascinating big exhausted cold ridiculous surprised boiling pleased astonished silly excellent interesting enormous tired wonderful 2. Complete these conversations. A: Is it a big dam? B: Big-it’s absolutely ___________! A: Was it an interesting film? B: Interesting? It was absolutely ____________! A: Was it a nice trip? B: Nice? It was absolutely __________ ! 3. Complete these conversations with other adjectives from the list in activity1. A: Were you please with your visit to the Three Gorges Dam? B: Pleased? I was __________ ! * * * Old and New Module 6 Pronunciation Pronunciation 3) The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric project which has brought an end to the danger of flooding. 4) There is a boat which takes you all the way along the Yangtze River. 5) The river, which is the third longest in the world, is an absolutely beautiful place to visit. 2. Listen and practise the intonation of the sentences. Note the difference in the intonation of sentences with non-defining attributive clauses. Function and everyday English 1. Match the adjectives on the left with the strong adjectives on the right. enormous fascinating wonderful delighted *