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That’s English! Module 6
Unit 4: Books, books, books!
I.E.S. Virgen de Valme Prof. D. Raúl Escalera Maestre
Vocabulary
GENRES GÉNEROS
A crime story / novel novela policíaca
Adventure aventura
Atlas atlas
Autobiography autobiografía
Biography biografía
Cookery / recipe cocina / receta
Dictionary diccionario
Encyclopaedia enciclopedia
Fairy tales cuentos de hadas
Fantasy fantasía
Fiction ficción
Historical fiction ficción histórica
Horror terror
Novel novel
Poetry poesía
Reference book manual de consulta
Road atlas mapa de carretera
Romantic novel / romance novela romántica
Science-fiction story historia de ciencia
ficción
Suspense / thriller suspense
Essay ensayo
Diary diario
(auto)biography (auto)biografía
ELEMENTS
Character personaje
Protagonist protagonista
Setting escenario
Plot resumen
Narrator / Storyteller narrador
Audience público
Script guión
Theme tema
Bookshop librería
Bookseller librero
To recommend a book recomendar un libro
Reader lector
Writer escritor
Author autor
Playwright dramaturgo
Cover cubierta / tapa
Hardback cover tapa dura
Paperback cover tapa blanda
Work obra
To put down a book dejar un libro (por falta
de interés)
e-book libro electrónico
e-reading device dispositivo de lectura digital
e-reader lector de libros digitales
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That’s English! Module 6
Unit 4: Books, books, books!
I.E.S. Virgen de Valme Prof. D. Raúl Escalera Maestre
Grammar
RELATIVE CLAUSES
1.- Linkers
PEOPLE ANIMALS
THINGS
PLACE TIME REASON MANNER
Determiner WHOSE WHOSE --- --- --- ---
Pronoun WHO(M)
THAT
WHICH
THAT
PREP + WHICH
Adverb --- --- WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
2.- Types
There are two main types of relative clauses:
- Defining: it specifies the person or thing we are referring to.
- Non-defining: it gives extra information about the person or thing we are referring to.
3.- Defining Relative Clauses: Features
- They specify the person or thing we are talking about, so the information provided is essential to
understand the reference.
I have sent the letter [that you gave me]
- The pronouns ‘who’ and ‘which’ can be replaced by ‘that’
I talked to the girl [who(that) won the medal]
- The pronouns ‘who’ and ‘which’ can be omitted when functioning as direct object.
This is the girl [(who/that) I met last summer]
- In prepositional objects, the preposition is usually placed at the end of the clause. But in a formal
context, the preposition can precede the pronoun, in which case we use ‘whom’ for people and
‘which’ for things.
Buñuel was the director [with whom he worked most often]
Buñuel was the director [who he worked most often with]
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That’s English! Module 6
Unit 4: Books, books, books!
I.E.S. Virgen de Valme Prof. D. Raúl Escalera Maestre
DEVERBAL ADJECTIVES
We can form adjectives by deriving them from verbs. This can be done very symply, just using the
suffixes –ING or –ED.
Shock shocking / shocked
It is sometimes hard to know when to use either the –ing form or the –ed form, but let think of some
useful rules:
- When talking about objects we can only use the –ing form.
- When talking about people or animals we can use both the –ing form and the –ed form.
a) The –ing form has an active meaning:
He is really boring He makes people feel bored
b) The –ed form has a passive meaning:
He is really bored He feels bored
PRONUNCIATION
HOMOGRAPHS
A homograph is a word which is written identically as another word, but the meaning is different.
If both words share the same pronunciation they are homonyms
If both words have different pronunciation they are hereronyms
HOMOGRAPHS
AND HOMONYMS
HOMOGRAPHS
AND HETERONYMS
Can [kæn] noun lata Can [kæn] verb poder Close [kləʊs] adverb cerca Close [kləʊz] verb cerrar
Well [wel] noun pozo Well [wel] adverb bien Live [lɪv] verb vivir Live [laɪv] noun vida
Bat [bæt] noun murciélago Bat [bæt] noun bate Present [ˈpreznt] noun
presente
Present [prɪˈzent] verb
presentar
Match [mætʃ] noun cerilla Match [mætʃ] noun partido Read [riːd] verb leer
(infinitivo)
Read [red] verb leer
(pasado)
Book [bʊk] noun libro Book [bʊk] verb reservar Row [rəʊ] noun fila Row [raʊ] noun bronca
INTONATION 2
RISING INTONATION ↗ FALLING INTONATION ↘
To express surprise To express disfelief