1. Read the article. What job is Harris applying for?
Answer:
CEO of Nisa Retail.
2. Underline these relative pronouns in the article in exercise 1: which, who, whose, where. Which do we use for a) people, b) things and animals, c) places and d) indicating possession?
Answer:
a) people - who
b) things and animals - which
c) places - where
d) indicating possession - whose
3. Read the Learn this! box. Can you find examples of all three rules in the article in exercise 1?
Answer:
+ "Harris Aslam is an ambitious young man who left school at the age of thirteen to work in his family's grocery business." => Rule a
+ "Now, at the age of eighteen, he owns three shops in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, the town where he was born and broupht up." => Rule a
+ "The job he is now applying for is CEO of Nisa Retail, a grocery business whose annual sales are about £1.6 billion!" => Rule c
+ "This is a job which usually attracts middle-aged business people, not eighteen-year-olds." => Rule a
4. Complete the text with who, which, where and whose.
Answer:
1 whose 2 which 3 where 4 who
5. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Take turns to define these jobs and places of work. Use defining relative clauses.
Answer:
1 A doctor is a person who work in hospital.
2 An actor is a person whose job is to act in a movie.
3 A school is a place where students study.
4 Your ideas are something that is quite interesting.
6. Read the article. Do you think this interview was fair?
Answer:
No it's not fair. Because Alan Bacon didn't know the real purpose of the interview.
7. Look at the highlighted examples of non-defining relative clauses in the text. Circle the correct words below.
Answer:
1 after 2 does not make sense 3 has
8. USE OF ENGLISH Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it means the same as the first.
Answer:
1 whose dad works for
2 who is a talented
3 where she used to