Relative Clauses
The actor ___ stole the show was amazing.
Emphasise actor
e.g
It was the actor who stole the show.
What I liked the most about the film is the actors' play.
What impressed me was…
e.g
the actor / the performance / the visuals
What/ about/ we/ scenery/ the/ New Zealand/ is/ like
What we like about New Zealand is the scenery.
The film which it took my attention was great.
The film which held my attention was great.
The film, which got glowing reviews, is on Netflix.
Define or non-define?
non-define
Emphasise visuals
e.g
It was the visuals that were a dazzling display.
Rewrite:
The story held my attention.
What held my attention was the story.
The/ is/ thing /that/ about/ I'm / my/ nervous/ exam
The thing that I’m nervous about is my exam.
The actor was amazing. He stole the show.
Use cleft or relative clause
e.g
The actor who stole the show was amazing.
The actor, the one who was cast in the role of a man, totally stole the show.
I watched a film. It held my attention.
I watched a film that held my attention.
Emphasise time -
I realised it was amazing at the end.
It was at the end that I realised it was absolutely amazing.
Use vocab - edge of seat
e.g
What made it exciting was that it kept me on the edge of my seat.
It/ arrive/ on /was/ that/ she/ Monday/ was / to/ due
It was on Monday that she was due to arrive.
It was the scene which sent me shivers up my spine.
Correct the mistakes
It was the scene that sent shivers down my spine.
The show that I watched it was amazing.
The show that I watched was amazing.
Emphasise place -
I saw the show in London.
It was in London that I saw the show.
Use vocab about emotion
e.g
What sent shivers down my spine was the final scene.
What I'd like to do next weekend ...
What I've always liked about ...
answer
The show was impressive. It had a dazzling display.
Correct the mistake, combine (cleft).
e.g
It was the dazzling display that made the show impressive.
The actor was incredible. He was cast in the role of a villain.
The actor who was cast in the role of a villain was incredible.
Use vocab - bold experiment
e.g
It was a bold experiment that made the film unique.
Use vocab - boring, amazing and mind-blowing in ONE sentence
e.g
What I expected was something boring, but what I got was amazing and absolutely mind-blowing.
It was ... who taught me .. .
It was in the year ... that I .. .
answer
I saw a film yesterday. It had a lasting impression to me.
Correct the mistake, combine (relative clause).
The film that I saw yesterday had a lasting impression on me.