Relative Pronouns

You will study the pronouns used to introduce relative clauses.

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Relative Pronouns

New Guinea

Instructions: Read the text. Look at the words in bold.

"Melanesian cultural area", Kahuroa (2010) Wikimedia commons

The island of New Guinea, which is the second largest in the world after Greenland, is a mountainous, sparsely populated tropical landmass divided between two countries: the independent nation of Papua New Guinea in the east, and the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya in the west.

Art collectors and adventurers convene in Papua New Guinea’s East Sepik province, where independent tribes speaking some 250 languages maintaining mysterious, millennia-old cultural traditions. Remote villages surround the 700-mile-long Sepik River, which is both the central “highway” for transportations within the region, and a major source of inspiration for the tribal artwok that brings collectors from Western Eurpe to its Banks.

Sleeping with Cannibals. Retrieved and adapted April, 2017 from http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/sleeping-with-cannibals-128958913/?no-ist

Getting started: Tourism in Papua

Instructions: Read the text to do the activity suggested.

For history buffs, who have already toured Normandy and the Black Forest, Papua New Guinea’s many World War II (WWII) sites are a moving testament to the war’s global impact. The country’s pivotal role in the Pacific theater is commemorated throughout the island, but few experiences are as immersive as trekking the Kokoda Track. A major turning point in the 1942 battle between Japan and Australia, the 60-mile track traverses the forbidding Owen Stanley mountain range that divides the northern and southern regions of the island, and is a popular course for adventurous locals and visiting Australians.

To sum up, tourism in Papua New Guinea, which is a fledgling industry, has many attractions for the potential visitor which include culture, markets, festivals, diving, surfing, hiking, fishing and the unique flora and fauna. Each year about 70 000 tourists visit Papua.

Sleeping with Cannibals. Retrieved and adapted April, 2017 from http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/sleeping-with-cannibals-128958913/?no-ist

A fledgling industry

Instructions: Match the two halves of the sentences.

is conmemorated throughout the island.includes culture, markets, festivals and many other attractions.are a moving testament to the war’s global impact.traverses the forbidding Owen Stanley mountain.

1. Some sites in Papua New Guinea, where took place World War II actions, ______________

2. The country’s pivotal role in the Pacific theater, where the Kokoda Track was a decisive battle place ______________

3. The Kokoda Track, which sizes 60 miles, ______________

4. Tourism in Papua New Guinea, which is a fledgling industry ______________

Let’s study Relative Pronouns

Instructions: Read about

A Relative Pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause.

The most common are:

  1. Which related to things.
  2. Who related to people.
  3. Where related to places.
  4. When related to time.

Look at the examples:

  1. The man in black, who is next to my mother, is my father.
  2. Mexico city, where I live, is a beautiful place.

Quiz

Canibalism

Instructions: Make sentences with the following prompts.

that was practiced lingered into Cannibalism,among prehistoric human beings the 19th century.
are amongwho are believed Today the Korowaithe very few tribes to eat human flesh.
which is where disappeared in 1961. They live inland from the Arafura Sea,Michael Rockefeller,about 100 miles

Quiz

The Korowai

Instructions: Drag and drop the appropriate word for each blank.

whilethatwhyWhenwhich

Some people explain ______________ the Korowai kill and eat their fellow tribesmen. It's because of the khakhua, a male ______________ comes disguised as a relative or friend of a person he wants to kill. "The khakhua eats the victim's insides ______________ he sleeps, replacing them with fireplace ash so the victim does not know he's being eaten. The khakhua finally kills the person by shooting a magical arrow into his heart. ______________ a clan member dies, his or her male relatives and friends seize and kill the khakhua. Usually, the [dying] victim whispers to his relatives the name of the man ______________ he knows is the khakhua".

Malaysia. Retrieved and adapted May, 2016 from http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/sleeping-with- cannibals-128958913/?no-ist

Evaluation

The island of New Guinea

Instructions: Choose the correct option.

  1. 1. The island of New Guinea, where / / which is the second largest in the world after Greenland, is a mountainous, sparsely populated tropical landmass.
  2. 2. Remote villages surround the 700-mile-long Sepik River, whose / which is both the central “highway” for transportations within the region.
  3. 3. Tourism in Papua New Guinea, which / when is a fledgling industry, has many attractions for the potential visitor.
  4. 4. Cannibalism, that / which was practiced among prehistoric human beings, lingered into the 19th century.5. It has lots islands.
  5. 5. The Korowai are among the very few tribes whose / who are believed to eat human flesh.
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