Paco is in the North PolePaco is in the North Pole

Paco visits Canada and the USA:

Paco is in the North Pole

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Paco is in the North PolePaco is in the North Pole

Relative pronouns

The people who live in Nunavut are Inuit

Who: peopleWhich: things

That: people or things

Paco is in the North PolePaco is in the North Pole

Defining relative clausesBaffin is an island that is

part of Nunavut

A defining relative clause:A defining relative clause:

• is part of a sentenceis part of a sentence• is necessary informationis necessary information• describes the noun that comes just before itdescribes the noun that comes just before it

Paco is in the North PolePaco is in the North Pole

Subject and object pronounsPaco is wearing a coat he

bought for this place

• This is the man who loves me.

• This is the man (who) I love.

The relative pronoun can be omitted when it is the object of the relative clause; if it is the subject, it is necessary.

Paco is in the North PolePaco is in the North Pole

Compound nouns

Paco needs a haircut

• They can be written together: crossword.

• They can be written as separate words: credit card.

• They can be joined by a hyphen: passer-by.

They can be formed by different combinations of words: noun+noun, adjective+noun, verb+noun, noun+preposition, etc.

Paco is in the North PolePaco is in the North Pole

Vocabulary: animalsVocabulary: animalsDiphthong: Diphthong: /ʊə//ʊə/

• Animals: musk oxen, caribou, polar bears, walrus, wolves, seals, foxes, beavers and falcons.

• Other words: untamed, wildlife, fur and whiskers.

• Diphthong /ʊə/: tour, poor, sure, pure, cure…