Warm up Exercise One: Choose a verb plus 'that' from the above groups that make sense in these sentences:
- Experts __________________ exercise is important for health.
- However, a recent magazine article _________________ Americans do not exercise enough.
- Dr. Jones , in a letter to Congress, ________________ a campaign to increase the health of Americans is necessary.
- He also _________________ nutrition education in schools must begin in elementary school.
- He _____________ every American change his/her lifestyle.
Activity Two: Practicing the verb in the base form in the 'that' clause.
This can be used as a conversation or writing activity
Fictional Background Information: There is a sudden and serious reduction in the oil supply to our country and has caused a shortage. As a result, the government is proposing restrictions on gasoline use for cars. Follow the example to make noun clauses:
________________________________________________________________________
Example:
What did the government order?
People must decrease their use of gasoline; they should not waste gas.
Answer: The government ordered that people decrease their gasoline use and that they not waste it.
Show students how to cut out the modal, must, should, etc? __________________________________________________________________
- What did the government demand?
Each family must reduce their gas usage by 30%
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. What is necessary?
Everyone must obey the new restrictions
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3.What did the government require for people who live in the city?
People can only drive 3 times a week .
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. What is advisable?
People should conserve gas as much as possible.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
5. What has been demanded of airlines?
Airlines should cut their trips by 25 %
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
6. What was suggested?
All workers use public transportation if possible
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
7. What was urged?
People must take this crisis seriously
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
If you are using this as a speaking practice activity you can put the questions on one card and the response on another card and pass them out at random in small groups. Or put all the questions in a pile and have students take turns picking up a question card and the next student must answer the question with a suitable noun clause. The above example is short so you'll have to create some more situations to practice with but it should give you an idea about how to get started teaching noun clauses that begin with 'that'.
References:
Oshima, A. and Hogue, A.(1999) Writing Academic English Longman
http://bogglesworldesl.com/askthomas_noun_clause1.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment