b1+ speakout unit 5

Interactive English Lesson – B1 News & Relative Clauses

English Class: Unit 5

News, Social Media & Relative Clauses (Level B1)

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News and Social Media

A. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences:

1. The magazine my article yesterday.

2. Have you seen the on the front page of the newspaper?

3. A wants to interview me for the local newspaper.

4. I’m going to this photo online later if that’s OK with you.

5. We out about the history of the town on a local website.

6. You need to write some more for our new blog.

April Fool!

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People usually think of (1) news as bad because it’s not true, but on one day of the year – 1 April – people enjoy seeing it in newspapers and (2) . This day is known as April Fool’s Day. It’s a day when people write things that aren’t true to play a joke on other people. For example, a blogger shares some amazing, but completely false, news in a blog (3) . Or a (4) writes a story about a strange event that didn’t actually happen. Look in newspapers or on news websites on 1 April, and you’ll see stories under (5) like Pet cat talks! I like to look through the news on this day and decide which stories I think are false. I might even do some quick research to (6) out if I’m right. Of course, sometimes I see a story which a newspaper or news site has (7) that doesn’t seem real, but the (8) of the article is actually true. That’s because the world is full of very strange but true stories.
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Relative Clauses

A. Choose the best option to correct the mistake:

1. That’s the café which I met Mia.

2. Jill is the journalist who’s husband you met.

3. I’ve just read a story who can’t possibly be real.

4. Do you remember the day which we got really wet?

B. Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun:

(Write if no relative pronoun is necessary)

1. Alice is a journalist I trust.

2. We never post photos online show our friends without asking.

3. I’ve got a lot of online friends I’ve never actually met.

4. I know one news website publishes only good news.

5. We stopped to help a man car had broken down.

6. Writing a blog is something I enjoy doing a lot.

C. Rewrite the sentences. Use a relative pronoun:

2. I have a friend. His job is really unusual.

I have a friend…

3. I like going to places. I know they will be quiet.

I like going to places…

4. I remember that day. We first met online then.

I remember the day…

Practice Page – Media and Grammar B1 | Używaj “which” dla rzeczy, “who” dla osób, “where” dla miejsc.