The Art of Complaining

Lorena

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The thing I can’t understand about

people with dogs is why they allow them

to bark at night

One thing that annoys me is when my neighbors have loud parties late at

night

Something that really bothers me is people who talk

loudly during a movie

ClausesIt’s the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete idea.A clause can be Independent: It could stand as a sentence by itself. It contains a subject and a predicate.

Dependent: It can’t stand as a sentence since it must be used together with a independent clause in the same sentence

Dependent Clauses

Three types:

Adjective Clause

Adverb Clause

Noun Clause --- It can be used as a noun. (That – whether – who – why – whom – what – how – when – whoever – where – whomever)

Noun Clauses Containing Relative

ClausesRelative clauses can function like nouns when introduced with:

Something that bother me… One thing that annoys me… …The thing that gets on my nerves

They can be the subject or the object of a sentence.

Noun Clauses Containing Relative

Clauses When – Why – How 1. Something that really bugs me

is when the waiters ignore me2. The thing I can’t understand is

why people can litter in a public park

3. The thing I can’t understand is how people can waste water

1. Complete these sentences with Noun ClausesSomething that really annoys me at house is

______________________________________________________________________________________________is something

that bothers me when I’m trying to go to sleep2. Underline the Relative ClausesOne thing that gets on my nerves is when my father

tells me what time I should be home. I wish he wouldn’t do that

Something that irritates me on the street is people who don’t respect traffic signs 

3. Complete these sentences with your own information

________________________________________ is something that bothers me about people on buses

________________________________________ is one thing that irritates me about teenagers

Dialog1. Taxi driver is playing the radio very

loudly while you and another passenger are trying to talk

2. You need to make and important call at a public telephone but a person on the phone is chatting for many minutes

3. Waiter brings you something that you didn’t order

4. You are in a restaurant, someone is smoking while you are eating

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