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Guinness Book of Records as
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He has delivered newspapers
in the village of Winterborn # hours long' Besides being verY ffi
Monckton, where he Iives, since E old for a fisherman' there are ffi
he was 23. Ted moved to the ,i other things that are unusual ffi
village in 1938 and got a job on ; about Bill' First o{ all' he can't ffi
a farm, where he drove a tractor.
He started delivering papers in & : il'i'1,U: [i ::I-* . ;,i' #
1942 to earn a bit more money. The 9l-year-old, whose wife #, would never try 1
died twelve years ago, Ioves his job as it allows him to meet the
boat in almost anY weather to /
neighbours and have a chat. During his career, which has lasted
nearly seven decades, Ted has delivered over half a million catch Iobsters and crabs'
papers. 'l'm not a paperboy - I'm more like a paperman!' joked
Ted, who has no plans to retire. thing about Bill is that he
doein't eat fish' He saYs he
prefers steak!
? Read the text again, ignoring the relative clauses (the
words in red). Does the text mal<e sense without them?
Read the Learn this! box and choose the correct words
to complete the rules. Use the relative clauses in red in $ Combine the two sentences to make one complex sentence.
exercise 1 to help you. Include the information in the second sentence as a non-
&p**ry***'-' 'l defining relative clause, either at the end or in the middte
ffiffi non-defining retative clauses i of the new sentence.
ffi , O non-defining relative clause comes immediately i 1 My sister wants to be a vet. She loves animals.
W before / after a noun and gives us information about I M1 sister, lrho loves animals, wantrlo bo a vot.
ffiS that noun. i 2 My aunt earns a lot of money. She's a lawyer.
ffi Z lt adds extra information to the sentence; the I 3 l'd tike to go to Africa. I can work in a national park.
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sentence mal<es sense / does not make sense I 4 Her daughter works in a [aboratory. She [ives in France.
I without it. i 5 He loves his lob. lt involves deating with the pubtic.
i My uncle lives in London. He's an occountont. i 6 Last summer lvisited Thaitand. My cousin Iives there.
i nV uncle, who's an accountant, lives in London. 7 Matthewwants to be an interpreter. His mum is a
3 lt starts / ends with a comma and starts / ends with translator.
a comma, or a full stop. rll;$ I L.llVfj; , iqilli:il;! "1 .' il.'"; I -. flf{f
$-ffi#${ *#Y{ S Worl< in pairs or small groups. Add non-defining relative
ln non-defining relative clauses, we use who, which, where clauses to this story to make it more interesting.
and whose, but we do not use that.
On lst June, Dan Smith went for a job interview with a iarge company
Complete the text about Bitl Hocl<ing with the relative The interviewer looked at his CV and asked some questions. Dan told
clauses (a-f). her about his previous job. Dan received a letter and showed it to his
wife. He got the job, but he wasnt happy with the salary.
a who worries about him every time he goes out to sea
b where he keeps his boat
c who is 81 years old this year
0n rst fune, which uar hi6 q5fu birthdal, Dan tmith ...
d which used to last up to 36 hours
e which he sells at the Iocal market Y ffi Read your story to the class. Which is the most
f whose boat is called Neptune's Pride interesting story?
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