VIDEO TASK

"FRIENDS"

EXERCISE 1: Before watching the segment, try to fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given verbs. Check your answers after watching it.

a) We ......... (go) to a self-defense class today.
b) Look, I .............. (study) karate for a long time.
c) ............. (be, not) that a kind of sushi?
d) Maybe it ........... (mean) that too.
e) Unagi ....... (be) a state of total awareness.
f) If we ........ (make) reservations, we .......... (can) have unagi in a half-hour.
g) You ....... (be) a freak!
h) At what point during those girlish screams ....................... (begin) to kick my ass?

EXERCISE 2: Identify if the relative clauses are reduced or not. If reduced, indicate the omitted word(s).

a) Of course you can defend yourself from an attack you know is coming. 

b) And there's a concept you should really be familiar with.

c) Please tell us what it is.

d) It's what the Japanese call unagi.

e) Only by achieving true unagi can you be prepared for any danger that may befall you.

f) A lesson in the importance of unagi.

EXERCISE 3: Watch the segment again and change the questions into a noun clause.

Example:  Why did the girls go to a self-defense class? 

- I wonder why the girls went to a self-defense class.

a) The girls want to defend themselves in case of a dangerous situation. What should they do to be safe?

- I don't know ................................................ .

b) Why doesn't Ross believe that they can defend themselves?

- I don't understand .............................................. .

c) The girls want to take revenge on Ross. How can they do that?

- Can you suggest .................................................. ?

d) They managed to take revenge on him. What did they do?

- Do you remember ................................................ ?

e) Ross was very scared when the girls took revenge on him. Why did he feel that way?

- Do you know ...................................................... ?

ANSWER KEY

EXERCISE 1:

a) went

b) studied

c) isn't

d) means

e) is

f) made, could 

g) are

h) would you have begun

EXERCISE 2:

a) Reduced relative clause, that/ which is omitted. (...from an attack that/ which you know is coming)

b) Reduced relative clause, that/ which is omitted. (...a concept that/ which you should really be familiar with)

c) Regular relative clause (noun clause)

d) Regular relative clause (noun clause)

e) Regular relative clause

f) Reduced relative clause, "that/ which is" is omitted. (A lesson which/ that is in the importance of unagi)

EXERCISE 3:

a) I don't know what they should do to be safe.

b) I don't understand why Ross doesn't believe that they can defend themselves.

c) Can you suggest how the girls can take revenge on Ross?

d) Do you remember what they did to take revenge on him?

e) Do you know why he felt that way when the girls took revenge on him?