Unit 10A banner — a lone runner cresting a hill at dawn
General C1 · Unit 10 · Sport & Direction

10A. On your marks, set, go!

C1 · Advanced · relative clauses · word building: adjectives, nouns & verbs

Unit 10 · Epigraph
"Sofia had one gift, and it wasn't speed. It was that she was unusually willing to be bored."
— on what actually makes a top performer
Objectives

What you'll be able to do

5 min
  • Use defining, non-defining and reduced relative clauses accurately.
  • Build adjectives, nouns and verbs from a single root (compete → competitive, competition, competitor).
  • Discuss what actually produces high performance — without the romance.
  • Interview someone about a skill they have built, using two relative-clause types.
Important notes

Ask the teacher: Write down anything you want to remember from this section. Your notes are saved automatically.

Auto-saving
👩‍🏫 Ask the teacher · visible only to teachers