The document discusses various annoyances and complaints that the author has, including neighbors who allow their dogs to bark at night, neighbors who have loud parties late at night, and people who talk loudly during movies. It then provides information on clauses, including independent and dependent clauses. It discusses different types of dependent clauses such as adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and noun clauses. It gives examples of sentences containing noun clauses introduced by relative pronouns. The document concludes by providing potential scenarios for complaints, such as a taxi driver playing loud music, someone chatting on a public phone for a long time, a waiter bringing the wrong order, and someone smoking in a restaurant.

1. The Art of Complaining Lorena

3. The thing I can’t understand about people with dogs is why they allow them to bark at night

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

5. Something that really bothers me is people who talk loudly during a movie

6. Clauses It’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

7. 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)

8. Noun Clauses Containing Relative Clauses Relative 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.

9. Noun Clauses Containing Relative Clauses When – Why – How Something thatreally bugs me is when the waiters ignore me The thing I can’t understand is why people can litter in a public park The thing I can’t understand is how people can waste water

10. 1. Complete these sentences with Noun Clauses Something that really annoys me at house is ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________is something that bothers me when I’m trying to go to sleep 2. Underline the Relative Clauses One 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

11. Dialog Taxi driver is playing the radio very loudly while you and another passenger are trying to talk You need to make and important call at a public telephone but a person on the phone is chatting for many minutes Waiter brings you something that you didn’t order You are in a restaurant, someone is smoking while you are eating

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