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Relative Clauses
1. Relative Clauses
RELATIVECLAUSES
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Relative clauses are a type of clause that joinstwo thoughts or two sentences together. We give
additional information about something without
starting another sentence.
We use who, that, which, where and whose to
make our relative clause.
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useexample
subject or object pronoun for people
I told you about the
woman who lives
next door.
which
subject or object pronoun for animals and
things
Do you see the cat
which is lying on
the roof?
whose
possession for people animals and things
Do you know the boy
whose mother is a
nurse?
whom
object pronoun for people, especially in
I was invited by the
non-defining relative clauses (in
professor whom I
defining relative clauses we colloquially
met at the
prefer who)
conference.
who
that
subject or object pronoun for people,
animals and things in relative clauses
(who or which are also possible)
I don’t like the table
that stands in the
kitchen.
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useexample
when
refers to a time expression
the day when we met
him
where
refers to a place
the place where we
met him
why
refers to a reason
the reason why we
met him
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That’s the boy. Hebroke the window.
There's the boy who broke the window.
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Here are the letters. Theyarrived this morning.
Here are the letters that
arrived this morning.
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That’s the house.I was born here.
That's the house where I was born.
10. Put into two columns In case, when, because, for, why, therefore, so that, whose, that, due to, so, on the grounds that, with
Put into two columnsIn case, when, because, for, why, therefore, so
that, whose, that, due to, so, on the grounds that, with the
aim of, in order to, which, as, such, where, because of.
■ Purpose clause
■ Relative clause
11. Put into two columns In case, when, because, for, why, therefore, so that, whose, that, due to, so, on the grounds that, with
Put into two columnsIn case, when, because, for, why, therefore, so
that, whose, that, due to, so, on the grounds that, with
the aim of, in order to, which, as, such, where, because
of.
■ Reason clause
■ Result clause
12. Match two parts
You have to water the plants so thatYou have to water the plants in order to
The plants don’t grow well due to
You had to water the plants so that
You have to water the plants for
The plants don’t grow well because of
they could grow well.
make them grow.
growing well.
they will grow well.
having a shortage of
water.
■ a shortage of water.
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