Relative Clause Presentation 1

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS/RELATIVE CLAUSES

Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?



RELATIVE PRONOUNS/RELATIVE CLAUSES

Do you know the girl who is talking toTom?Who > relative pronoun

who is talking to Tom> relative clause

Give me the apple which George lay onthe table.

Which > relative pronoun which George lay on the table > relative

clause



What color is the cat which is on the table?



I don¶t like the table that stands in

the kitchen.



Do you know the boy whose mother is

a nurse?



WHO 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?

THAT subject or object pronoun

for people, animals and

things in defining relative

clauses (who or which are

also possible)

I don¶t like the

table t hat stands in

the kitchen.

WHICH referring to a whole

sentence

He couldn¶t

read, which surprised

me.



How to Form Relative Clauses

Imagine, a girl is talking to Tom. You want toknow who she is and ask a friend whether heknows her. You could say:

A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know thegirl?

It would be easier with a relative clause: you putboth pieces of information into one sentence.

Start with the most important thing: Do you know the girl who is talking to

Tom?



Subject Pronoun or Object Pronoun?

Subject and object pronouns cannot be

distinguished by their forms - who, which, that

are used for subject and object pronouns. You

can, however, distinguish them as follows

If the relative pronoun is followed by a verb the

relative pronoun is a subject pronoun.

Subject pronouns MUST always be used. Give me the apple which is lying on the

table



If the relative pronoun is not followed by a verb

(but by a noun or pronoun) the relative pronoun is

an objec t pronoun Object pronouns can

be dropped indefining relative

clauses Give me the

apple (which) Georgeput on the table

Give me theapple George put onthe table



Defining Relative Clauses

give detailed information

define a general term or expression

are NOT put in commas

are often used in definitions

³ A seaman is someone who works on a ship.´

object pronouns in defining relative clauses can

be dropped

The boy (who/whom) we met yesterday is very

nice.



The boy we met yesterday was

very nice!



Non-Defining Relative Clauses

give additional information on something,

but do not define it

are put in commas

³Jim, who we met yesterday, is very nice.´

who/which may NOT be replaced with that

Object pronouns in non-defining relative

clauses MUST be used.



Use the correct pronoun

This is the bank __________ was robbed.

A boy _________sister is in my class wasin the bank at that time.

The man _________robbed the bank hadtwo pistols.

He wore a mask_________made him look

like Mickey Mouse. He came with a friend_______waited

outside in the car.




The people ______were in the bank were

very frightened.

A man ______mobile was ringing did notknow what to do.

A woman ______daughter was crying tried

to calm her.

The car _____the bank robbers escaped

in was orange.




The robber _____mask was too big didn't

drive.

The man_____drove the car was nervous. He didn't wait at the traffic lights _____

were red.

Apolice officer______ car was parked atthe next corner stopped and arrested

them.

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