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How much do you remember about relative clauses?
Complete the quiz and find out.
Complete with the correct relative pronoun or adverb:
who/which/that/where/when/whose/whom
a. Jack is the man___________ worked for our company last year.b. The people to ____________ I was talking are my neighbours.c. The man ____________ dog bit a girl has been taken to prison.d. I have lost the paper ____________I wrote your e-mail address.e. Shrove Tuesday is the day _____________ pancakes are eaten.f. I have lost the watch ____________ my mother gave me for my birthday.
Complete with the correct relative pronoun or adverb:
who/which/that/where/when/whose/whom
a. Jack is the man who/that worked for our company last year.b. The people to_______ I was talking are my neighbours.c. The man ________ dog bit a girl has been taken to prison.d. I have lost the paper ________ I wrote your e-mail address.e. Shrove Tuesday is the day __________ pancakes are eaten.f. I have lost the watch ________my mother gave me for my birthday.
Complete with the correct relative pronoun or adverb:
who/which/that/where/when/whose/whom
a. Jack is the man who/that worked for our company last year.b. The people to whom I was talking are my neighbours.c. The man ____________ dog bit a girl has been taken to prison.d. I have lost the paper ____________I wrote your e-mail address.e. Shrove Tuesday is the day _____________ pancakes are eaten.f. I have lost the watch ____________ my mother gave me for my birthday.
Complete with the correct relative pronoun or adverb:
who/which/that/where/when/whose/whom
a. Jack is the man who /that worked for our company last year.b. The people to whom I was talking are my neighbours.c. The man whose dog bit a girl has been taken to prison.d. I have lost the paper ____________I wrote your e-mail address.e. Shrove Tuesday is the day _____________ pancakes are eaten.f. I have lost the watch ____________ my mother gave me for my birthday.
Complete with the correct relative pronoun or adverb:
who/which/that/where/when/whose/whom
a. Jack is the man who/that worked for our company last year.b. The people to whom I was talking are my neighbours.c. The man whose dog bit a girl has been taken to prison.d. I have lost the paper where (in which)I wrote your e-mail address.e. Shrove Tuesday is the day _____________ pancakes are eaten.f. I have lost the watch ____________ my mother gave me for my birthday.
Complete with the correct relative pronoun or adverb:
who/which/that/where/when/whose/whom
a. Jack is the man who/that worked for our company last year.b. The people to whom I was talking are my neighbours.c. The man whose dog bit a girl has been taken to prison.d. I have lost the paper where (in which)I wrote your e-mail address.e. Shrove Tuesday is the day when pancakes are eaten.f. I have lost the watch ____________ my mother gave me for my birthday.
Complete with the correct relative pronoun or adverb:
who/which/that/where/when/whose/whom
a. Jack is the man who/that worked for our company last year.b. The people to whom I was talking are my neighbours.c. The man whose dog bit a girl has been taken to prison.d. I have lost the paper where (in which)I wrote your e-mail address.e. Shrove Tuesday is the day when pancakes are eaten.f. I have lost the watch which/that my mother gave me for my birthday.
Match:
We use....
-who/that places
-which/that time
-whose people
-when possession
-where things
Match:
We use....
-who/that places
-which/that time
-whose people
-when possession
-where things
WHERE CAN YOU OMIT THE RELATIVE?
a. I have just seen the man who stole your wallet.
b. I have just seen the man who you told me about.
c. This is the knife which the robber used to open the box.
d. Do you remember the day when you got lost in the forest?
e. Giglia is the island where the ship sank.
f. Tomas is the boy whose parents won the loterry last year.
Where can you omit the relative?
a. I have just seen the man who stole your wallet. S.b. I have just seen the man who you told me about.
c. This is the knife which the robber used to open the box.
d. Do you remember the day when you got lost in the forest?
e. Giglia is the island where the ship sank.
f. Tomas is the boy whose parents won the loterry last year.
Where can you omit the relative?
a. I have just seen the man who stole your wallet. S.b. I have just seen the man who you told me about. S.c. This is the knife which the robber used to open the box.
d. Do you remember the day when you got lost in the forest?
e. Giglia is the island where the ship sank.
f. Tomas is the boy whose parents won the loterry last year.
Where can you omit the relative?
a. I have just seen the man who stole your wallet. Sb. I have just seen the man who you told me about.b. I have just seen the man ( who ) you told me about. Sc. This is the knife which the robber used to open the box.
d. Do you remember the day when you got lost in the forest?
e. Giglia is the island where the ship sank.
f. Tomas is the boy whose parents won the loterry last year.
Where can you omit the relative?
a. I have just seen the man who stole your wallet. S.b. I have just seen the man who you told me about. S.c. This is the knife which the robber used to open the box. S.d. Do you remember the day when you got lost in the forest?
e. Giglia is the island where the ship sank.
f. Tomas is the boy whose parents won the loterry last year.
Where can you omit the relative?
a. I have just seen the man who stole your wallet. S.b. I have just seen the man who you told me about.b. I have just seen the man ( who ) you told me about. S.c. This is the knife which the robber used to open the box.This is the knife ( which ) the robber used to open the box. S.d. Do you remember the day when you got lost in the forest?
e. Giglio is the island where the ship sank.
f. Tomas is the boy whose parents won the loterry last year.
Where can you omit the relative?
a. I have just seen the man who stole your wallet.
b. I have just seen the man who you told me about.b. I have just seen the man ( who ) you told me about.
c. This is the knife which the robber used to open the box.This is the knife ( which ) the robber used to open the box.
d. Do you remember the day when you got lost in the forest?d. Do you remember the day ( when ) you got lost in the forest?
e. Giglia is the island where the ship sank.
f. Tomas is the boy whose parents won the loterry last year.
-We can omit __________ and __________ ( )
when they are not the subject of the relative clause.
-We can also omit ___________
We can omit who, which (that) when they are not the subject of the relative clause.(see picasazahara1b.blogspot.com)
-We can also omit when.
Join the following sentences using a relative. Which word disappears in each sentence?
The people were upset. Their flight was cancelled.
Can you see the man? He is sitting at the table.
Have you seen the film? Mary was talking about it yesterday.
Have you been to the pub? They serve Guinness there.
Did you read the note? I left it on your desk.
The people were upset. Their flight was cancelled.The people whose flight was cancelled were upset.
Can you see the man? He is sitting at the table.
Have you seen the film? Mary was talking about it yesterday.
Have you been to the pub? They serve Guinness there.
Did you read the note? I left it on your desk.
The people were upset. Their flight was cancelled.The people whose flight was cancelled were upset.
Can you see the man? He is sitting at the table.Can you see the man who is sitting at the table?
Have you seen the film? Mary was talking about it yesterday.
Have you been to the pub? They serve Guinness there.
Did you read the note? I left it on your desk.
The people were upset. Their flight was cancelled.The people whose flight was cancelled were upset.
Can you see the man? He is sitting at the table.Can you see the man who is sitting at the table?
Have you seen the film? Mary was talking about it yesterday.Have you seen the film (which) Mary was talking about yesterday?
Have you been to the pub? They serve Guinness there.
Did you read the note? I left it on your desk.
The people were upset. Their flight was cancelled.The people whose flight was cancelled were upset.
Can you see the man? He is sitting at the table.Can you see the man who is sitting at the table?
Have you seen the film? Mary was talking about it yesterday.Have you seen the film (which) Mary was talking about yesterday?
Have you been to the pub? They serve Guinness there.Have you been to the pub where (in which) they serve Guinness?
Did you read the note? I left it on your desk.
The people were upset. Their flight was cancelled.The people whose flight was cancelled were upset.
Can you see the man? He is sitting at the table.Can you see the man who is sitting at the table?
Have you seen the film? Mary was talking about it yesterday.Have you seen the film (which) Mary was talking about yesterday?
Have you been to the pub? They serve Guinness there.Have you been to the pub where (in which) they serve Guinness?
Did you read the note? I left it on your desk.Did you read the note (which) I left on your desk.
WHO / WHICH + PREPOSITIONPREPOSITION + WHOM /
WHICH
JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE
1. That’s the job. I applied for it.
1. That’s the job. I applied for it.
That´s the job for which I applied.
JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE
That´s the job for which I applied.
That`s the job which I applied for.
JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE
That`s the job which I applied for.
That`s the job ( ) I applied for.
2. Lisa is the girl. I travelled with her.
Lisa is the girl. I travelled with her.
That’s the girl with whom I travelled.
Lisa is the girl with whom I travelled.
Lisa is the girl who I travelled with.
Lisa is the girl who I travelled with.
Lisa is the girl ( ) I travelled with.
3. This is the house. I used to live in it.
This is the house. I used to live in it.
This is the house ( ) I used to live in.
4. St. Paul is the church. My sister went to it.
St. Paul is the church. My sister went to it.
St. Paul is the church ( ) my sister went to.
5. That`s the film. I´ve heard about it.
That`s the film. I´ve heard about it.
That`s the film I have heard about.
WHEN DO YOU USE COMMAS?
You use commas in non-defining relative clauses.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
DEFINING
AND
NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES?
DEFINING:
The relative Clause is necessary to know who/what weare talking about.
Example:
The teacher gave me these photocopies.(Which of the teachers??? I have got 8 teachers!!!)
DEFINING:
The relative Clause is necessary to know who/what weare talking about.
Example: The teacher gave me these photocopies.
(Which of the teachers??? I have got 8 teachers!!!)
The teacher who is ill gave me these photocopies.
NON-DEFINING:
We already know who we are talking about.The relative clauseadds extra information, which is not essential to know who/what we are talking about.
• Your language teacher gave me these photocopies.
NON-DEFINING:
We already know who we are talking about.The relative clauseadds extra information, which is not essential to know who/what we are talking about.
Your language teacher, who is ill, gave me these photocopies.
(see picasazahara1b.blogspot.com)
Defining or non-defining?
1. The police have found the girl……
(see picasazahara1b.blogspot.com)
Defining or non-defining?
1. The police have found the girl who disappeared two days ago. (D)
(see picasazahara1b.blogspot.com)
Defining or non-defining?
1. The police have found the girl who disappeared two days ago.
The girl…..
(see picasazahara1b.blogspot.com)
Defining or non-defining?
1. The police have found the girl who disappeared two days ago.
The girl, who had had an argument with her
parents, has stayed at a friend’s house. (N-D)
SUMMARYDEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
- You don't use commas.-The relative clause is necessary to know who/what we are talking about.-You can use that instead of who or which.-You can omit who, which (that) when they are not the subject of the relative clause. (also when)
NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
- You use commas.-The relative clause gives us extra information.-You cannot use that.-You cannot omit who, which or when.