Relative Clauses+
Relative Pronouns
• The village that I go to for my holidays has a very healthy climate
• Mrs Smith, who you met on the train, is a nurse.
1. Look at the two sentences below.
2. Identify the relative pronouns.
• The village that I go to for my holidays has a very healthy climate
• Mrs Smith, who you met on the train, is a nurse.
1. Look at the two sentences below.
2. Identify the relative pronouns.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children ___ / ____ you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book ____ / ____ I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant ____ / __ ____ we had our first date.
• Students ____ / ____ eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / ____ you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book ____ / ____ I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant ____ / __ ____ we had our first date.
• Students ____ / ____ eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book ____ / ____ I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant ____ / __ ____ we had our first date.
• Students ____ / ____ eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book that / ____ I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant ____ / __ ____ we had our first date.
• Students ____ / ____ eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book that / which I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant ____ / __ ____ we had our first date.
• Students ____ / ____ eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book that / which I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant where / __ ____ we had our first date.
• Students ____ / ____ eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book that / which I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant where / in which we had our first date.
• Students ____ / ____ eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book that / which I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant where / in which we had our first date.
• Students that / ____ eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book that / which I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant where / in which we had our first date.
• Students that / who eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people _____ house was broken into last night.
3. Complete the following sentences with a relative pronoun?
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book that / which I lent you.
• That’s the restaurant where / in which we had our first date.
• Students that / who eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
• They are the people whose house was broken into last night.
4. Which relative pronouns do we use for the following?
people
objects
places
possession
who / that
that / whichwhere / in which
whose
• All the trees, which are 100 years old, need to be cut down
Imagine you are a tree surgeon. Your job is to maintain the woodland by getting rid of any diseased or dead trees.
On your first day, your boss gives you the following instructions.
How many trees does he want you to cut down?
A) ALL of them B) SOME of them
• All the trees, which are 100 years old, need to be cut down
Imagine you are a tree surgeon. Your job is to maintain the woodland by getting rid of any diseased or dead trees.
On your first day, your boss gives you the following instructions:
How many trees does he want you to cut down?
A) ALL of them B) SOME of them
What about if he said this instead?
• All the trees that are 100 years old need to be cut down
A) ALL of them B) SOME of them
• All the trees, which are 100 years old, need to be cut down
Imagine you are a tree surgeon. Your job is to maintain the woodland by getting rid of any diseased or dead trees.
On your first day, your boss gives you the following instructions:
How many trees does he want you to cut down?
A) ALL of them B) SOME of them
What about if he said this instead?
• All the trees that are 100 years old need to be cut down
A) ALL of them B) SOME of them
ONLY the ones that are 100 years old!
1. All the trees, which are 100 years old, need to be cut down
2. All the trees that are 100 years old need to be cut down
non defining relative clause
defining relative clause
______________ are used to add information about something.______________ specify or identify what thing we are referring to.
Summary of use
What do we call these types of clauses?
non defining relative clausesdefining relative clauses
• My PE teacher, who was an Olympic champion, says exercise is good for you
• Mrs Smith, who you met on the train, is a nurse.
• My house, which is over there, has a beautiful garden.
• The children who you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book which I lent you.
Look at the example sentences. Do they contain defining or non defining relative clauses? Defining!
What about these? Non defining!
What difference can you see between the two types? Commas around the clause
• My PE teacher, who was an Olympic champion, says exercise is good for you
• Mrs Smith, who you met on the train, is a nurse.
• My house, which is over there, has a beautiful garden.
• The children who you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book which I lent you.
Look at the example sentences. Do they contain defining or non defining relative clauses? Defining!
What about these? Non defining!
In which ones could you replace the relative pronoun with “that”?
What difference can you see between the two types? Commas around the clause
Only the defining!
• My PE teacher, who / that was an Olympic champion, says exercise is good for you
• Mrs Smith, who / that you met on the train, is a nurse.
• My house, which / that is over there, has a beautiful garden.
• The children who / that you’ve been talking to all go to the same school.
• Have you still got the book which / that I lent you.
Look at the example sentences. Do they contain defining or non defining relative clauses? Defining!
What about these? Non defining!
In which ones could you replace the relative pronoun with “that”?
What difference can you see between the two types? Commas around the clause
Only the defining!
Tip for the UOE
When you see a gap that needs a relative pronoun in the UOE part 2 that has a comma before it, you cannot use _________.THAT
people
objects
places
possession
who / that
which / thatwhere / in which
whose
Defining relative clauses Non defining relative clauses
people
objects
places
possession
who / that
which / thatwhere / in which
whose
• The vase, ______ was discovered by a team of scientists in 1980, is thought to have
belonged to a wealthy family of the region.
So which relative pronouns would go here?
• The scientist, ______ had been studying the area for many years, were very surprised to
find the vase in such good condition .
which
who
• The village where I go for my holidays has a very healthy climate
• Mrs Altmever, who you met on the train, is a nurse.
• The children who you’ve been talking to all go to the same
school.
• Have you still got the book which I lent you.
• My physical education teacher, who was an Olympic champion,
says that exercise is essential for good health
• Students who eat a good breakfast often do better in school.
10. What is the rule for when we can omit the relative pronoun ?
When the pronoun is the object / subject of the main clause.