relative clauses

Relative clauses
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Relative clauses

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what is a relative clause?
My brother, who is 24 years old, still lives at home

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A relative clause is a non-essential part of a sentence. 

My mother, who works all days of the week, is always tired. 

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DEFINING CLAUSES
- tells which specific person or thing we are talking about in a larger group of people or things. 

- If a defining relative clause is removed, the meaning of the sentence changes significantly. 
- it is not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas or parentheses.

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* The woman who visited me in the hospital was very kind.

* The umbrella that I bought last week is already broken.

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NON-DEFINING CLAUSES
- gives more information about the person or thing we are talking about. 
- If a non-defining relative clause is removed from a sentence, we lose some detail, but the overall meaning of the sentence remains the same. 
- always set off from the rest of the sentence with commas or parentheses.

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* The farmer, whose name was Fred, sold us 10 pounds of potatoes.

* Elephants, which are the largest land mammals, live in herds of 10 or more adults.

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Relative Clauses
who - people
which - animals and things
that - people, animals and things
whose -  replaces a possessive 
(the girls whose doll was lost is sad) 
That = informal than who/which
Where/when/why instead of a relative pronoun
(I live in the city where I study)

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Which RELATIVE CLAUSE suits this sentence:

I want to read the book........you gave me.
A
which, that , who
B
which, that, X
C
who, whose, whom
D
which, that

Slide 9 - Quiz

Which RELATIVE CLAUSE suits this sentence:
The officer, ....... John told his story to, was nice
A
who, that
B
who, that, X
C
who,
D
which, that

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We had spaghetti .... is my favourite meal, for dinner last night.
A
whom
B
whose
C
which
D
who

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Which 2 words belong to people?
A
who and that
B
who and which
C
which and whom
D
whose and who

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When do we use relative clauses?

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Any questions??

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