5V - Unit 7 Grammar: Linking Ideas; Relative and Participle Clauses

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Relative & Participle Clauses

- What is a relative clause?

- What is a participle clause?

- How to use both of them?

Make it sound better:
I bought a new car. It is very fast.

Make it sound better:
She lives in New York. She likes living in New York.

Make it sound better:
I like Marie. Marie lives next door.

Defining

Non-Defining

Are you the one who sent me the email?

This is the video that I wanted to show you.

The writer, who lives in this luxurious mansion, has just published his second novel.

My friend eventually decided to get divorced, which upset me a lot.

The cat _____ sits on the porch railing is my favorite.

1. who
2. which
3. that

Explanation

The correct answer is "that". The relative clause refers to an animal, and it can be assumed there are multiple cats, making "that sits on the porch railing" necessary to understand the full meaning of the sentence.

Our kitchen, _____ is red, is my favorite room in our house.

1. who
2. which
3. that

Explanation

The correct answer is "which". The relative clause refers to a thing, and the fact that the kitchen is red is not necessary to understanding the full meaning of the sentence.

It wasn't until this morning _____ I remembered to mail the letter.

1. who
2. which
3. that

Explanation

The correct answer is "that". The relative clause relates to a thing (morning), and "that I remembered to mail the letter" is a necessary clause to understand the full meaning of the sentence.

I forgot my notebook, _____ which is covered in astronaut cats, at school.

1. who
2. which
3. that

Explanation

The correct answer is "which". The relative clause relates to a thing, and the appearance of the notebook is not necessary to understand that the notebook was forgotten at school.

When can the relative pronoun be left out of a defining relative clause?

1. When the relative pronoun is the subject.
2. When the relative pronoun is the object.
3. No idea.
4. Trick question: it can never be left out.

There's something ______ you should know.

1. that
2. which
3. (no relative pronoun)

It was the best film ______ I've ever seen.

1. that
2. which
3. (no relative pronoun)

Do you have anything _____ will help my throat?

1. that
2. which
3. (no relative pronoun)

Everything ______ you say seems silly to me.

1. that
2. which
3. (no relative pronoun)

I'm sorry, but that is all _____ I saw.

1. that
2. which
3. (no relative pronoun)

We broke the computer (the computer belongs to my father)

The man is in the garden (the man is wearing a blue jumper)

We found a doctor (the doctor works at a hospital in Madrid)

Time to Practice:

Do the rest of the assignments on p60 of your SB

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