relative clauses

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

10 minutes Quiet reading

Today

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Relative Clauses

Practice  the vocabulary from Units one and two

Quizlet

Relative clauses

What is a relative clause?

My brother, who is 24 years old, still lives at home

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

* 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.

Relative pronouns

who - people

which - animals and things

that - people, animals and things

whose -  for possession

(The girl whose doll was lost is sad) 

that = more informal than who/which

where =for place -(I live in the city where I study)

when = time

why = for reason

Which RELATIVE CLAUSE suits this sentence:

I want to read the book........you gave me.

1. which, that , who
2. which, that,
3. who, whose, whom
4. which, why

Which RELATIVE CLAUSE suits this sentence:
The officer, ....... John told his story to, was nice

1. who, that
2. who, that, whose
3. who
4. which, that

We had spaghetti .... is my favourite meal, for dinner last night.

1. whom
2. whose
3. which
4. who

Which two words do we use in a relative defining clause to define people?

1. who and that
2. who and which
3. which and whom
4. whose and who

When do we use defining relative clauses?

To identify a subject or an object or to add vital information about them

Any questions??

Now your try

1. I want you to meet the friends. I go to school with them.

2. He’s a person. I can always rely on him.

3. That’s the teacher. The children were looking for her.

4. This is the place. I was telling you about it.

Answers

1. I want you to meet the friends (who) I go to school with.

2. He’s a person (who) I can always rely on.

3. That’s the teacher (who) the children were looking for.

4. This is the place that/which I was telling you about.

Homework

Make sure that you have looked at what you need to know in the test week and start revising!