Relative clauses

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Relative clauses, part 2

Write down everything you remember about relative clauses

Book 

Page 203

Exercise 6

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What relative pronouns are being used?

1. The victim, whose belongings were scattered, on the ground had no identification.
   
2. The alley where the attack happened was dark and silent.
   

Relative pronouns

Whose = possession

Where = a place/location

Look at the sentences on the following slides.

Write down the relative pronoun.

Write down what they express.

For example: The suspect, whose real identity remains unknown, was described as well-dressed.

RP: whose

Expresses: possession.

The year when the murders happened was 1888.

Nobody knows the reason why he committed these crimes.

Relative pronouns

Whose = possession

Where = a place/location

When = time

Why = reason

Why has to come after the word 'reason' in relative clauses.

Book

Page 209: green box

Exercise 15, page 210

What do these RC give info about?

• Jack the Ripper was never caught, which is shocking given the number of suspects.
  
• Many letters were sent to the police, which made it harder to identify the real killer.

The victim, whose belongings were scattered on the ground, had no identification.

The alley where the attack happened was dark and silent.

The year when the murders happened was 1888.

Nobody knows the reason why he committed these crimes.

Compare

• Jack the Ripper was never caught (which)
• Many letters were sent to the police (which)

• The victim (whose)
• The alley (where)
• The year (when)
• (Nobody knows) the reason (why)

Sentence relative

Relative clauses that give information about the entire sentence.

Always use the relative pronoun: which.

What are these words called?

in, at, to, since, for, about, behind...

Prepositions

How do the prepositions relate to the other words? What are they used for?

• There is a lot of sugar in this cake.
•  We’ll meet at the park tomorrow.
• I gave the book to my friend.
• I have lived here since 2015.
• This gift is for you.
• We had a long conversation about our future.
• The sun disappeared behind the clouds.

Prepositions

Are used to show the relationship between words, for example:

There is a lot of sugar in this cake: in show the relationship between sugar and cake.

Prepositions in relative clauses:

• The alley that the body was found in was poorly lit.
• There are many theories about the killer, none of which have been proven.
• The identity of Jack the Ripper remains a mystery, which many historians have dedicated their lives to.

Prepositions in relative clauses:

• The alley that the body was found in was poorly lit.
• There are many theories about the killer, none of which have been proven.
• The identity of Jack the Ripper remains a mystery, which many historians have dedicated their lives to.

Prepositions in relative clauses:

In relative clauses the prepositions is placed at the end of the clause.

What is wrong with this sentence?
The alley where the body was found in.

Prepositions in relative clauses.

You cannot combine where with a preposition.

The correct sentece is: 

The alley where the body was found.

Or 

The alley that the body was found in.

Fill in the green box on page 209.

Complete the green box on page 209.

In what way is the relative clause being used?

Jack the ripper was a mysterious killer. Jack the ripper terrorized the streets of London.

Jack the ripper, who was a mysterious killer, terrorized the streets of London.

Relative clauses can be used to combine sentences to avoid repetition.