Relative clauses.pptx

8/10/2019 Relative clauses.pptx

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RELATIVE CLAUSES :

WHO / W HICH / T HAT Melissa Tobn CorreaSara Jimnez MonsalveJulieth Taborda Oquendo


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DEFININING R ELATIVE C LAUSES

As the name suggests, these clauses give essentialinformation to define or identify the person or thingwe are talking about. Obviously, this is onlynecessary if there is more than one person or thinginvolved.

Example:Dogs that like cats are very unusual.


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The three most common relative pronouns arewho, which, and that.

The choice of pronoun depends upon the noun theclause refers to and on what type of relative clause

is used.

Note: The relative pronoun is the subject of theclause. We do not repeat the subject.

Example: The woman who [she] lives across theroad


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STRUCTURE

Maintaining correct and consistent sentence structure insentences with relative clauses is particularly tricky forseveral reasons.Since a relative clause always follows the noun it modifies,it can appear almost anywhere in a sentence that a nouncan appear--in the subject, in the object, or in aprepositional phrase.

- People who have young children dont have much timefor themselves.- My parents, who live in Minneapolis , come to visit

twice a year.


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DEFINING AND NO-DEFINING RELATIVECLAUSES

DEFINING: Essential information. The sentence wont be complete without them.Example: A seaman is someone who works on a ship.

NO DEFINING: Extra information. The principalsentence keeps the meaning if we omit them. They gobetween commas.

Example: Jim, who we met yesterday, is very nice.


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WHO Refers to a person or people.May be used with a clause that makes a nounspecific.

May be used with a clause that adds information.


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Examples:

- People who live in New York lead very busylives.

- My sister, who works for the company, leads a

very active life.


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Examples:

- The Empire State Building, which used to be

the tallest building in the world, is still apopular tourist attraction.

- The lessons which we have learned are no

more important than the lessons which wehave yet to learn.


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THAT

Is used only in clauses that make a noun morespecific.Most often refers to a thing or concept.

Is sometimes used to refer to a person or people,(usually only in informal writing or in speaking).


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Examples:

- The book that you gave me is lost.

- This is the restaurant that receivedthe excellent reviews in thenewspaper.


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REFERENCES

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http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/relative_clauses_form.php http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentence/verb-patterns/relative-clauses
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