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Relative Clauses

Relative clauses add extra information about a noun. Defining relative clauses are essential for understanding the sentence, while non-defining clauses provide extra details. The relative pronoun used depends on whether it is the subject or object of the relative clause. Prepositions can be placed at the end of relative clauses. Whose, where, when and why can sometimes replace relative pronouns and prepositions to link two clauses.

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Relative Clauses

Relative clauses add extra information about a noun. Defining relative clauses are essential for understanding the sentence, while non-defining clauses provide extra details. The relative pronoun used depends on whether it is the subject or object of the relative clause. Prepositions can be placed at the end of relative clauses. Whose, where, when and why can sometimes replace relative pronouns and prepositions to link two clauses.

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RELATIVE CLAUSES

What is a relative clause?


EXAMPLE

I bought a new car. It is very fast.


I bought a new car that is very fast.
She lives in New York. She likes living in
New York.
She lives in New York, which she likes.
Defining and not defining

A non-defining relative clause gives


A defining relative clause tells
us extra information about
which noun we are talking something. We don't need this information
about: to understand the sentence.

I like the woman who lives I live in London, which is in


next door. England.
Defining relative clauses
1. The relative pronoun is the subject:

The people who / that live on the island are very


Who/Which/That friendly.
The man who / that phoned is my brother.
The camera which / that costs $100 is over there.
The house which / that belongs to Julie is in
London.
She has a son who / that is a doctor.
We bought a house which / that is 200 years old.
We can't drop the I sent a letter which / that arrived three weeks
relative pronoun. later.
Defining relative clauses
2. The relative pronoun is the object:

She loves the chocolate (which / that) I bought.


We went to the village (which / that) Lucy
recommended.
John met a woman (who / that) I had been to
school with.
We can drop the The police arrested a man (who / that) Jill worked
relative pronoun. with.
The bike (which / that) I loved was stolen.
The university (which / that) she likes is famous.
The woman (who / that) my brother loves is from
Mexico.
The doctor (who / that) my grandmother liked lives
in New York.
Non-defining relative clauses

My boss, who is very nice, lives in Manchester.


My sister, who I live with, knows a lot about
We don't use 'that' in cars.
non-defining relative My bicycle, which I've had for more than ten
clauses, so we need to years, is falling apart.
use 'which' and My mother's house, which I grew up in, is very
small.
'who .
(Clause comes after the object)
We can't drop the Yesterday I called our friend Julie, who lives in
relative pronoun in New York.
this kind of clause. The photographer called to the Queen, who
looked annoyed.
Last week I bought a new computer, which I
don't like now.
I really love the new Chinese restaurant, which
we went to last night.
Prepositions and relative clauses

If the verb in the relative clause needs a preposition, we put it at


the end of the clause.

My brother met a woman. I used to work with the woman.


work with
My brother met a woman (who / that) I used to work with.
come from
I visited the city (that / which) John comes from.
apply for
The job (which / that) she applied for is well paid.
listen to
The music (which / that) Julie listens to is good.
The music is good. Julie listens to the music.
Whose, Where / when / why

The dog is over there. The dog's owner lives


'Whose' can't be left out. It replaces a next door.
The dog whose owner lives next door is over
possessive. It can be used for
there.
The little girl is sad. The little girl's / her doll
was lost.
The little girl whose doll was lost is sad.

I live in a city. I study in the city.


I live in the city where I study.
I live in the city that I study in.
I live in the city in which I study. We can sometimes use these
question words instead of relative
The summer was long and hot. I graduated from pronouns and prepositions.
university in the summer.
The summer when I graduated from university
was long and hot.
The summer in which I graduated was long and
hot.

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