Presentacion de ingles de "Relative clauses" - 2n Batxillerat

1. RELATIVE CLAUSES
Who, whom, whose, which, that, where…
Francisco Gutiérrez, Hugo Chito, Guiu Marot

2. - Refers to people, animals, and things
in restrictive clauses (who/whom is
often used as well)
- Example: She likes the painting
that is in the living room.
(essential relative clause)
Which
That
Who
Relative pronouns
- Refers to animals and things
- Example: Did you see the dog
which is playing on the lawn?
(essential relative clause)
- Refers to people (that is
often used as well)
- Example:The person
who called last night
was my grandmother.
(essential relative
clause)
Relative pronouns connect nouns/pronouns to relative clauses, which can be essential or non-essential (restrictive or
non-restrictive).

3. - Possession of people, animals, and
things.
- Example: The girl whose notes I
borrowed always pays attention
in class. (essential relative
clause).
Whom Whose
Relative pronouns
- Object pronoun for people, especially in
non-restrictive relative clauses (who is
often used instead of whom).
- Example: Josh Lee, whom the
manager traded, later became a
successful baseball star. (non-
essential relative clause).

4. - Refers to place
- In/at which
Ex: The place where we met her
When
Where
Why
Relative adverbs
- Refers to time
- In/on which
Ex: The day when we met her
- Refers to people
- For which
Ex: The reason why we met her
Relative adverbs connect nouns/pronouns to relative clauses, which can be essential or non-essential (restrictive or
non-restrictive).

5. Relative adverbs provide an alternative to more formal structures containing a preposition and which. For
example:
That’s the restaurant in which we met. = That’s the restaurant where we…
Tell me the reason for which you came home later. = Tell me (the
reason) why you came home…
I remember the day on which we first met. = I remember the day when we…
where
when
why

6. • They’re the people who want to buy our house.
• Here are some cells which have been affected.
• They should give the money to somebody who
they think needs the treatment most.
Defining relative clauses
We use defining relative clauses to give essential information about someone or something
who which whose whom

7. • Clare, who I work with, is doing the London marathon
this year.
• Alice, who has worked in Brussels and London ever
since leaving Edinburgh, will be starting a teaching
course in the autumn.
Non-defining relative clauses
We use non-defining relative clauses to give extra information about the person or thing.
who which whose whom

8. A noun/nouns that comes before it:
- Ex.: Football is a game which I enjoy
playing.
The whole of the clause that comes
before it:
- Ex.: We played a match today,
which was exciting
That Which What
That/What/Which
To refer to a noun / nouns that comes before it:
- Ex.: Tennis is the sport that I love most
After all, everything, nothing, something and superlatives:
- Ex.: All that he wants is to win this race
- Ex.: Do the best that you can
In informal style instead of when, who or which:
- Ex.: Winter is the season that we go swimming
In informal style instead of where, if we add a place
preposition at the end of the clause:
- Ex.: This is the pool that we go swimming in.
What does not refer to a noun that comes
before it. It acts as a noun and relative
pronoun and means “the things that”:
- Ex.: I couldn’t believe what he was
saying

9. In formal style, prepositions in
relative clauses go before which
and whom.
- Please use the kit with which
you have been provided.
- Jesse Owens is the athlete
about whom we heard in
class.
Formal and informal structures
In informal style, prepositions
in relative clauses go after the
verb.
- Use the kit which you’ve
been provided with.
- Jesse Owens is the athlete
who we heard about in
class.

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