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Relative clauses 1: clauses with who/that/which Look at this example sentence: The woman who lives next door is a doctor. lative A clause isa part of a sentence. A relative clause tells us which person or thing (or wha person or thing) the speaker means: 1D The woman who lives next door .... (‘who lives next door’ tells us which woman 12 People who live in the country ... (‘who live in the country’ tells us what kind of We use who in a relative clause when we are talking about people (not things): the woman - she lives next door ~ is a doctor ' The woman who lives next door is a doctor. we know a lor of people ~ they live in the country “We know a lot of people who live in the country. 5 An architect is someone who designs buildings. 5 What was the name of the person who phoned you? 5 Anyone who wants to apply for the job must do so by Friday. You can also use that (instead of who), but you can’t use which for people: ‘The woman that lives next door is a doctor. (not the woman which) Sometimes you must use who (nf that) for people ~ see Unit 95, When we are talking about things, we use that or which (nof who) in a relative clause: where is the cheese? ~ it was in the fridgs 1 — wich chee {win he ge 4 1 don’t like stories that have unhappy endings. (or stories which have...) 5 Barbara works for a company that makes furniture. (or a company which makes furniture) 1 The machine that broke down is working again now. (or The machine which broh ‘That is more usual than which, but sometimes you muse use which ~ see Unit 95, What = ‘the thing(s) thae’. Compare what and that © What happened was my fault. (= the thing thar happened) Everything that happened was my fault. (not Everything what happened) © The machine that broke down is now working again. (not The machine what brol Remember that in relative clauses we use who/thadwhich, not he/she/theylit: I've never spoken to the woman who lives next door. (not the woman she lives) Relative clauses 2-5 — Units 93-96 Exercises Unit 92 921 922 92.3 92.4 In this exercise you have to explain what some words mean. Choose the right meaning from the box and then write a sentence with who. Use a dictionary if necessary. steals feom a shop buys something from a shop designs bikin pays rent to live in a house or fat pane doesn't believe in God sail breaks into a house to steal things | is not brave expects the worst to happen 1 tan are AP ete 6 seme, it, desis, digs 2 (a burglar) A burglar is someone osc 3 (a customer) 7 4 (a shoplifter) ee 5 (a coward) = 6 (am atheist) — ce 7 (a pessimist) — 8 (a tenant) ‘Make one sentence from two, Use who/that/which. 1A girl was injured in che accident. She is now in hospital The girl who was anjured. in the accident. is. now. an. host 2A waitress served us. She was impolite and impatient. The wo 3A building was destroyed in the fie, It has now been rebuilt The . Some people were arrested. They have now The - a A bus goes to the airport, Ie runs every half hour The Oo hin ‘Complete the sentences. Choose the best ending from the box and change it into a relative clause. hhe invented the telephone it makes furniture: she runs away from home it gives you the meaning of words they stole my car it can support life they were on the wall it eannot be explained 1 Barbara works for a company ..that makes, furnuture, 2 The book is about a girl " 3 What happened to the pictures 4A mystery is something. monn 5 6 ‘The police have caught the men Sn AA dictionary isa book... Alexander Bell was the man 8 Ir seems that the earth is che only planet t or wrong? Correct them where necessary 1 I don’t like stories who have unhappy endings stories that have. 2 What was the name of the person who phoned you? 3 Where's the nearest shop who sells newspapers? 4 The driver which caused the accident was fined £500. $ 6 Do you know the person that took these photographs? .. We live in a world whar is changing all the time. an said some things about me that were not true. 8 What was the name of the horse it won the race? 185 Relative clauses 2: 5 clauses with and without who/that/which Look at these example sentences from Unit 92: 2 The woman who lives next door is a doctor. (or The woman that lives . The woman lives next door. who (= the woman) is the subject 5 Where is the cheese that was in the fridge? (or the cheese which was...) ‘The cheese was in the fridge. that (= the cheese) is the subject ‘You must use who/thavwhich when it is the subject of the relative clause. So “The woman lives next door is a doctor’ or ‘Where is the cheese was in the fr HIS series whostatvhich the oj ofthe vet, For example © The woman who. I wanted ose was away on holiday who (= the woman) isthe object wanted to see the woman 790 ve 5 Have you found the keys that you lost? that (= the keys) is the object You Tost the Ker. soy is the subject When who/thav/which is the object, you can leave it out. So you can say: 15 The woman I wanted to see was away. or The woman who I wanted co see 5 Have you found the keys you lost? or .. the keys that you lost? 15 The dress Liz bought doesn't fit her very well. or The dress that Liz bought 1 Isthere anything Ican do? or ... anything that I can do? Note thae we say: the Keys you lost (nor the keys you lost them) the dress Liz bought (not the dress Liz bought it) HERI) che poston of prepositions Gtfor ein rea clases Tom stalking t0_ 4 woman ~do you know her + Do you know the woman (who/that) Tom is talking to? I slept ina bed last nigh i wasn't very comfortable + The bed (thaviwhich) Islept im last night wasn’t very comfortable. 15 Are these the books you were looking for? or... the books that/which you were 13 The woman he fll in love with left him after a month. or The woman who/that he .. 15 The man I was sitting next to on the plane talked all the time. or ‘The man who/that I was sitting next £0. Note that we say: the books you were looking for (nor the books you were looking for them) PMI 800 anor use what in sentence ke thes (se also Unit 920} (3 Everything (tat) they said was rue (not Everything whar they said ST gave her all he money tht) had. (aot all he money what had) ‘What = ‘the thing(s) thar’; 1 Did you hear wht they said? (x the things that hey sid 93.1 932 93.3 934 In some of these sentences you need who or that. Correet the sentences where necessary 1 The woman Jives next door i a doctor. The. woman_twho lives. next. door Have you found the keys you lost? OK. - — ‘The people we met lastnight were very nice. sepa - The people work in the office ae very nce. a oo - The people I work with are very nice. mass What have you done with the money I gave you? ‘What happened to the money was on the rable? 7 Whats the worst film you've ever seen? seem ‘Whats the best thing i has ever happened to you? — What do you sey in these situations? Complete each sentence with a relative clause. 1 Your friend lost some keys. You want ro know ihe has found them. You says Have you found . te. keys. you lost esis 2. friend is wearing adress. You lke it. You tell her: Tike the dress He A friend is going to see a film. You want to know the name of the film. You say ‘What’ the name of the film oe 4 You wanted to visit a museum. It was shut when you got there. You tell a frien ‘The museum : vnnosennnmnine Was Shut When we got there, You invited some people to your party. Some of them couldn't come, You tell someone: Some of the pe0ple Units 95-96 Whom -> Unit 96 Exercises Unit 94 94.1 94.2 94.3 oa ‘You met these people at 2 party: 1 (Coy moter writes) (dee tes y * (8 arbiionis) \ tomo rest Vv ‘The next day you tell a friend about these people. Complete the sentences using who or whose. 1 Imet somebody these. mother writes detective. stories. 2 Tmet a man " 3 Imeta woman 4 I mer somebody - - - - 5 Tmet a couple 6 I met somebody nn Read the situations and complete the sentences using where. 1 You grew up ina small town. You went hack there recently. You tell someone this. T recently went hack to the small town ..®here. | grew up. . 2 You wane 10 buy some postcards. You ask a friend where you can do this. Is there a shop near here oo 3. You work in a factory. The factory i going co close down next month. You tell a friend: The factory is going to close down next month. 4 Sue is staying ata hotel. You want to know the name ofthe hotel. You ask a friend: Do you know the name of the hotel . 5 You play football in a park on Sundays. You show a friend the park. You say: This isthe park — ns on Sundays, Complete each sentence using who/whom/whose/where. 1 Whar’s the name of the man 19958. car you borrowed? 2 A cemetery isa place people ae buried, 3 A pacifist is a person _——-- believes that all wars are weong, 4 An orphan isa child parents are dead. 5 Whar was the name of the person to. you spoke on the phone? 6 The place we spent our holidays was really beautiful 7 This school is only for childeen firs language is nor English. 8 The woman with ... he fell in love left him after a month. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. They are like the examples in Sections D and E. 1 Ti always remember the day fist met, cu : _— 2M never forget the ime a 3 The reason me was that I dide’t know your addeess. 4 Unfortunately [ wasn't at home the evening a = 5 The reason a is that they don't need one. 8 aon cs WAS AhE YEAE conn ae * 189 ‘There are two types of relative clause. In these examples, the relative clauses are underlined. Compare: Type t 10 The woman who lives next daor is a doctor. © Barbara works for a company that smakes furniture © We stayed at the horel (that you sscommended, In these examples, the relative clause tells you Which person oF thing (or what kind of person or thing) the speaker means: “The woman who lives next door’ tells us which woman. “A company that makes furniture’ ells us what kind of company. “The hotel (that) Ann recommended’ rel tus which horel. ‘We do nor use commas (,} with these lauses: 12 We know a lot of people who live in London. Type © My brother Rob, who lives in Australia. isa dacor 2 Colin told me about his new job, which ‘he’s enjoying very much. We stayed at the Park Hotel, which a fciend of ours recommended. In these examples, the relative clauses do not tell you which person or thing the speaker means, We already know which thing or person is meant: My brother Rob Colin's ‘ew job” and “the Park Hore The relative clases in these sentences give ws extra information about the person or thing. ‘We use commas () avth these causes: | -My brother Rob, who lives in London, isa doctor In both types of relative clause we use who for people and which for things. But: Type t You can use that: 2 Do you know anyone whosthat speaks French and Kealian? . © Barbara works for a company ‘which/that makes furniture, You can leave out who/whichithat when itis the object (see Unit 93): 19 We stayed at the hotel (thaviwhich) you recommended. © This moming | met somebody (ohoithar) I hadn't seen for ages. We do not often use whom in this type of clause (see Unit 948). Tipe 2 You eannor use that: 5 John, who (nor that) speaks French and tralian, works a a tourist guide. © Colin told me about his new job, which (not that) he's enjoying very much, You cannot leave out who or which: 15 We staved ar the Park Horel, which a friend of ours recommended. 15 This morning I met Chris, who I hadn't seen For ages. You can use whom for people (when itis the object): 15 This morning { met Chris, whom 1 hadn't seen for ages. In both types of relative clause you can use whose and where: © We met some people whose car had broken down. (2 Whar's the name of the place where you went on holiday? 5 Li, whose car had broken down, was in a very bad mood 1 Jill has just been to Sweden, where her daughter lives. Relative clauses Type 1) ~ Units 82-84 Relative clauses (Type 2) — Unit 96 Exercises Unit 95 95.1 95.2 953 ‘Make one sentence from two. Use the sentence in brackets to make a relative clause (Type 2). You will need to use who(m)/whose/which/where. 1 Catherine is very friendly. (She lives next door) Catherine, whe les. next. deor,.i¢.very friendly. 2 We stayed at the Park Hotel. (A friend of ours had recommended it.) We stayed at tre Park Hotel, a friend. of cure had. recommended, 3 We often go to visit our friends in Bristol. (It is nor very far away.) 4 went to see che doctor. (He told me to rest fora few days) 5 John is one of my closest trends. {I have known him for a very long sme.) John scoped 6 Sheila is away from home a lot. [Her job involves a lor of travelling.) 7 The new stadium will be opened next month. (lean hold 90,000 people.) 8 Glasgow isthe largest city in Scotland. (My brother lives there.) 9 A friend of mine helped me to get a job. (His father is the manager of a company) - Read the information and complete each sentence. Use a relative clause of Type 1 or Type 2. Use commas where necessary | There's a woman living next door to me. She's a doctor. ‘The woman _.who lives next door to me is a doctor. . 2 I've gor a brother ealled Rob. He lives in Australia, He's a doctor. My brother Rob ». he, lives on Australia, (so, doctor. 3 There was a strike at the car factory. It began ten days ago. Ie is now over. “The strike at the car factory so 4 Twas looking for a book this morning. F've found it now. Ive found a London was once the largest city in the world, bu the population is now falling. ‘The population of London nna B pba adrecied loco elope ick Pow « of them had the necesary qualifications. Few of sai Amy’ has a son. She showed me a photograph of him. He’ Amy showed me “ c 4 policeman, Correct the sentences that are wrong and put in commas where necessary. Ifthe sentence is correct, write ‘0 1 Colin tld me abou is new jo tat he's enone very mach, Colin, told. me. about his ren fob, which he's enjoying very, much, My office chat is on the second floor is very small 53 The office Fm using atthe moment is very smal. 44 Ben’s father thar used to be a teacher now works for a TV company. 5 The doctor that examined me couldn't find anything wrong. Relative clauses 5: extra information clauses (2) Prepositions + whomiwhich You can wse a preposition before whom (For people) and which (for things So you ean say to whom / with whom / about which / without whieh etc. [© Mr Lee, to whom I spoke at the meeting, is very interested in our proposal. Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have gor lost. In informal English we often keep the preposition after the verb in the relative clause. When we do this, we normally use who (not whom) for people: 10 This is my friend feom Canada, who I was telling you about. Yesterday we visited the City Museum, which 'd never been to before Al of most of ete. + whom/which Snudy these examples Mary has three brothers. All of them are married. (2 sentences) — Mary has three brothers, all of whom are married. (1 sentence) They asked me a lor of questions. couldn't answer most of them . (2 sentences) + They asked me alot of questions, most of which I couldn't answer. (1 sentence Inthe sme way you can sy none of neither of any of citer of tone of! muy et? hf av ew ot | * whem onl Bosh of / al ofeach off onc of emo oft |* Heh thins) © Marin red on ttc jackets none of which ied him © Two men, ather of whom I had sen bore, came ito the ofc © Theyve go tee car two of which hey arly © Sue has loo rend, many of whom she wa schoo with, You cam alo say he case of which the name of which The building was dsteoyed in air, the case of which was never exablshed © We stayed ata beau! hotel themame of which can remember now Which (nor whar) Study this example: Joe got the job. This surprised everybody. (2 sentences Joe got the job, which surprised everybody. (1 sentence) ——— rite eae In this example, which sentences like these: 1 Sarah couldn't meet us, which was a pity: (nor what was a pity) 1 The weather was good, which we hada’t expected. (ot what we hadn't expected) he fact that he gor the job’. You must use which (not what) in For what, see Units 92C and 93D. All of / most of ete. + Unit 88 Both of ete.» Unit 89 Relative causes 1 Units 92-95 Exercises Unit 96 96.1. Write the relative clauses in @ more formal way using a preposition + whom/which, 1 Yesterday we visited che City Museum, which I'd never been to before. ‘Yesterday we visited the City Museum, .[Link]. 4. never. been. before, ™ 2 My brother showed us his new ear, which he's very proud of. My brother showed us his new ear, - 3 This isa photograph of our friends Chris and Sam, who we went on holiday with This isa photograph of our friends Chris and Sam, 4 The wedding, which only members of the family were invited to, took place on Friday. The wedding, a took place on Friday 982. Use the information inthe first sentence to complete the second sentence. Use all of / most of ete oF the af + whom/which 1 All of Mary’ brothers are mattid Mary has three brothers, uh 9f im. are maze. _ 2 Mose ofthe information we were given was useless We were given a lot of information, ee 5 Jane has received neither of the letters I sent he. 1 sent Jane no lees, ets 4 None of the ten people who applied forthe job was suitable. Ten people applied forthe ob, - a 5 Kate hardly ever uses one of her computers Kare has gor evo computers, - 6 Mike gave half ofthe £50,000 he won to his parents Mike won £50,000, _ - Both of Jia’ sisters are veachers. Jia has 060 885 om cs 8 Lwent toa party =I knew ony a few ofthe people there. There were alot of people at the parts, aoa 9 The sides of the road we drove along were lined w We drove along the roads the - Oo 10 The aim of the company’s new business plan isto save money. The company has anew business plan, Oe 96.3. Join sentences from the boxes to make new sentences. Use which, This was very kind of her This means we can't go away tomorrow. “This makes i dtficule to contact het 1 Laura-couldn' come to-the party: 2 Jane doesn’t have a phone. 3 Neil has passed his exams. ‘This makes itdifcul to sleep sometimes. 4 Our fight was delayed. 5 Kate offered to let me stay at her house. | | [Re was pit is is good news. 6 ‘The stret [live in is very noisy’ a night See, ‘This meant we had to wait three hours at the airport. Laura couldn't come to the party, . shih. asa. ity Jane 1 3 i - . 6 193

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