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Understanding Defining Relative Clauses

The document explains defining relative clauses, which provide essential information about people, things, or places using relative pronouns such as who, which, and where. It includes exercises for choosing the correct relative pronoun, rewriting sentences, and completing sentences with the appropriate pronouns. An answer key is also provided for the exercises.

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Understanding Defining Relative Clauses

The document explains defining relative clauses, which provide essential information about people, things, or places using relative pronouns such as who, which, and where. It includes exercises for choosing the correct relative pronoun, rewriting sentences, and completing sentences with the appropriate pronouns. An answer key is also provided for the exercises.

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Defining Relative Clauses

Introduction: Defining relative clauses give essential information about a


person, thing, or place. They use the following relative pronouns:
 who/that to talk about people:
o This is the teacher who/that teaches my class.

o Do you know the girls who/that are talking to the PE teacher?

 which/that to talk about things:


o Is this the laptop which/that you ordered?

o I’ll visit you during the term break which/that begins next
week.
 where to talk about places:
o We’re going to visit the school where my mum taught for
twenty years.
o Ella went to a school where most pupils were girls.

The relative pronouns who, which, and that usually come after the noun
(i.e. the people, thing, or place) they refer to.
We can omit who, which, and that if they are followed by a personal
pronoun or noun:
 We have a timetable (which/that) we can change.
However, we cannot omit the relative pronoun if it is not followed by a
personal pronoun or noun:
 We have a gym which has a lot of modern equipment.

Exercise 1: Choose the correct option - Choose the correct relative


pronoun.
1. This is the book (who/which/where) I borrowed from the library.
2. The boy (who/which/where) won the race is my friend.
3. Is that the hotel (who/which/where) you stayed in last summer?
4. The teacher (who/which/where) teaches us maths is very kind.
5. The museum (who/which/where) we visited was fascinating.
Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentences - Rewrite the sentences using
defining relative clauses.
1. The woman is my aunt. She is wearing a red dress.

2. This is the restaurant. They serve the best pizza here.

3. That’s the student. He won the science competition.


4. We watched a movie. It was really interesting.
5. I know a place. We can relax there.

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences - Fill in the blanks with the correct
relative pronoun (who, which, that, or where).
1. The girl _____ is sitting next to me is my best friend.
2. This is the house _____ I grew up.
3. I have a phone _____ has a great camera.
4. The doctor _____ treated me was very professional.
5. The park _____ we met is near my school.

Answer Key:
Exercise 3:
1. which
2. who
3. where
4. who
5. where
Exercise 4:
1. The woman who is wearing a red dress is my aunt.
2. This is the restaurant where they serve the best pizza.
3. That’s the student who won the science competition.
4. We watched a movie which was really interesting.
5. I know a place where we can relax.
Exercise 5:
1. who
2. where
3. which
4. who
5. where

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