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Understanding Relative Clauses

This document discusses different types of relative clauses: - Relative clauses that serve as the subject or object of the main clause - Non-defining relative clauses that add extra information about a noun - Relative clauses that serve an adverbial function indicating place, time, or manner - Relative clauses that use prepositions and relative pronouns like "whom", "which", or "that"

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Understanding Relative Clauses

This document discusses different types of relative clauses: - Relative clauses that serve as the subject or object of the main clause - Non-defining relative clauses that add extra information about a noun - Relative clauses that serve an adverbial function indicating place, time, or manner - Relative clauses that use prepositions and relative pronouns like "whom", "which", or "that"

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DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE SENTENCE:


THE MAN THAT/WHO IS AT THE
TABLE IS MY BOSS
RELATIVE CLAUSES: SUBJECT
• The clerks who work in Mr Jenkin’s office are
more than twenty-one years old.

• The sound which/that woke me up was like a


shot
RELATIVE CLAUSES: OBJECT
• The gentleman who/that/-You spoke to on
the street is my English teacher.
• The gate which/that/- You came through must
be kept shut
NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
• THE BOY, WHOSE BROTHER IS MY FRIEND,
CAME YESTERDAY.

• Maria, who was an excellent pupil, always tells


us stories about her school days
• Shlomo Artzi, whose songs are often played
on the radio, is a very popular singer.
RELATIVE CLAUSES: ADVERBIAL CLAUSES

• There’s the gentleman whose car has been


stolen.
• This is the house where we often stay on
holidays.
• The event was last year when we broke up
Relative clauses with prepositions
• This is the man. You are looking for him
• This is the man who you are looking for
• This is the man for whom you are looking (F)

• Here is the place. We invested money in this


place
• Here is the place where we invested money in.
• Here is the place in which we invested money
• People were saying Robert had stolen the
painting
• Robert was being said to have stolen the
paintings

• The man thinks his wife will get divorced


• His wife is thought to get divorced

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