Relative clauses

Relavite Clauses

INDEX

Which one to use

When do we use them?

can we drop them?

Where do we use them?

Non-defining Relative Clause

Relative pronouns

Defining Relative Clauses

Questions

When do we use a relative Pronoun?

What's a relative Clause?

A relative pronoun is used to identify, define or give additional information about a noun.The information that follows the pronoun is inside a relative clause.

Where do we use them?

After a noun.

Relative Pronouns

That

Whose

Where

Who

When

Which

Whom

Defining Relative clause

A defining relative clause is used to identify or define the noun we are talking about.

Which one to use?

Objects

Animals

People

• Which
• That

• Which
• That

• Who
• That
• Whose
• Whom

Examples

Examples

Examples: People

This is the woman who/that stole my heart

The man whose book I borrowed

That is the man who/that spilt my drink

Whom

A person being referred as an object of the relative clause

Ghandi is someone whom most people admire

That's the guy whom she married

Example: Objects and Animals

The dog which/that bit me

The camera that/which Isabel bought

The cat which/that I adopted

Places, Times and reason

Where, when, why can be used as relative pronouns

The library where we met

You can use 'that' instead of 'when' or 'why'

The day when/that we met

The reason why/that I was at the library

Bye Pronoun!

Can we drop the relative pronoun?

If the information is related to the subject of the sentence

If the information is related to the object of the sentence

You can drop:

• who
• whom
• that
• which
• when
• why

You can't drop:

• whose
• where

Examples

Examples

Example: When to drop it

The cat which/that I adopted

The cat I adopted

The day when/that we met

The day we met

The reason I was at the library

The reason why/that I was at the library

That's the guy she married

That's the guy whom she married

Example: when you can't drop it

The dog which/that bit me

The man whose book I borrowed

This is the woman who/that stole my heart

non-defining relative Clauses

A non-defining relative clause gives additional information about a person, thing or animal. We don't need this information to understand the sentence. You have to use a comma ','

You can't use 'that' instead of 'who' or 'which'

Examples

Example: Non-defining relative clause

I live in London.

London has fantastic parks.

I live in London, which has fantastic parks

My sister knows a lot about cars.

I live with my sister.

My sister, who I live with, knows a lot about cars

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