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Grammar Point Unit 7
DEFINING & NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
ÍNDICE
Relative clauses
Structure
Relativ
Defining r. clauses
Vídeo
Non-defining r. clauses
Proceso
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Relative clauses give us information about the person or thing mentioned.
Juan pablo, who is Aura's brother, makes really bad jokes. (I am adding extra information about Juan Pablo). Ragnar was a Viking who tried to conquer England (Im providing you with essential information about Ragnar).
NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
I have called my sister who lives in England. (I have more than one sister and I have called the one that lives in England)
My sister, who lives in England, is older than me. (I only have one sister and I am mentioning that she lives in England).
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+info
+info
DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
It gives ESSENTIAL information to distinguish which thing or person we are talking about. It cannot be removed from the sentence -it wouldn't make sense!
Carlota is the girl who/that I saw last week.
notice how you can use who or that for PEOPLE
Carlota is the girl
without the defining clause, the sentence is incomplete.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
WHO
It is used with PEOPLE: Raúl is the man who stole the money.
It is used with ANIMALS or OBJECTS: That is the dog which attacked me the other night / That is the bat which / that I want to buy.
WHICH
It is used to refer to PLACES: That is the house where Freddie Mercury used to live.
WHERE
WHEN
It is used to refer to TIME: That was the day when Jing passed her B1 exam.
With DEFINING relative clauses we can use: WHO / THAT with people. Pelé is the football player who / that has scored the most goals WHICH / THAT with objects or animals. That is the mug which / that I bought in Paris
Teacher can we ommit the relative pronouns in defining relative clauses? YES.
With DEFINING relative clauses we can use: WHO / THAT with people. Pelé is the football player who / that has scored the most goals WHICH / THAT with objects or animals. That is the mug which / that I bought in Paris
Teacher can we ommit the relative pronouns in defining relative clauses? YES.
NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
It gives EXTRA information about a noun in a sentence. they go between commas : ____, who/which_ , ___. and they can be omitted!
Valeria, who sits next to Gabriel, is always in her own world.
in this type of sentencses, who cannot be exchanged for that.
Valeria, who sits next to Gabriel, is always in her own world.
Relative clause
Subject
object
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