ANIMATED CHALKBOARD PRESENTATION

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Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses

prepared by: Kamila Kadirova Khusenova Mokhitobon Khamrabaeva Shakhrizoda

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This is an index

4 Prepositions in relative clause

3 Difference

2 Types of relative clauses

1 What is a clause?

What is a clause?

A clause is the group of words containing a subject and a verb, which form a sentence or part of the sentence.

- I cannot cook very well but I can make pancakes.

independent clauses

Relative clause

1. Defining 2. Non-Defining

DEFINING

1. Gives an essential information

2. we need to understand what or who is being referred to

- The dentist who treated me is my uncle

Non-Defining

Gives an extra information

- My uncle is a dentist, who plays at the same cricket club as you

Defining Non-Defining

No commas

Commas

The dentist who treated me is my uncle

- My uncle is a dentist, who plays at the same cricket club as you

Defining Non-Defining

who ( for people)

who ( for people)

My brother Tim, who lives in UK, is a doctor

The woman who lives next door is a doctor

which ( for things)

which ( for things)

Brian works for a company which makes compures

Brian told me about his job, which he is not enjoying very much

whose ( instead of his\hers)

whose ( instead of his\hers)

Sam, whose car had broken down, was in a bad mood

We met people whose car was broken down

where ( for places)

where( for places)

Jane has just been to Oxford, where her dad lives

What is the name of country where you went to holiday?

Defining Non-Defining

- The building which is very old, needs repairing .

The picture which hangs on the wall is old.

- The man who she married is Spanish .

- The boat owner, who we have just met, loves meeting people.

Defining Non-Defining

- We know little about the woman that he married.

- this picture shows Bob’s wife Lusy, who he married ten years ago.

-we know little about the woman that he married HER .

this picture shows Bob’s wife Lusy, who he married HER ten years ago

PREPOSITIONS IN THE CLAUSE

- It is the one WHICH he was responsible FOR at work

- Sue, WHO my mother worked WITH , has become a teacher

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