Relative clauses_ACNUR

UNIT 1

Relative Clauses

Put relative clauses after nouns to give more information. The relative clause contains a subject and a verb, and it begins with a relative pronoun.

A. Relative Pronouns

B. Relative Pronoun Reduction

... (whom/that) we bumped into.... (which/that) has changed the world. Object

C. Prepositions in Relative Clauses

The room which we are standing in.The room in which we are standing.The room we are standing in.

The man who she lives with. The man with whom she lives. The man she lives with.

Practice

Let's practice...

- Choose a word (thing, place, person)- You have to define the word with relative clauses.Ex. "It's a place in which people read books." It’s a thing which... It’s a person who/whose...