PRESENTACIÓN ACADÉMICA II

Your relative clauses course

Índice

what are they?

types

Most common relatiive pronouns

Check what you have learned

Formation

What are they?

learn and educate

They are used to add additional information about a noun in the main clause. These clauses are introduced by relative pronouns such as "who", "which", "that", "whose" or "whom", and often act as adjectives to describe or specify the noun to which they refer.

+ INFO

types

There are two

They provide additional information about the noun they refer to, but this information is not essential to understanding the overall meaning of the sentence. These clauses are always separated with commas from the rest of the sentence.

They provide essential information about the noun to which they refer. If they are removed, the sentence would lose some of its meaning. Commas are not used to separate these clauses from the rest of the sentence.

Defining (restrictive)

Non-defining (non-restrictive)

Most common relative pronouns

which

Used to refer to things or animals and is commonly used in non-defining relative clauses.

Where

It is used to refer to places and is commonly used in defining relative clauses.

Who

It is used to refer to people and is commonly used in defining relative clauses.

Whose

It is used to indicate possession and can refer to people, animals or things. It can be used in both defining and non-defining relative clauses.

Whom

Similar to "who", but used in formal English or in more literary situations. It is used to refer to people and is commonly used in defining relative clauses.

That

It can refer to both people and things, and is commonly used in American English.

resume

It is important to remember that "which" is used for things and animals, "where" for places, "who" and "whom" for people, and "whose" for possession. Furthermore, the specific uses of these relative pronouns may vary depending on the context and the type of relative clause in which they are used (defining or non-defining).

check what you have learned

The woman _______ lives next door is a doctor, and she has a dog ______ name is Max. Her husband, ________ is an engineer, often helps us with our car, ______ was broken last week. The house _____ is at the end of the street is very big. The book _______ I'm reading is very interesting. The man ______ helped me is my neighbor. The movie ________ I watched last night was very boring. The restaurant ______ we went to dinner last night had delicious food.

more exercises

solutions

Formation

Non-defining Relative Clauses: Pronombre relativo + Verbo + Complementos + Comas al inicio y al final de la clause Example: My brother, who is an architect, designed that building.

Defining Relative Clauses: Pronombre relativo + Verbo + Complementos Example: The book that I am reading is interesting.

Example

The book that is on the table is mine. (El libro que está en la mesa es mío.)

The woman who lives next door is a doctor, and she has a dog whose name is Max. Her husband, who is an engineer, often helps us with our car, which was broken last week The house that is at the end of the street is very big. The book that I'm reading is very interesting. The man who helped me is my neighbor. The movie that I watched last night was very boring. The restaurant where we went to dinner last night had delicious food.

The woman whom I met yesterday is my new neighbor. (La mujer a quien conocí ayer es mi nueva vecina.)

Example

My sister, who is a doctor, lives in New York. (Mi hermana, que es doctora, vive en Nueva York.)

The woman who lives next door is a teacher. (La mujer que vive al lado es profesora.)

This is the man whose car was stolen. (Este es el hombre cuyo coche fue robado.)

The book that I borrowed from the library is due tomorrow." (El libro que saqué de la biblioteca caduca mañana.

I visited the city where I was born. (Visité la ciudad donde nací.)

I bought a new car, which is very fast. (Compré un coche nuevo, el cual es muy rápido.)

Work done by professor Jonathan García Montoro