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
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:
You can't drop:
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
Individual work
Brainstorming
ADVANCED VOCABULARY
Brainstorm advanced adjectives to describe: personality, trends & society, evaluative & academic adjectives.
ADVACED ADJECTIVES
1. Intellectual & Academic Adjectives:insightful compelling controversial groundbreaking thought-provoking
2. Personality Adjectives:resilient compassionate charismatic self-disciplined determined
3. Evaluative / Opinion Adjectives: beneficial harmful ineffective unrealistic questionable
4. Adjectives for Describing Trends & Society:widespread alarming emerging significant concerning
5. Advanced Descriptive Adjectives:remarkable outstanding impressive exceptional fascinating unique
Relative clauses & descriptions
Instructions: Work in small groups and describe the following, using advanced adjectives and relative clauses:
- a famous person
- a technology
- a profession
- a place
- a social problem or
Example: Tik tok is a fascinating platform that allows people to share ideas, but it can also be harmful for teenagers who spend too much time online.
Do you have any questions?
END OF THE PRESENTATION
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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
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:
You can't drop:
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
Individual work
Brainstorming
ADVANCED VOCABULARY
Brainstorm advanced adjectives to describe: personality, trends & society, evaluative & academic adjectives.
ADVACED ADJECTIVES
1. Intellectual & Academic Adjectives:insightful compelling controversial groundbreaking thought-provoking
2. Personality Adjectives:resilient compassionate charismatic self-disciplined determined
3. Evaluative / Opinion Adjectives: beneficial harmful ineffective unrealistic questionable
4. Adjectives for Describing Trends & Society:widespread alarming emerging significant concerning
5. Advanced Descriptive Adjectives:remarkable outstanding impressive exceptional fascinating unique
Relative clauses & descriptions
Instructions: Work in small groups and describe the following, using advanced adjectives and relative clauses:
Example: Tik tok is a fascinating platform that allows people to share ideas, but it can also be harmful for teenagers who spend too much time online.
Do you have any questions?
END OF THE PRESENTATION
THANKYOU!