OBJECTIVES1. Relative clauses2. Listening practice3. Oral presentation a news report (sport, environment,

education etc.) two minutes speaking about one topic. ( December the 6th ) 1 picture in PowerPoint.

RELATIVE (ADJECTIVE)

CLAUSES

We use relative clauses :• to give additional information

about something without starting another sentence.

• By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words.

- “Peter is the student” + “He comes from Glasgow”:

“Peter is the student WHO comes from Glasgow”.

- “The books are on the table” + “They are mine”:

“The books WHICH are on the table are mine”.

A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl?

>> It would be easier with a relative clause: you put both pieces of information into one sentence. Start with the most important thing  

Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom ?

1. Subject and Object Relative clauses give extra information about a noun

in the main clause. They can refer to this as subject or object.

“That’s the woman who bought my car”

“That’s the flat that I was looking for”

2. Combining sentences Note how sentences are combined.

Subject : “This is Sofia. She bought my car”

“Sofia is the person who bought my car” Object :

“That is the flat. I was looking for it” “That is the flat that I was looking for”

RELATIVE CLAUSES

RELATIVE CLAUSES

1. Defining ClausesDefining clauses tell us which person or thing, or which kind of person or thing, is meant.“ Paris is the city that I’ve always wanted to visit”

2. Non-Defining ClausesNon-defining clauses add extra information, separated by commas in writing, and intonation in speaking.“ Tom’s mother, who is 78, goes swimming every day”

Relative pronouns

WHO WHICH

WHOSE

THAT

WHO

• For people I told you about the woman wholives next door.

WHICH

• For animals and things Example:

Do you see the cat which is lying

on the roof?

WHOSE

• possession (Replaces his, her, its … possessive adjectives) for people animals and things

Example:Do you know the girl + her mother is a nurse

Do you know the girl whose mother is a nurse?

THAT• For people, animals and things in

defining relative clause

Example:

I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen.

Relative Pronouns and Adjectives: Review Quiz #1

Relative pronouns - who, which, whose

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