Class 6. Relative Clauses

Class 6. Relative Clauses

Multiple Choice

A: My brother, who is a doctor, has bought a Tesla.

B: Seriously? Rick’s driving a Tesla?

• defining clause

• non-defining clause

Multiple Choice

A: My brother who is a doctor has bought a Tesla.

B: Is it Tim or Jim? I always mix them up.

• defining

• non-defining

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provide additional information about a person, thing, place, time, possession

• defining

• non-defining

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identify a person, thing, place, time, possession etc.

• defining

• non-defining

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are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas

• defining

• non-defining

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without them the sentence makes no sense or is hard to understand

• defining

• non-defining

Multiple Choice

are not separated by commas

• defining

• non-defining

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can be easily omitted and the sentence will still make sense

• defining

• non-defining

Multiple Choice

We can use that instead of who or which when talking about people or things in defining relative clauses.

• True

• False

Defining RC

I have a friend who/that knows how to speak Japanese.

This is the car which/that I told you about.

Multiple Choice

Relative pronoun _____ is used when the person is the object of the action, but not it's subject.

• whom

• which

• where

In spoken English who is also acceptable instead of whom.

• This is the person whom/who I told you about.

• Where is the officer whom/who we need to give our complaints to?

Multiple Choice

Relative pronoun whose is used to talk about possession of both people and things.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It's possible to omit relative pronoun in defining RC if it's not the _____ of the clause.

• object

• subject

• predicate

Don't omit the pronoun if it's the subject (!)

I've seen the girl (who/that) you told me about. (object)

Do you see the ship which is entering the bay? (subject)

Multiple Select

Choose all the correct sentences:

• I haven't seen the shopping mall in which you work.

• I haven't seen the shopping mall which you work in.

• I haven't seen the shopping mall you work in.

Multiple Choice

We use a _____ RC to comment on the whole sentence and explain our attitude to the situation. Such clauses always start with which.

• defining

• non-defining

• I've never been to Uzhorod, which is a shame.

• I don't eat onions, which my famiy doesn't really understand.

• This kind of injury is quite serious, which is understandable considering how you got it.