RELATIVES

RELATIVES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr0qHd1KEMY&feature=youtu.be​

​some general info

They act like adjectives and give us information about a noun that is called the antecedent

They have to be placed right next to the noun they refer to

More information in the following video 

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relative ​pronouns and adverbs

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Poll

The girl ....................................... works in the café is pretty.

• who

• whose

• whom

• no relative

Poll

That’s the singer ............................... album got to number one.

• who

• whose

• whom

• no relative

Poll

I only read the books ..................................... interest me.

• who

• whose

• which

• no relative

Poll

This is the city ....................................... he was born..

• who

• whose

• where

• when

Poll

Here’s something ..............you can read in the car.

(We often use that after something, anything, everything,nothing, all and superlatives)

• whow

• whose

• that

• when

​omitting relative pronouns

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​omitting RELATIVES

We can omit who, which or that if it is the object of a defining relative clause, but we cannot omit whose. This is very common in spoken English.

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That’s the moped (which / that) Pablo bought.

he is the man who called you​

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Multiple Choice

The man that I saw is Tim

• you can omit the relative pronoun

• You cannot omit the relative pronoun

Multiple Choice

We have a puppy which is cute

• you can omit the relative pronoun

• You cannot omit the relative pronoun

Multiple Choice

The man who I met was very handsome

• you can omit the relative pronoun

• You cannot omit the relative pronoun

​DEFINING AND NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr0qHd1KEMY&feature=youtu.be​

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​DEFINING AND NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

Defining relative clauses give essential information about the noun they follow. Without the relative clause, the sentence would be incomplete and would not make sense. Compare:

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That’s the writer.

That’s the writer who was on TV yesterday.​

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​DEFINING AND NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

Non-defining relative clauses give extra, non-essential information about the noun they follow. If we remove the relative clause, the sentence still makes sense. Compare:

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Festival tickets are on sale now.

Festival tickets, which cost £200, are on sale now.

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Non-defining relative clauses

We always use commas to separate the non-defining clause from the rest of the sentence.

We cannot omit the relative pronoun from a non-defining relative clause, We cannot use "that"

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My coat, which I bought last year, has never been worn

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​FORMAL AND INFORMAL STRUCTURES

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​formal and informal structures

In informal spoken English we normally put the preposition at the end of the relative clause, sometimes you can omit the pronoun:

• … the restaurant (which) we go to.       

• … the letter (that) I was looking for.

• … a subject (which) I know very little about.

• … the person (who) I obtained the information from.

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​formal and informal structures

In formal English we can say:

• Was that the restaurant to which we normally go?    

• Electronics is a subject about which I know very little.     

• John is the person from whom I obtained the information.

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​NOW...SOME PRACTICE

TRANSFORM THE RELATIVE SENTENCES INTO FORMAL/INFORMAL​

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Open Ended

This is the restaurant which we go to.

Open Ended

He is the person (who) I obtained the information from.

Open Ended

Electronics is a subject about which I know very little.