Relative clauses & Pronouns (Conv 3)

Defining relative clauses:

• Ask questions

• Give essential information

• Give additional information

• Haven't got a relative pronoun

Non-defining relative clauses

• 
  give additional information

• 
  have two relative pronouns

• 
  haven't got a relative pronoun

• 
  provide us with essential information

Non-defining relative clauses have the following punctuation mark:

• 
  

  - (dash)

• ! (exclamation mark)

• . (full stop)

• , (comma)

"Who" is used to refer to

• animals and things

• things

• people

• possesion

"Which" is used to refer to

• people

• animals and things

• possesion

• reason

"Whose" is used to express

• people

• possesion

• time

• places

"When" is used to refer to

• things

• time

• place

• people

"Where" is used to refer to

• time

• people

• reason

• place

Complete:

The mountain _________ we climbed yesterday was the highest mountain in Britain!

• that

• where

• what

• who

Complete:

We walked as far as the waterfall, ________ we stopped for a picnic.

• which

• whon

• where

• that