Mastering Relative Clauses: Essential Guide & Examples

1. 1 A

2. 2 B

3. 3 D

4. 4 C

5. 5 B

6. 6 A

7. 7 D

8. 8 C

9. 9 D

10. 10 B

11. RELATIVE CLAUSES

12. Mentre le defining relative clausessono NECESSARIE per dare senso alla frase principale, definendo la cosa o la persona di cui si sta parlando...... Mary is the girl who lives downstairs. The book that you gave me is interesting. .....le non-defining relative clausesNON sono NECESSARIE per definire la cosa o la persona di cui si sta parlando. Sono degli incisi che forniscono solo INFORMAZIONI AGGIUNTIVE. Paris, which I love, will be the European capital of culture. James Joyce, who was Irish, was a famous writer.

13. NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES NO! Si può togliere il pronome relativo in alcuni casi? My sister Sara, WHO lives in Australia, is a doctor. We stayed at the Ely Hotel, WHICH John recommended.

14. NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES PRONOUNS CHE, CUI (persone) WHO THAT My sister Sara, WHO lives in Australia, is a doctor. CHE, CUI (cose, animali) THAT WHICH We stayed at the Ely Hotel, WHICH John recommended. DOVE WHERE She has just been to Madrid, WHERE her son lives. IL CUI, LA CUI, I CUI, LE CUI WHOSE Martin, WHOSE dad is French, goes to Paris every summer.

15. That’s the hotel where we had lunch yesterday. IN That’s the hotel ……………………………………..… yesterday. (which/that) we had lunch in in which we had lunch

16. Being an airline employee, my sister sometimes gets cheap flights. WORKS My sister, ……………………………………………, sometimes gets cheap flights. who works for an airline

17. Last week James borrowed the book from me and now he’s lost it. I James’s lost the ……………………………………… last week. book (which/that) I lent him

18. The concert which Tim took me to wasn’t very enjoyable. WENT I didn’t enjoy ……………………………………...… to with Tim. the concert (which/that) I went

19. The mother of that boy is a well-known actress. WHOSE That’s …………………………………… a well-known actress. the boy whose mother is

20. The same person bought the three paintings Jason had put in the exhibition. WHICH Jason had put three paintings in the exhibition, ………………………………………….. by the same person. all of which were bought

21. HOMEWORK READING and USE of ENGLISH PART 5 (photocopy)