1 / 9

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Learn how to use defining and non-defining relative clauses effectively. Practice exercises included to enhance your understanding.

hamannm
Download Presentation

RELATIVE CLAUSES

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. RELATIVE CLAUSES HOW TO USE THEM...

  2. RELATIVE CLAUSES • RELATIVE CLAUSES ARE SHORT PHRASES USED BY SOME WORDS THAT DEFINE OR DESCRIBE PEOPLE, THINGS, OBJECTS, ANIMALS, PLACES... • THERE ARE TWO TYPES: • *DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES: IT IS USED TO INDENTIFY EXACTLY WHICH PERSON OR THING WE MEAN. THE INFORMATION IS NECESSARY FOR THE SENTENCE TO MAKE SENSE. • Ex: THE DOCTOR WHOTREATED MY SISTERTOLD ME NOT TO WORRY.

  3. Relative clauses • *NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES: IT’S USED TO GIVE EXTRA INFORMATION. THE INFORMATION IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE SENTENCES TO MAKE SENSE. IT COMES BETWEEN COMMAS. • EX: PABLO PICASSO, WHO DIED IN 1973, WAS A PAINTER AND SCULPTOR. • THE RELATIVE PRONOUS USED IN SENTENCES ARE: * WHICH *WHOM *WHY * THAT *WHOSE *WHEN * WHO *WHERE

  4. RELATIVE CLAUSES

  5. RELATIVE CLAUSES

  6. EXERCISES • COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT RELATIVE PRONOUN THE SENTENCES BELOW: • AN OLD MAN, ___________ WAS CARRYING A SUITCASE, KNOCKED AT THE DOOR. • HE BOUGHT ALL THE TOOLS ___________ ARE REQUIRED TO FIX HIS OLD CAR. • THESE ARE THE KIDS ____________ PARENTS ARE ARRESTED. • I’D LIKE TO KNOW BRIGHTON _____________ THERE ARE NICE BEACHES. • I DON’T KNOW ___________ DID IT. • MY NEIGHBOR’S DOG __________ IS BROWN AND WHITE HAS A STRANGE BEHAVIOR. • THE KIDS ARE ASKING YOU __________ THEY CAN’T GO TO THE PARK NOW.

  7. Exercises 2) ADD A RELATIVE PRONOUNS TO JOIN THE TWO SHORT SENTENCES: • WE ATE THE FRUIT. I BOUGHT THE FRUIT. _____________________________________________________________________ B) LUCY CALLED THE DOCTOR. MY MOTHER KNOWS THE DOCTOR. _____________________________________________________________________ C) SARAH EMPLOYED THE ATTORNEY. DAVE RECOMMENDED THE ATTORNEY. ______________________________________________________________________ D) THE COLLEGE IS IN DENVER. STEVE WORKS IN DENVER. ______________________________________________________________________ E) THAT IS THE GIRL. THE GIRL’S CAR IS AN AUDI R8. ______________________________________________________________________

  8. EXERCISES • COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT RELATIVE PRONOUN THE SENTENCES BELOW: • AN OLD MAN, WHO / THAT WAS CARRYING A SUITCASE, KNOCKED AT THE DOOR. • HE BOUGHT ALL THE TOOLS´WHICHARE REQUIRED TO FIX HIS OLD CAR. • THESE ARE THE KIDS WHOSE PARENTS ARE ARRESTED. • I’D LIKE TO KNOW BRIGHTON WHERETHERE ARE NICE BEACHES. • I DON’T KNOW WHO DID IT. • MY NEIGHBOR’S DOG WHICH / THATIS BROWN AND WHITE HAS A STRANGE BEHAVIOR. • THE KIDS ARE ASKING YOU WHY THEY CAN’T GO TO THE PARK NOW.

  9. EXERCISES 2) ADD A RELATIVE PRONOUNS TO JOIN THE TWO SHORT SENTENCES: A) WE ATE THE FRUIT THAT / WHICH I BOUGHT. B) LUCY CALLED THE DOCTOR WHO / THAT MY MOTHER KNOWS. C) SARAH EMPLOYED THE ATTORNEY WHO / THAT DAVE RECOMMENDED THE ATTORNEY. D) THE COLLEGE IS IN DENVER WHERE STEVE WORKS. E) THAT IS THE GIRL WHOSE CAR IS AN AUDI R8.

More Related