Relative Clause

1. Relative Clause By Hsin-jung Lee Dec. 8, 2010 Revised: Mar. 18, 2014

2. Relative Clause • I like the boy. • The boy walks me home every day. • I like the boywho walks me home every day. 先行詞 who 為代名詞，代替the boy; 又是連接詞，連接兩個子句 關係代名詞

3. who The boy lives next to me. The boy walks me home every day. The boywho walks me home every day lives next to me.

4. who, whom, whose • I know the man who is helping Jane. • I know the man whom Jane is talking to. who I know the manto whom Jane is talking. I know the man Jane is talking to. • I know the man whose house is over there.

5. whose I know the man. His house is over there. I know the manwhose house is over there.

6. which I like the house. My father bought the house last month. I like the housewhich my father bought last month.

7. which, whose • This is the house which was built by Jack. • This is the house which she likes. • This is the house whose door was stolen.

8. whose, of which This is the house. Its door was stolen. This is the housewhose door was stolen.

9. This is the house. • The door of the house was stolen. • This is the housethe door of which was stolen. • This is the houseof which the door was stolen.

10. Relative pronoun: that • who, whom • which  that • Except for • I like books in which there are a lot of pictures. • I like Harry Potter, which was written by J.K. Rowling.

11. that • the ~est, the only, the very, the same N that • All that e.g. All that you have to do is study. • all, every, no, any N that • Who/What/Which… that…? • The relative pronoun “that” is more often used than “who” or “which” in sentences with these words.