Understanding Relative Clauses in English

1. Relative Clauses Teacher: M. ELKADAOUI MoroccoEnglish.com • My sister whowas born overseas likes to travel. • The window whichis on the right is open. • This is George, whomyou met at our house last year. • This is the house thatJack built • The book which I bought is very interesting. • DienzelWachington is the actor whoI like most. • Antonio is the boy whosefather is a teacher. Relative pronouns Main Clause Relative Clauses Choose the right option: We use a relative clause to : To express regret To give information about a person or a thing. To report a speech

2. Relative Clauses Teacher: M. ELKADAOUI MoroccoEnglish.com Who Which (Person ) (Thing ) Subject Object Subject Object • 1- My sister whowasborn overseas likes to travel. • 2- DienzelWachington is the actor who I like most. • 3- The book whichJohn bought is very interesting. • 4- The window whichis on the right is open.

3. Relative Clauses Teacher: M. ELKADAOUI MoroccoEnglish.com • My sister whowas born overseas likes to travel. • The window whichis on the right is open. • This is George, whomyou met at our house last year. • This is the house thatJack built • The book which I bought is very interesting. • DienzelWachington is the actor whoI like most. • Antonio is the boy whosefather is a teacher. Study the examples and fill in the table Relative pronoun Main Clause Relative Clause

4. Relative Clauses Teacher: M. ELKADAOUI MoroccoEnglish.com Exercise : Complete with Who / which I respect people ______ are good listeners This is the camera a______I bought last week We help people _____________ can’t look after themselves Students ________ have passed their exams don’t need to come to the revision class. A lawyer is a person _________ provides legal advice to people. ( Person ) Mysister Subject ( Thing ) subject The window George ( Person ) object ( Thing/ Person ) the house object ( Thing) The book object DienzenWachington ( Person ) object possessive ( Person /thing) The boy

5. Relative Clauses Teacher: M. ELKADAOUI MoroccoEnglish.com ( Person ) Mysister Subject ( Thing ) subject The window George ( Person ) object ( Thing/ Person ) the house object ( Thing) The book object DienzenWachington ( Person ) object possessive ( Person /thing) The boy Exercise2 : Fill in the gaps with the right relative pronoun( Who / whom / which / whose ) I am looking for someone ­­­­­­­­­­­_____________can lend me a computer. The police needed details _____________could help identify the robber. The man ___________name I can’t remember is a talented comedian I’d like to take you to a café _______________serves excellent coffee. My uncle has a factory _______________employs a large number of people. Gad Elmaleh, _______________sense of humor is great, is a famous Moroccan comedian ___________lives in France.

6. Relative Clauses Teacher: M. ELKADAOUI MoroccoEnglish.com • Exercise 3 :Join the following sentences using the relative pronouns : • The police caught the man. The man stole the car. • 2. I am reading a book. The book is about human body. • 3. Do you remember the name of the man. His car was stolen. • 4. Do you remember the name of the man. The man is teacher? • 5. This is the woman. I married the woman. • 6. The police caught the man. The man stole the car. • 7. The status of Liberty was a gift from France.It was shipped to America in 214 cases in the 19th century. • 8. My sister has just got twin babies. She lives in Marrakech. • Tokyo is the most expensive in the world. It has built a huge airport in the sea.

7. Relative Clauses Teacher: M. ELKADAOUI MoroccoEnglish.com Production : Complete theseexamples about you I am the personwho ______________ I likeeverythingwhich _____________ _____________________ where I want to live.