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How to Form Relative Clauses

How to Form Relative Clauses. Imagine, a girl is talking to Tom. You want to know who she is and ask a friend whether he knows her. You could say: A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl?

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How to Form Relative Clauses

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  1. How to Form Relative Clauses Imagine, a girl is talking to Tom. You want to know who she is and ask a friend whether he knows her. You could say: A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl? That sounds rather complicated, doesn't it? It would be easier with a relative clause: you put both pieces of information into one sentence. Start with the most important thing  – you want to know who the girl is. Do you know the girl … As your friend cannot know which girl you are talking about, you need to put in the additional information  – the girl is talking to Tom. Use „the girl“ only in the first part of the sentence, in the second part replace it with the relative pronoun (for people, use the relative pronoun „who“). So the final sentence is: Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?

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  3. DefiningRelativeClauses Definingrelativeclausesgivedetailedinformationdefining a general termorexpression. Definingrelativeclauses are notput in commas. Imagine, Tom is in a roomwithfivegirls. Onegirlistalkingto Tom and youasksomebodywhether he knowsthisgirl. Heretherelativeclause defines which of thefivegirlsyou mean. Do youknowthegirlwhoistalkingto Tom? Definingrelativeclauses are oftenused in definitions. A seamanissomeonewhoworkson a ship.

  4. Non-DefiningRelativeClauses Non-defining relative clauses give additional information on something, but do not define it. Non-defining relative clauses are put in commas. Imagine, Tom is in a room with only one girl. The two are talking to each other and you ask somebody whether he knows this girl. Here the relative clause is non-defining because in this situation it is obvious which girl you mean. Do you know the girl, who is talking to Tom? Note: In non-defining relative clauses, who/which may not be replaced with that. Object pronouns in non-defining relative clauses must be used. Jim, who/whom we met yesterday, is very nice.

  5. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?02http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?02 • http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Peacocke-638435-american-headway-3-unit-6-powerpoint/ (slide 15) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As0h2-fzVME (bk) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHX-YOBRmYE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rV6EY1Zqis (ye wh) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90EIvSDQ60 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR_VQ1QaQm0 EXERCISE http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/support-files/relative_clauses_exercise_4.pdf

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