RELATIVE CLAUSES

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

SUJETOS OBJETOS POSESION
PERSONAS
WHO / THAT WHO/WHOM/TH WHOSE (cuyo)
AT
The woman That’s the boy
who/that lives The woman whose brother
next door is a (who/ that won the prize.
doctor. /whom) I wanted
to see is away on
holiday. ¡NO OMITIR!
¡NO OMITIR!
SE PUEDE OMITIR

COSAS/ANIMAL
ES WHICH / THAT WHICH / THAT WHOSE

Where is the Here is the bag That’s the fridge

cheese (which/that) whose door is
which/that was you left on the broken.
in the fridge? my desk.
¡NO OMITIR!
¡NO OMITIR! SE PUEDE OMITIR

Lugares WHERE That’s the village where I was born.

Tiempo WHEN April is the month when I first saw Mois.

motivo WHY Can you tell me the reason why you are so sad?

THAT se usa tanto para personas como para animales o cosas.

Sólo podemos suprimir el relativo cuando no hace función de sujeto.

Exercises

Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).

No te doy a elegir that porque se podría usar en todas salvo en las de whose.
Pincha y elige la respuesta.

1. This is the bank was robbed yesterday.

2. A boy sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.
 3. The man robbed the bank had two pistols.
4. He wore a mask made him look like Mickey Mouse.
5. He came with a friend waited outside in the car.
6. The woman gave him the money was young.
7. The bag contained the money was yellow.
8. The people were in the bank were very frightened.
9. A man mobile was ringing did not know what to do.
10. A woman daughter was crying tried to calm her.
11. The car the bank robbers escaped in was orange.
12. The robber mask was obviously too big didn't drive.
13. The man drove the car was nervous.
14. He didn't wait at the traffic lights were red.
15. A police officer car was parked at the next corner stopped and
arrested them.

Subject Pronouns or Object Pronouns?

Decide whether the relative pronoun is a subject pronoun or an object pronoun.

Hacen función de sujeto o de objeto? Elige.

1. Do you know the girl who I danced with? -

2. Do you know the girl who danced with me? -
3. The apples that are lying on the table are bad. -
4. The apples that we bought in the shop are bad. -
5. We will stay at a hotel which is not far from the beach. -
6. We will stay at a hotel which my friend has recommended to us.

7. That is a museum which I like very much. -

8. That is a museum which lies in the heart of the town.
9. This is the man who Barbara visited in Scotland.
10. This is the man who lives in Scotland.

UNO COMPLICAO….
Reescribe estas frases usando relatives (who, which, that, where,..) . Cuando se
puedan omitir ponlos entre paréntesis.

OJO, SIEMPRE QUE METAS UN RELATIVO AL UNIR DOS FRASES, ALGO

DE LAS FRASES QUE TE DAN DESAPARECERÁ. Fijate, en esta frase de
debajo desaparece “it”.

1. There's the boy. He broke the window.

____THERE’S THE BOY WHO/THAT BROKE THE WINDOW_____
2. The film star gave a party. It cost $10,000.
_______________________________
3. That's the palace. The Queen lives in it.
_______________________________
4. You met a man at the party. He is a famous film star.

The man..._______________________________

5. My friend came to the party. He's a policeman.

_______________________________
6. There are the policemen. They caught the thief.

_______________________________

7. What's the name of the lady? She was wearing the blue dress.
What’s_______________________________
8. I gave her a watch. It stopped after two days.
_______________________________
9. You're reading a book. I wanted to read it.
_______________________________
10. The Red Lion is a pub. We met in it for a drink.
_______________________________
11. There's someone at the door. He wants to speak to George.
_______________________________
12. Here are the letters. They arrived this morning.
_______________________________
13. I met Mr Da Silva. He is President of Brazil.
_______________________________
14. It's very spicy food. I don't like it.
_______________________________
15. That's the house. I was born in it.
_______________________________
16. That's the dictionary. Bill gave it to me for Christmas.
_______________________________
17. Where is the lady? She ordered fish.
_______________________________
18. Those are the cars. They only take unleaded petrol.
_______________________________
19. The children went to New York. They speak English.
_______________________________
20. Do you know the children? They live in that house.
_______________________________
21. Do you like the people. Sarah invited them to her party.
_______________________________

1. I gave you a book. It had many pictures.

→ The book (which/ that) I gave you had many pictures.
2. I am reading a book at the moment. It is very interesting.
→ The book
3. You live in a town. The town is very old.
→ The town
4. The sweets are delicious. I bought them yesterday.
→ The sweets
5. The football match was very exciting. My friend played in it.
→ The football match
6. The letter hasn't arrived yet. I posted it three days ago.
→ The letter
7. He lives in a house. The house is not very big.
→ The house
8. They are playing a song on the radio. Do you like it?
→ Do you like
9. Jane wore a beautiful shirt yesterday. Did you see it?
→ Did you see
10. Sue is going out with a boy. I don't like him.
→ I don't like