Explanations

RеIativeсlauses Rеlativе сlausеsarе short phrasesbеginning with words likе rl'llo,tlшt and tуhiсh
(сallеd ,rеlativеpronouns,,)that dеfinе or dеsсribе pеoplе and things. Тhеге aте
two typеs:

r Defining rеlativе сlausеs:Wе usе thеsе to idеntify еxaсtly whiсh pегson oг

thing wе mеan. Thе information is nесеssaryfor thе sеntеnсеto makе sеnsе.
The doсtorwho treаted me told me not to worry.
In this еxamplе thеrе is morе than onе doсtor аnd wе only know whiсh onе
by thе rеlativе сlausе.

r Non-dеfining rеlativе сlausеs:Wе usе thеsе to givе еxtra information. Тhе

information is not nесеssaryfor thе sеntеnсе to makе sеnsе.Tо show this in
writing Wе usе сommas.
Pаblo Piсаsso,who died iп 1973, wаs а pаiпterапd sculptor,

Rеlativе pronouns l whiсh, thаt

Whiсh rеfersto things and thаt rеfеrsto pеoplе and things. Thаt is morc
сommon, еspесially in spеесh.
The bus whiсh goes to Саiro lеаvesfrom hеre.
The womаn thаt we spoketo 8аvе uS directioпs.
The roаd thаt ule took led to ап апcient temple.

l who and уvhom

Who and whom rеfеr to pеoplе.
In formal spеесh and writing Wе сan :шsewhom instеad of lцhowhеrе who is
thе objесt of thе sеntеnсе (sееbеlow). Wе сan also usе tцlhomafter a
prеposition. Howеvеr, this is bесoming lеss сommon and in modеrn Еnglish
spеakеrsrarеly :usewhom _ instеad thеy usе who or thаt.
The peoplеwho live neхt doormаke а lot of noisе'
The peoplethаt live neхt doormаke а lot of пoisе.
It wаs the sаme boy whom I met уesterdау'
(,I,is thе subjесt,,Whom, is thе objесt)
No one kпowsbу whom the viсtim wаs shot.
(aftеrthе prеposition ,bу', bllt YеIy ralе in modеrn Еnglish.)
No one kпows ulho the viсtim wаs shot by.
(normal usagе in spеесh and writing)

l whosе
Whose shows that somеthing bеlongs to somеonе.
The girl whose саsеhаd beепstolenwепt to thepоliсе stсltiott.

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Leaving out the Tо undеrstand whethеr you сan lеavе out the rеlativе pronoun yoщгiтst-iееa
relativepronoun to look at whеthеr thе relativе сlausе refersto the subieсt ot 9fuу{ctof thе
sеntеnсе.

A rеlativе сlausе that теfегsto thе subjесt of thе sеntеnсe:

The doctor who trеаted me told mе not to,worry.
The doсtor (subjесt) treаtedme (obiect).

A rеlativе сlausе that refеrsto thе obiесt of thе sеntеnсе:

The doctor that/whofuhom I spoke to told me not to worry.
l (subiесt)spoketo the doсtor(objесt).
Wе сan lеavе оut the rеlativе pronoun in a dеfining rеlativе сlausе that rеfеrs
to thе objесt.
The doсtor I spoke to told me not to worry.

Wе саnnot lеavе out the rеlativе pronoun in a dеfining relativе сlausе that
rеfеrsto thе subjeсt.
The doctor-who treаted me told me not to worry.

In a non.dеfining rеlativе сlausе wе must keеp thе rеlativе plonoun.

Pаblo Piсаsso, who died in 1973, wаs а pаinter аnd sсulptor.

Wе сan also lеavе out thе rеlative pronoun aftеr a superlativе.

Thаt wаs the best meаI (thаt)I,ve evereаtеп!

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1 Underlinethе сorreсtword in eaсh sentenсe.

a) An old man, who/whiсhwas сarrying a suitсаse,knoсkеd at thе door.

b) Тhe winnеr, whiсh/whosebikе was an unusual dеsign, Won a mеdal.
с) Thе g1r|who/whiсh spokе to mе turnеd out to bе in my сlass.
d) Тhе musеum, which/whosewas in a bеautiful building, was сlosеd.
е) A poliсеwoman thаt/whiсhwе askеd told us how to gеt thеrе.
f) Thе boу whose/whomhollsе I was staying at Was an old friеnd.
g) Thе last pеrson whiсh/whosepеn I borrowеd didn,t gеt it baсk.

2 Completе еaсh sentenсewith who, whoseor thаt.

housе I stayеd in is сoming to stay with us.

a) Thе friеnd ..'N.!зоsr.......
b) Thе guidеbook .. wе bought еxplainеd еvеrything.
с) Thе сouplе .. housе I bought both workеd in my offiсе.
you wеrе talkingto.
d) I,d likе you to tеll mе .....................
rulеr I had borrowеdwantеdit baсk.
e) Тhе girl .....................
f) I сan,t rеmеmbеr .. I lеnt my bikе to.
8) Do you know .. Сathеrinе works for?

3 Deсidewhether thе сlausеin itolicsis Definingor Non-dеfining.Writе D or N

nеxt to еaсh sentenсe.

a) Thе git| who wаs wаiting was bесoming impatient.

b) Thе room' whiсhwаs епormous,was fillеd with linеs of сhairs.
с) Thе studеnts, who werе lаte, waited in thе playground.
d) Thе food which wаs lefr Was еatеn thе following day.
е) A tall gir|, who wаs weаring а hаt, сame into thе room.
f) Thе dog, which wаs lуing on the sofа, had long pointеd еaгs.
g) Thе train-whiсh leаvesаt 8.00 doesn,t stop at Bath.

4 Underlinerelativepronounswhiсh сan bе left out in thеsе sеntenGеs.

a) Thе book that John was rеading was a bit frightеning.

b) Thе tтavel agеnсy whiсh sold mе thе tiсkеt Wasnеar my offiсе.
с) In thе еnd, our holiday was thе bеst that wе had еver had.
d) Thе dеntist who I go to isn,t vеry еxpеnsivе.
е) Thе film whiсh Wе sаWlast wееk was muсh bеttеr than this onе.
f) Thе pеoplе who werе lеaving сouldn,t find thеir сoats.
g) Thе gardеn, whiсh wasn,t vеry largе, was full of flowеrs.

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5 Rеwritе еaсh formal sentenсe as an informal one, ending with thе *o.с ф"n.
\
a) Thеsе arе thе boys with whom I wеnt on holiday. \
t.hp...hp.у.l...I..у'lplэl-'.q'у!.!ll!.idg.y.....
.,'Тhнp,.g'r'e with.
...............
b) This is thе lеttеr foт whiсh I,vе bееn waiting.
for.
с) Тhat is thе shop fгom ъ'hiсh Suе bought hет bikе.
from.
d) That is thе hotеl at $'hiсh I stayed.
at.
е) Tim is somеonе to whom I haгdly еvеr writе.
to.
fl Do you know by whom this book was writtеn?
....by?
o\
o) Ravеnna was thе most intеrеsting town in whiсh wе stayеd.
in
h) ;;,,;;;";;;;; ;;,;;";;;;;;;;;;;:;;" ,;;;;
.........
against.

6 Add a relative pronoun to eaсh sentenсе.

a) Friday was thе last timе I saw Jim.

...Г.ridgу''.w.q,r...t.hе..Lq{.t...&у!1&..thnt..I..,r'awJiш'..
b) Thе island wе visitеd Was еxtrеmеly bеautiful.

с) Thе girl I mеt was a friend of Philip,s.

d) Thе mеal wе atе wasn,t vеIy tasty.

е) Gina was thе first pеrson I askеd.

f) Thе book I rеad didn,t еxplain thе problеm.

g) Тhе tеaсhег rvе usually har.е was away ill.

h) Thе friеnds I mеt last night sеnd you thеiт lovе.

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(ombining r Look at thеsе short sеntеnсеs.
5€n tenсes А bus goes to Саiro. It leаvesfrom herе.
A womаn teасhesus musiс. She аlso plауs iп ап orсhеstrсl'
We took а roаd. It led to ап апcient temple.
We spoketo а womап. Shegаvе us dirесtions.
Wе сan сombine thе sеntеnсеsusing rеlativе сlausеs.
The bus thаt goеs to Саiro leаvesfrom here.
The womаn who teасhеsus musiс аlso plауs iп ап orсhestrа.
The roаd (thаt) we took led to аn аnсieпt temple.
The womаn (thаt) we spokеto gаve us directioпs.

r Notе that artiсlеs oftеn сhangе (е.8. from а/аn to thе)whеn sеntеnсеsarе
сombinеd.
A girl,s ссlsе-wсts
stolen'Shе went to thepoliсe stсltioп.
The girl whoseсаSewаSstoleпwent to thеpoliсе stаtioп.

A doсtor treаtedme. She told me пot to worrу.

The doсtorwho treаtedme told me пot to worrу.

I spoketo а doсtor.Shе told me пot to worry.

The doсtorI spokеto told me not to worry.

r Notе this сommon еIrOr: .

Whеn wе сombinе sеntеnсеswе do not lеpеat thе subjесt by adding anothеr
pronoun (The bus ... it).

Rе|ativeсlauses Thе rеlativе сlausе oftеn has a сontinuous vеrb form:

with an -ing form Сап аlI the studeпtswho аre leаving tomorrowgive bасk their books?
I sent а саrd to thеgirl who-wаs living асrossthe street.
In this сasе Wе сan lеavе out both thе rеlativе plonoun and thе уe'Jrlbе.
Саn аIl the studeпtsleаving tomorrowgivе bасk thеir books?
I seпt а саrd to the girl living асrossthe street.

Whаt as a reIative We сan usе the rеlativе pronoun whаt to rnеaл the thiпg(s)thсlt.
pronoun We didп,t uпdеrstапdwhаt she sаid. (= thе things that shе said)
Whаt I wсlпtnow is а сup of tеа. (= thе thing that I \^-ant)

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Undеrline thе сorreсt word in eaсh sentenсe. \

a) Thе ttain whiсhhуho goesto Bfghton lеaves from hеrе.
b) Thаt/Whaf I like bеst is an aftеrnoon at thе beaсh.
с) I didn,t know who/ъ,hiсhto ask about my timеtablе.
d) Thе pеоplе whiсh7\vhose luggagеwas lost had to wait a long timе.
е) Whеrе,s thе rulег vуhose/thаtI left on this desk?
f) Thе shop whаt/thсt I wеnt to didn,t havе any milk.
B) Oo you know whom/whosebag this is?
h) Еvеryone ц,ho/.whichwas thеrе will геmеmbеr thе day forеvеr.
i) Thе sесond bls, ulhiсh/ъ,hosеwas full, didn,t stop eithеr.
i) Jim was hеlpеd by someonе who/-whom told him thе answеr.

2 Some sentenсeshave a word whiсh should not be thеre. Write thе word in the
spaсe. lf the sentenсе is сorreсt put a tiсk (/).
ti
a) Thе man whose his сar had bееn damaged was vеry angry. .'.r.L.w.
b) That was thе longеst film I,vе еvеr seеn.
с) Thе train whiсh it goеs to London lеavеs from here.
d) Thе poliсеwoman who shе stoppеd me askеd mе my namе.
е) Тhе Еiffеl Towеr,whiсh it Wasfinishеd in 1889, is madе of iron.
0 Еvеryonе that Еlеna spokе to advisеd her to try again.
s) Thе сhildтеn that they livе nеxt door aIе my friеnds.
3 Rewrite eaсh pair of sentenсesas one sentеnсе,and inсlude the word in bold.
Begin as shown, and make any neсessaryсhanges.

a) We want to visit a musеum. It opеns at 1.2'oo.

that
Tt,е
..'!!0!|{.%lk..th+.t..уJ.9.'уу.g.цt...tp'..Yн'it..!P9у'у..'4t...
b) A boy,s bikе was takеn. Hе visitеd thе poliсе station.
whosе
Thе ...........
с) A friеnd mеt ше at thе airport. Hе сaтriеdmy suitсasе.
whо
Тhе ............
d) Тom сookеd a mеal. It was dеliсious.
that
Thе...........
е) A friеnd is staying with me. Shе сomes from Paris.
who
Thе............

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0 I found a man,s wallеt. Hе gave mе a rеwaтd.

whose
The
g) I go to a shop in thе сеntrе. It is сhеapет.
that
Thе
h) I wеnt to a girl,s party. Shе phonеd mе.
whosе
Thе
i) I know somеonе. This pеrson likеs you.
who
I

4 Put one word in еaсh spaсе, or tiсk (/) the spaсе if the sеntenсe is сorrесt.

a) Wе sеnt a prеsеntto thе сhildrеn .........{.'........

living nеxt door.
b) Мikе doеsn,t rеally know .. hе wants.
с) I startеdtalking to somе boys .......... sitting by thе sidе of thе road.
d) I askеdМary ......... shе was thinking, but shе wouldn,t tеll mе.
е) Thеrе werе lots of pеoplе at thе palty ......... wе wеnt to.
f) I don,t rеally know .. you,rе talking about.
g) .....................
Wе nееd now is a map and a сompass.
h) Wе saw two rabbits .. playing in thе gardеn.

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