Defining relative clause Prepositions before relative pronouns

The clause provides the important information needed

to identify the noun or noun phrase that precedes it, and

When the relative pronoun is the object of a preposition,
we have two ways of writing it:
if the clause is omitted, the sentence will be obscured.

Ex: The man about whom you are talking is my
A defining relative clause is used when the noun is an

brother.
indefinite noun and a comma is not used to separate it

Ex: The picture at which
you are looking is very
from the main clause.

expensive.
Remember:

EX:The boy *In formal English, we can

use noun of which for
-Do not use commas before and
some cases:
2
2 // 6
6 // 9
9

after defining relative clauses who is wearing

Ex: The huge amount of oil was spilled, the effects of
- Can use all relative clauses like: a blue T shirt is
which are still being left( Which= The huge amount
Who,Whom,Who,Which,That,Where,
my little of oil was spilled)
When

brother.

RELA
Non-defining relative clause CLAU TIVE REDUCE RELATIVE CLAUSE
SES If the relative clause is an active clause,
it can be reduced to the present participle
(V-ing).
Ex:
- The man who stands at the door is my uncle.
=> The man standing at the door is my uncle.
Notes : We can use the past participle (V3/ed) instead of a relative clause
-Relational clauses replace: proper names, with the when it has a passive meaning.

DINO
Ex:
words "this, that, those, these" or after the possessive -The woman who is / was injured was my neighbor => The
adjectives "my , your, his,her, its, our, their" woman injured was my neighbor.

*Do not use That in indefinite clauses A relative clause is reduced to a To-infinitive when
*Do not omit the relative pronoun after the indefinite there are phrases before the relative pronoun: the
pronoun first, the second, the last, the only or the superlative
form

Ex: Ex: -The first student to come to class has to

- Taylor Swift, who is famous all round the world, clean the board.
is a singer. - Mr.Forbes was the oldest man to fly to the
moon.