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Describing objects,
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Lengua Adicional al Español (Inglés) IV
Tema 2: Relatives Clauses Unidad III:
Relatives Clauses
Limericks are humour poems. They begin by introducing a person and a place.
Examples:
There was a young man from Spain.
There was an old lady from Bath.
In each box, three are three jumbled limericks. Sort the lines into the correct order. Some
have been done for you.
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.
One day, they suppose
Who used to eat onions in bed.
There was an old woman from Kent (1)
It’s not very funny.
And found it was perfectly true.
His mother said ‘Sonny,
And nobody knows where she went.
There was an old man from Crewe (6)
With a terrible fright
Whose nose was remarkably bent.
Why don’t you eat people instead?’
She followed her nose
There was a young cannibal called Ned, (11)
There was a young lady from Gloucester (1)
One day for her tea
Who grew exceedingly tall.
He could stretch out his leg
Who was awfully fond of small gherkins. He woke u pin the night
The trouble was how to defrost her.
From the fridge came a sound
There was a young lady called Perkins (6)
And turn off the light in the hall.
There was a young man called Paul (11)
And pickled her internal workings.
And at last she was found.
Whose parents thought they had lost her.
She devoured forty-three
When he got into bed.
Tema II: Relatives Clauses
GRAMMAR
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that links two clauses into a single complex one.
Relative pronouns occur at the head of adjective clauses. They can refer to persons or things
(physical objects, ideas, etc.) and to clauses.
Example:
1. This is a modern house. Jack built this house.
2. This is the modern house that Jack built.
The noun or clause to which a relative pronoun refers is its antecedent; some examples in
English:
3. The book that you want to borrow is not available.
4. John drives too fast, which makes his wife nervous.
Relative pronoun Use Example
Who subject or object pronoun for I told you about the woman who
people lives next door.
Which subject or object pronoun for Do you see the cat which is lying on
animals and things the roof?
Which referring to a whole sentence He couldn’t read which surprised
me.
Whose possession for people animals Do you know the boy whose
and things mother is a nurse?
Whom object pronoun for people, I was invited by the professor
especially in non-defining whom I met at the conference.
relative clauses (in defining
relative clauses we colloquially
prefer who)
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That subject or object pronoun for I don’t like the table that stands in
people, animals and things in the kitchen
defining relative clauses (who
or which are also possible)
Where Refers a place That’s the hotel where we’re
staying
When Refers a time expresión We go swimming after 5.00, when
everyone else has gone home.
Subject Pronoun or Object Pronoun?
Subject and object pronouns cannot be distinguished by their forms - who, which, that are used
for subject and object pronouns. You can, however, distinguish them as follows:
If the relative pronoun is followed by a verb, the relative pronoun is a subject pronoun. Subject
pronouns must always be used.
The apple which is lying on the table
If the relative pronoun is not followed by a verb (but by a noun or pronoun), the relative
pronoun is an object pronoun. Object pronouns can be dropped in defining relative clauses,
which are then called Contact Clauses.
The apple (which) George lay on the table
Complete the sentences using the right relative pronoun.
1-That red car, _______________ is red, is my brother’s.
2-I live in the house _______________ is at the corner.
3-John,______________ is 65, is still working.
4-Those girls, ____________ are playing volleyball, are my friends.
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5- That is the boy ____________ surname is the same as mine.
If you haven’t read “Romeo and Juliet”, investigate and underline the
correct option.
1. The problem which caused Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy was:
a) their parent’s jealousy b) the rivalry among their
families
c) Romeo’s family d) Juliet’s parents
2. There was misunderstanding that causes Juliet and Romeo
a) run away together b) don’t see each other anymore
c) kill themselves d) get married and live happily for ever.
3. ________________________- is other play whose author is
Shakespeare:
a) The Little Prince b) Don Quixote
c) Othello d) The Importance of
Being Ernest.
4. Verona, which is in ____________________, is the city where those lovers lived and died:
a) Italy b) Germany
c) France d) England
Tema II: Relatives Clauses
GRAMMAR
Relative clauses
It is important to distinguish between defining and non- defining relative clauses.
Defining Relative Clauses are an essential part of the meaning of a sentence and therefore they
cannot be left out. They define exactly who or what we are talking about.
Defining relative clauses are not put in commas.
Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?
Defining relative clauses are often used in definitions.
A seaman is someone who works on a ship
Notice that English likes to drop the relative pronoun when it defines the object of the
clause.
The doctor who helped me most was Dr Clark. (Subject)
The doctor I found most helpful was Dr Clark. (Object)
The treatment that helped the most was acupuncture. (Subject)
The treatment I liked best was acupuncture. (Object)
The boy (who/whom) we met yesterday is very nice. (Object)
Non-Defining Relative Clauses add extra information of secondary importance, but not define it;
and can be left out of a sentence.
Non-defining relative clauses when written are put in commas, and pauses before and after
them when spoken.
Mrs Bottomley, who was a extremely mean person while she was alive, has left all her money to
a cat’s home.
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Non-defining relative clauses are mainly found in written English, where sentences are carefully
constructed. In spoken English, they sound rather formal, and can easily be expressed by
simpler sentences.
Note: In non-defining relative clauses, who/which may not be replaced with that.
Examples:
My favourite drink is whisky, which is one of Britain’s
most profitable exports.
I gave him a sandwich, which he ate greedily.
Fill in the space with a relative pronoun.
1. A passport is a document _____________ you must have if you want to go out of the country.
2. A visa is a document ___________________ you need to go into some countries.
3. A consul is the person _____________ interviews the future traveller.
4. There are some countries ___________ don’t ask for visitors for a visa.
5. The United States of America is the country _________ visa is the most required.
Write the correct relative clause and put the comma where necessary:
