3 Lesson Defining Relative Clauses

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RELATIVE CLAUSES

We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words.

It is important to understand the difference between two kinds of relative clauses.

1. Defining relative clauses

2. Non-defining relative clauses.

Examples relatives clauses

It is important to understand the difference between two kinds of relative clauses.

1. Defining relative clauses

2. Non-defining relative clauses.

DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

Defining R clauses

 

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

1. Notice how we can leave out the relative pronoun if it is the object of the relative clause. This is very common.

Pronoun left out

2. We cannot leave out the pronoun if it is the subject of the clause.

Pronoun not left out

3. Here the possible pronouns. The words in brackets are possible, but not as common. _____ means nothing.

possible pronouns

 

 

QUESTION: Make one sentence from two using the right relative pronoun:

A man phoned. He didn't give his name