EXERCISE
37 ( RELATIVE CLAUSES)
1.
The last record
which was produced by this company became a gold record.
2.
Checking accounts
which require a minimum balance are very common now.
3.
The professor to
whom you spoke yesterday is not here today.
4.
John whose grades
are the highest in the school has received a scholarship.
5.
Felipe bought a
camera that has three lenses.
6.
Frank is the man
whom we are going to nominate Frank for the office of treasurer.
7.
The doctor is
with a patient whose leg was broken in an accident.
8.
Jane is the woman
who jane is going to china next year.
9.
Janet wants a
typewriter that self-corrects.
10. This book that last week contains some useful
information.
11. Mr.Bryant whom team has lost the game looks very sad.
12. James wrote an article whom indicated that he disliked
the president.
13. The director of the program who graduated from Harvard
University is planning to retire next year.
14. This is the book that I have been looking for this
book all year.
15. William whose brother is a lawyer wants to become a
judge.
EXERCISE
38 (RELATIVE CLAUSES REDUCTION)
1.
George is the man
chosen to represent the commite at the convention.
2.
All of the money
accepted has already been released.
3.
The papers on the
table belong to Patricia.
4.
The man brought
to the police station confessed to the crime.
5.
The girl drinking
coffe is Marry Allen.
6.
John’s wife
professor, has written several papers on this subject.
7.
The man talking
to the policeman is my uncle.
8.
The book on the
top shelf is the one that I need.
9.
The number of
students having been counted is quite high.
10. Leo Evans a doctor, eats in this restaurant every day.
RELATIVE CLAUSE
1.
The relative
pronouns:
The
relative
pronouns are:
Subject :
who, which, that
Object :
whom, who, which, that
Possesive :
whose, whose
We
use who and whom for people, and which for things.
We use that for people or things.
We use that for people or things.
We
use relative
pronouns to introduce relative clauses, which tell us more about
people and things.
2.
Relative clauses to postmodify a noun
We
use relative clauses to postmodify a noun - to make clear which person or
thing we are talking about. In these clauses we can have the relative pronoun who,
which, whose or that
·
as subject (see
Clauses Sentences and Phrases)
Isn’t
that the woman who lives across the road from you?
The police said the accident that happened last night was unavoidable
The newspaper reported that the tiger which killed its keeper has been put down.
The police said the accident that happened last night was unavoidable
The newspaper reported that the tiger which killed its keeper has been put down.
·
as object of a clause (see
Clauses, Sentences and Phrases)
Have
you seen those people who we met on holiday?
You shouldn’t believe everything that you read in the newspaper.
The house that we rented in London was fully furnished.
The food was definitely the thing which I enjoyed most about our holiday.
You shouldn’t believe everything that you read in the newspaper.
The house that we rented in London was fully furnished.
The food was definitely the thing which I enjoyed most about our holiday.
a. Sometimes we use whom instead of who
when the relative pronoun is the object:
Have you seen those people whom we met on
holiday?
b. When the relative pronoun is object of its
clause we sometimes leave it out:
Have
you seen those people we met on holiday?
You shouldn’t believe everything you read in the newspaper.
The house we rented in London was fully furnished.
The food was definitely the thing I enjoyed most about our holiday.
You shouldn’t believe everything you read in the newspaper.
The house we rented in London was fully furnished.
The food was definitely the thing I enjoyed most about our holiday.
3.
Times and places
We
also use when with times and where with places to make it
clear which time or place we are
talking about:
England
won the world cup in 1996. It was the year when we
got married.
I remember my twentieth birthday. It was the day when the tsunami happened.
Do you remember the place where we caught the train?
Stratford-upon-Avon is the town where Shakespeare was born.
I remember my twentieth birthday. It was the day when the tsunami happened.
Do you remember the place where we caught the train?
Stratford-upon-Avon is the town where Shakespeare was born.
but
we can leave out the word when:
England
won the world cup in 1996. It was the year we got
married.
I remember my twentieth birthday. It was the day the tsunami happened.
I remember my twentieth birthday. It was the day the tsunami happened.
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