Relative clausesWho does what?

Who is he/she?

give instructions to actors on the set.

A newsreader is someone …A cameraman is the

person …

A director is someone…

A mixing table is a device…

who/that

….reads the news.

…operates the camera.

…mixes the images from different cameras.

who/that

which /that

whoseHis job is to give instructions to actors

on the set.

…job is to

relative pronouns

People Things Subject who / that which / thatObject who / that* which / that*

Possessive whose whose

Preposition

who/that…+ prep

prep +whom…

which/that…+prep

prep + which* they can be omitted.

That’s the programme that I watch on Sunday evenings.

Relatives with prepositions I was talking to a blond woman. She is

the reality show presenter.

That blond woman……(who / that) I was talking to is the

reality show presenter. to whom I was talking is the reality

show presenter.

Are the relative clauses below essential or do they simply add information?

José Rodrigues dos Santos, who is also a fiction writer, gained notoriety as a war reporter.

The reporter is someone who writes his own news reports.

essentialadditional

Relative Clauses

DEFINING are essential to

the understanding of the message.

tell us who or what exactly we are talking about.

NON-DEFINING additional

information about the person or topic

can be removed from the original sentence without losing sense.

are separated by commas.

Non-defining clauses

Non defining relative clauses:

cannot use “that”separated by commas

(,) relatives are never

omitted

people thingsSubject /object ,who …, ,which …,

+ preposition ,prep. + whom .., ,prep.+ which…,

possessives , whose….., , whose…..,

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Right or wrong?

The woman which is sitting at the desk is Mr. Winter's secretary.

I cannot remember the reason that he wanted us to leave.

She didn’t see the snake which was lying on the ground.

Do you know the shop whose Andrew picked me up?

who

why

where

Complete with a relative.

A Dutch is a person …….…………from the Netherlands.

4th July is the day ………….Americans celebrate independence.

An alarm clock is a device ……………… wakes you up in the morning.

A sports arena is a place …………..sports events take place.

Fear is one of the reasons …………… people become aggressive.

who / that

when

which / that

where

why

Relative pronoun omitted?This is the ring that I found

yesterday. Do you know the man that is

speaking with Anne? I still have the book that you

gave me. Is this the woman that lost her

purse? Is this the key that we were

looking for?

4. A monk is a man who /that has devoted his

life to God. The city, which is usually crowded with

people, seems to be abandoned. A herbivore is an animal that/which feeds

upon vegetation. Carol, who is only 9 years old, plays the

piano brilliantly. Sydney, which is the largest Australian city,

is not the capital of Australia. TV stations pay huge sums of money to their

stars, which is unacceptable.

, ,

Right or wrong?

Bill Gates who founded Microsoft has now retired from the company.

The Eiffel Tower, that was originally built as a temporary structure, is still standing over 100 years later.

I have a friend who lives on the Isle of Mugg where is in Scotland.

which

,whic

h

Right or wrong?

They always celebrate the day on which the country achieved independence.

What have you done with the books which I gave them to you yesterday?

She brought a camera, which she had bought earlier that day.

Complete the sentences with a suitable relative and commas if needed.

Bob Geldof is a singer and songwriter _______ was born in Ireland in 1954.

He is the famous pop musician _______ organized charity pop concerts in the 1980s.

“I don’t like Mondays.” is the name of one of his songs _______ became a big hit.

“Bond Aid” was the name of the group _______ song ,“Feed the World”, raised $8 million for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Add a relative and commas if needed.13th July 1985 was the day _______ two

major concerts took place in NY and London simultaneously.

Phil Collins _________ private plane flew him to America performed in both cities.

Queen’s performance ________ lasted 20 minutes has been voted the greatest live performance in the history of rock music.“