1. RELATIVE SENTENCES
Defining (Especificativas) Non-defining (Explicativas
personas
This is the woman who/that wrote the song
This is the woman (who/whom/that) I asked
The band, who are starting a tour next week, have just
released their third album
Michael, who/whom I saw yesterday, doesn’t look very
healthy lately
cosas
The building which/that is falling down is the
Celtic old church
The song (which/that) I like most is Purple
Rain by Prince
Punk music, which first appeared in the , is becoming
fashionable again.
The last Harry Potter book , which I have already read
twice, is my favourite
momento
It will be in the 3rd
millennium (when/that)
cancer will be cured
In 1958, when my parents got married, life was different
lugar
The department store (where) the terrorist
bomb exploded is totally ruined
The Everest, where this photo was taken, is the nicest
landscape in the world
posesión
That’s the band whose leader was arrested. Antonio Banderas, whose name is well-known in , is my
favourite actor
antecendente
omitido
I didn’t hear what you said
I didn’t hear the things (that) you said
Cuando el relativo va acompañado de una preposición lo más frecuente es poner la preposición al final de la oración de relativo y omitir el relativo.
This is the hotel in which we stayed (formal) This is the hotel (which/where) we stayed in
The person to whom I talked was very friendly (formal) The person (whom) I talked to was very friendly
hat is the song about which we told you (formal) That is the song (which/that) we told you ab

2. 1. EN LAS ORACIONES ESPECIFICATIVAS SI EL PRONOMBRE NO HACE FUNCIÓN DE SUJETO ESTE SE
PUEDE OMITIR.
EJEMPLO: THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO/THAT WROTE THE SONG
SUJETO
THIS IS THE WOMAN (WHO/WHOM/THAT) I ASKED
COMPLEMENTO
2.En las oraciones especificativas con pronombre relativo whose nunca se puede omitir pues junto
con el sustantivo al que acompaña hace función de sujeto la oración subordinada.
That’s the band whose leader was arrested
sujeto
3. En las oraciones explicativas no se usa el relativo that y no se practica nunca la omisión.
Michael, who/whom I saw yesterday, doesn’t look very healthy lately