2. DefiningRelativeClauses … are usedtogiveimportantinformationabout a Person WHO She’sthewoman WHO workswith me Place WHERE That’sthehouse WHERE I wasborn Thing WHICH It’s a book WHICH tellsyouhowto relax … WHOSE means ‘of who’ / ‘of which’ That’stheboy WHOSE fatherplaysfor Real Madrid
3. DefiningRelativeClauses You can use THATinstead of WHOorWHICH It’s a bookWHICH / THAT tellsyouhowto relax Julia’sthewomanWHO / THAT workswith me But… That’sthehouseWHERE / THAT I wasborn
4. DefiningRelativeClauses WHO, WHICH, and THAT can beomittedwhentheverbs in themain and in therelativeclausehave a differentsubject. He istheman (who/that) I metin theplane
5. Non-definingRelativeClauses The relativeclausegivesextra, non-essentialinformation. Thispainting,WHICHwaspainted in 1860,isworth £2 million. The sentencemakessensewithoutit. Thispainting(…) isworth £2 million. Youmustputtherelativeclausebetweencommas. Thispainting,WHICH waspainted in 1860,isworth £2 million.
6. Non-DefiningRelativeClauses You CAN’T leaveouttherelativepronoun Lastweek I visited my aunt,WHO’snearly 90 yearsold. *Lastweek I visited my aunt, isnearly90 yearsold. You CAN’T use thatinstead of who/which Thispainting, WHICH / THATwaspainted in 1860, isworth £2 million.
