Relative clauses

1. Relative clauses
non-defining/defining

2. Objectives
• To identify and use relative pronouns in sentences.
• To identify and use relative clauses. ( defining and non-defining)

3. WHO is
used for people
Who is your friend?
My friend who is an honest person.

4. WHICH
is used for
animals
Which is your favourite pet?
Dog which is my favourite pet.

5. WHICH
is used for
things
Which colour do you like?
Red which is the colour I like the most.

6. WHERE
is used for
places
Where did you stay?
This is the hotel where we
stayed in our holidays.

7. WHENis
used for time
When can we relax?
Saturday is the only day when
we can relax.

8. WHOSE
is used for
possession
Whose plays became famous
around the world?
Shakespeare was a famous
writers whose plays became
famous around the world.

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10. 3
5
4
1
2

12. whose
which when
where
which

13. Read the sentences. Are they the same or different?
• The girl who is my
neighbour is a doctor .
• Which of these setences
is talking about a known
person?
• Hiba, who is my
neighbour, is a doctor

14. Read the sentences. Are they the same or different?
• Ann’s sister who is a
tennis champion visited
her last weekend.
• Has Ann got more than
one sister?
• YES
• Ann’s sister, who is a
tennis champion, visited
her last weekend.
• Has Ann got more than
one sister?
• NO

15. 1
2

16. What are defining and nondefining relative clauses
Defining mean essential ( important)
None defining means not essential ( not important)
https://youtu.be/7AfKYUwlClo

17. First lets learn all about the relative pronouns
• They are words used to refer to nouns
• https://youtu.be/QmMGo265bWk?feature=shared

18. Defining relative clauses rules
They give ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
We DON’T USE COMMAS in them.
• WHO, and WHICH can be substituted by THAT
• Ann’s sister who is a tennis champion visited her last
weekend.
• The table whose legs are broken is at the back of the
classroom.

19. Non-defining relative clauses rules:
 They give EXTRA INFORMATION
 We USE COMMAS in them
 That can’t replace ( who, and which)
 Ann’s sister, who is a tennis champion, visited her last week.
 (We probably know that Ann has got only one sisiter)
 Charles Dickens, whose novel Oliver Twist we read last term, was born two
hundred years ago.
 (We already know that Ch.Dickens wrote Oliver Twist)

21. Steps to join two sentences in a relative
clause
1.- Find the common element
The man is very tall. I saw him yesterday.

22. 2.- Cross out the second element.
That man is very tall. I saw him yesterday.
3.- Start copying the first sentence until the first
common element.
4.- Write the relative pronoun:
who
which
whose
That man

23. 5.- Copy the second sentence, except the
element we had crossed out.
I saw yesterday
The man who
6.- If there is anything left from the first
sentence, copy it afterwards.
is very tall.
The man who I saw yesterday

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25. Write the answers on your interactive
- Write the date
- write the page number
- Write the objective
• A mobile phone is something which we use to call friends.
• The cinema is a place where we watch films.
• A zoo is a place where we see animals.
• A teacher is a person who teaches young people.
• A gorilla is an animal which lives in Africa.
• A doctor is a person who makes people feel better.
• A pool is a place where we go swimming.
• A camera is something which we use to take photos.