Slide da disciplina de Língua Inglesa. Tema: Relative Clauses.

1. Relative
Clauses

2. Use relative clauses to provide extra information.
- Defining relative clause;
Ex: My sister who is good is always late.
(Minha irmã que é boa sempre está atrasada)
- Non-defining relative clause.
Ex: My friend Marry, who is English, is his my neighbor.
(Minha amiga Marry, que é inglesa, é sua nova vizinha)

3. Relative pronoun Use Example
Who Subject or object pronoun for
people
I told you about the woman who
lives next door.
Which Subject or object pronoun for
animals and things
Do you see the cat which is lying
on the roof?
Whose Possession for people animals
and things
Do you know the boy whose
mother is a nurse?
Whom Object pronoun for people,
especially in non-defining
relative clauses.
I was invited by the teacher
whom I met at the conference.
That Subject or object pronoun for
people, animals and things in
defining relative clauses
I don’t like the table that stands
in the kitchen.

4. The information is important in specifying what is being discussed.
People: who, whom or that.
Is this the man who/that stole your bag?
Este é o homem que roubou sua bolsa?
Things: which or that.
I need a car which is big. (Eu preciso de um carro que é grande)
People or things: whose.
The tree whose leaves have fallen. (A árvore cujas folhas caíram.)

5. 1. Never place between commas;
My brother who works as a police officer lives in New York.
2. Who, whom e which maybe replaced by that.
That is the woman who cleans my house every week.
(Essa é a mulher que limpa a minha casa toda semana)
3. If the pronoun is the complement of a preposition, can be omitted.
The people you came back with are acquaintances of mine.
(As pessoas que você voltou com são conhecidos meus)

6. The information is unnecessary/extra.
People: who, whom or whose;
Emma, who has two children, is my best friend.
(Emma, que tem dois filhos, é minha melhor amiga)
Things: which or whose;
Tom didn't phone, which I found very strange.
(Tom não telefonar, que eu achei muito estranho)

7. 1. Place between commas;
My brother, who is a police officer, lives in New York.
(Meu irmão, que é policial, vive em Nova York.)
2. First, mid or end position;
You should stop smoking, which is bad for you.
(Você deve parar de fumar, o que é ruim para você.)
3. Whose cannot be issued or substituted for that.

8. My brother who lives in London has two children.
(Meu irmão que mora em Londres tem dois filhos)
My brother, who lives in London, has two children.
Meu irmão, que mora em Londres, tem dois filhos.

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Gabriel Henrique
Gabriela Pedroso
Lucas Forlin
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