RELATIVE CLAUSES

 

We use 'relative clauses' when we want to give more information about the person or thing we are talking about. Without that information, the sentence will be meaningless. 

Saying … “Send me the photo” is not the same as “Send me the photo which I took of you yesterday.”

MORE EXAMPLES:

• That’s the woman who stole my coat.
• That’s the man that I spoke to last week.
• Where is the apple that I told you to not to eat?

USES 

To introduce relative clauses we use the relative pronouns:

• who is used for people 

My sister, who lives in New York, is pregnant.

• Which is used for things: objets and animals)

My dog, which is called Pancake, is a vegetarian.

• That is used also for people and things, but in definiing relative clauses

That’s the man that I spoke to last week.

• Where is used for places

The Palace hotel, where many celebrities stay, is being closed down.

• When is used for time 

I'll never forget the day when i met you

• Whose is used for possession

That's the girl whose boyfriend came this morning

  NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSE

We use non-defining relative clauses when we want to join two sentences into one. 

For example…

The Queen will be 93 in April. She loves skydiving.

The Queen, who loves skydiving, will be 93 in April.

PRACTICE

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/relative-clauses-exercise-1.html