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Unit 7 – defining relative clauses

We can use defining relative clauses to


describe a person, place, thing, etc. We
do this to make it clear what we are
referring to.
Let’s look at:
1. When we use defining relative clauses.
2. Relative pronouns and how to use them.

When do we use them?


Function: When do we use them?
Defining relative clauses give information which is necessary to tell us which
object, person, place, etc. we are talking about.

I bought the cheapest t-shirt which was red.

£1
£3
0 £2 0
0
Here, the relative clause, which was red, is
necessary. She didn’t buy the cheapest t-shirt
This is the (the purple one).
cheapest t-shirt.

This is the
Defining relative Relative
cheapest t-
clauses have no pronouns…
shirt which is
red.B1
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comma before them.
Function: What about relative pronouns?
Relative pronouns connect the relative clause to the rest of the sentence. We use different
relative pronouns depending what we are describing.

He’s the boy who I It’s the dog I read a wonderful


It’s the restaurant
walk to school whose owner is
book which was set
where I had my sitting over
with. in New York.
birthday party. there.
things/animals which
In defining relative clauses, we can also use that
places where instead of who or which.

possession whose
In defining relative clauses, we can omit the
relative pronouns who, which or that when the
relative pronoun is the object of the clause, not
the subject. Look…
He’s the boy who I walk to school with. I read a book which was set in NYC.
the boy is the object of the clause
He’s the boy I walk to school with. here, so it can be omitted: I read a book was set in NYC.
I walk toverb
subject school with the boy.
object
We never make relative The book is the subject of the clause
pronouns plural, e.g. whos, here, so it can’t be omitted:
whiches.
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book wasverb
set in NYC.

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