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    This document provides information on relative clauses in English: 1) Relative clauses are used to identify a person, place or thing being discussed and include a relative pronoun like who, that, which. 2) More formal writing uses relative pronouns like which and whom instead of that when a preposition is involved. 3) Whose is used to express possession and cannot be replaced with that.

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    This document provides information on relative clauses in English: 1) Relative clauses are used to identify a person, place or thing being discussed and include a relative pronoun like who, that, which. 2) More formal writing uses relative pronouns like which and whom instead of that when a preposition is involved. 3) Whose is used to express possession and cannot be replaced with that.

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    This document provides information on relative clauses in English: 1) Relative clauses are used to identify a person, place or thing being discussed and include a relative pronoun like who, that, which. 2) More formal writing uses relative pronouns like which and whom instead of that when a preposition is involved. 3) Whose is used to express possession and cannot be replaced with that.

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    Grammar Reference

    Unit 6
    This is the same place which / that / ø we went to
    ORACIONES DE RELATIVO last year.
    Here’s the girl who / that / ø I told you about.
    The friend who / that / ø I went to the party with is
    • Las oraciones de relativo (defining relative clauses) se coming tonight.
    usan para identificar a la persona, lugar o cosa de la que
    estamos hablando. • En registro formal, la preposición puede ir delante del
    pronombre relativo. Entonces se usa which y whom,
    • Van inmediatamente después del nombre al que se nunca that.
    refieren y están introducidas por un pronombre de
    The people with whom he works are all actors.
    relativo.
    The people (that) he works with are all actors.
    The woman who / that answered the phone was nice. This is the book about which I told you.
    Where is the book which / that was on the table? This is the book (that) I told you about.
    This is the boy whose mother works with me.
    The boy whose mother phoned is waiting outside.
    WHOSE
    • La información que aportan es esencial para poder
    identificar a la persona o cosa y no se puede omitir.
    Se usa para expresar posesión.
    The man who / that I’m going to marry has been my No se puede omitir ni sustituir por that.
    friend for thirty years.
    I’ve got a friend, and his mother is a well-known artist.
    The project which / that we started together is a great (I’ve got a friend whose mother is a well-known artist.)
    success. My parents know a man with a very talented son. (My
    parents know a man whose son is very talented.)
    Fíjate
    ‘The man has been my friend for thirty years’ no ADVERBIOS DE RELATIVO
    da suficiente información; el oyente tendría que
    preguntar: • Los adverbios de relativo son complementos
    circunstanciales del verbo.
    ‘What man are you talking about?’
    ‘The man I’m going to marry’. • Se suelen utilizar en sustitución de los pronombres
    relativos con preposición, que es una estructura más
    formal.
    PRONOMBRES DE RELATIVO: USO
    That’s the day when (on which) we first saw him.
    Y OMISIÓN This is the place where (in which) I studied law.

    WHO / THAT / WHICH WHERE


    • Who y that se usan para identificar personas.
    Peter is the man who / that wrote the book. • Para referirnos a lugares se usa where.
    Anna and Michael are the people who / that got
    married last year. • No se puede omitir.
    • Which y that se usan para identificar animales o cosas. This is the hotel where we spent our last holidays.
    The university where I work is very old.
    That is the lion which / that attacked its keeper.
    This is the book which / that won the Booker Prize That is the lion which / that attacked its keeper.
    This is the book which / that won the Booker Prize
    this year.
    this year.
    • En registro informal, los pronombres de relativo who, • En registro informal, los pronombres de relativo who,
    which, that, se pueden omitir (ø) cuando funcionan which, that, se pueden omitir (ø) cuando funcionan
    como objeto de la oración de relativo. Nunca se omiten como objeto de la oración de relativo. Nunca se omiten
    si funcionan como sujeto de dicha oración. si funcionan como sujeto de dicha oración.
    - Como sujeto: - Como sujeto:
    That’s the boy who / that lives with her. That’s the boy who / that lives with her.
    She’s not the student who / that failed the exam. She’s not the student who / that failed the exam.
    These are the things which / that worry me a lot. These are the things which / that worry me a lot.
    I really like the car which / that has a red roof. I really like the car which / that has a red roof.
    - Como objeto: - Como objeto:
    She’s the person who / that / ø I met in the library. She’s the person who / that / ø I met in the library.
    She is not the girl who / that / ø I’m looking for. She is not the girl who / that / ø I’m looking for.
    I like the book which / that / ø you bought for me. I like the book which / that / ø you bought for me.
    Here are the cats which / that / ø I told you about. Here are the cats which / that / ø I told you about.
    • Si el verbo lleva preposición, esta siempre va al final • Si el verbo lleva preposición, esta siempre va al final
    de la oración de relativo. de la oración de relativo.
    B1.1

    This is the same place which / that / ø we went to


    last year.
     XPRESAR EMOCIONES Y OPINIONES:
    E
    Here’s the girl who / that / ø I told you about. ADJETIVOS TERMINADOS EN -ING Y -ED
    The friend who / that / ø I went to the party with is
    coming tonight. • Algunos adjetivos se forman añadiendo los sufijos -ing
    • En
     registro formal, la preposición puede ir delante del o -ed a verbos.
    pronombre relativo. Entonces se usa which y whom, to alarm alarming / alarmed
    nunca that.
    to shock shocking / shocked
    The people with whom he works are all actors. to entertain entertaining / entertained
    The people (that) he works with are all actors. to interest interesting / interested
    This is the book about which I told you.
    This is the book (that) I told you about. • Los adjetivos que terminan en -ing describen nuestra
    opinión sobre cosas o personas. En español el adjetivo
    se suele usar con el verbo ‘ser’.
    WHOSE Your brother is really amusing. (He makes me feel
    amused.)
    My English class was very boring. (It made me feel
    Se usa para expresar posesión.
    bored.)
    No se puede omitir ni sustituir por that.
    I’ve got a friend, and his mother is a well-known artist. • Cuando terminan en -ed describen cómo nos hacen
    (I’ve got a friend whose mother is a well-known artist.) sentir las personas o las cosas. En español el adjetivo
    My parents know a man with a very talented son. (My se suele usar con el verbo ‘estar’.
    parents know a man whose son is very talented.) My little brother was (felt) amused.
    I was (felt) really bored in the meeting.
    • Otros adjetivos para expresar opinion son: keen
    ADVERBIOS DE RELATIVO (interested), brilliant, fabulous, sad, superb...
    She is really keen on Henning Mankell novels.
    • Los adverbios de relativo son complementos He’s a brilliant writer.
    circunstanciales del verbo.

    • Se suelen utilizar en sustitución de los pronombres


    relativos con preposición, que es una estructura más
    formal.
    That’s the day when (on which) we first saw him.
    This is the place where (in which) I studied law.

    WHERE

    • Para referirnos a lugares se usa where.


    • No se puede omitir.
    This is the hotel where we spent our last holidays.
    The university where I work is very old.

    WHEN
    • Para referirse a tiempo se usa when.
    • Se puede omitir y sustituir por that cuando no sea sujeto
    de la oración de relativo.
    I still remember the day when / that / ø I first met him.
    The year when / that / ø you were born was very special.

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