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the ones who prepare the football game.

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6-1 Relative Clauses

h. Here is...
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who don't bring the homework.

Relative clauses modify nouns just like adjectives do. In fact, relative pronouns are sometimes called adjective
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pronouns.
i. Ritaclauses
We use relative doesn’ttolike...
join two sentences together. It is a shorter way of saying the same thing.

to eat that type of pizza.

A. A. Milne is an author.
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A. A. Milne wrote many books and poems.
j. Jennifer can...

We can combine
jump these two with
very long sentences together using a relative clause. As you can see, the relative clause 'who' in
that shoes.
this sentence replaces the noun 'A. A. Milne'.
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A. A. Milne is an author who wrote many books and poems.

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Subject

Relative clauses usually begin and end with a relative pronoun. When we use the relative clause as the subject of a
sentence, here are the relative pronouns we might use:

for people for things and ideas

who that

Here are some examples of sentences that are combined using relative clauses as subjects. You know it is a subject
because the relative pronoun is always followed by a verb .

Two Sentences Using Relative Clauses

Jackie O. was a first lady of the USA. Jackie O. was a first lady of the USA who was known
for her style and fashion.
She was known for her style and fashion.

Mr. MacLeod is a teacher. Mr. MacLeod is a teacher who works with students with
special needs.
He works with students with special needs.

I know of a park. I know of a park that is full of beautiful orchids.

The park is full of beautiful orchids.

An omnivore is an animal. An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and

other animals.
An omnivore eats both plants and other animals.

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Object

When we use the relative clause as the object of a sentence, here are the relative pronouns we might use:

for people for things and ideas for places for time for explanation

who that where when what, why

Here are some examples of sentences that are combined using relative clauses as objects. You know it is an object
because the relative pronoun is always followed by a subject + verb .

Two Sentences Using Relative Clauses

That's the woman. That's the woman who I saw at the museum yesterday.

I saw her at the museum yesterday.

This is the restaurant. This is the restaurant where Jenny had her birthday
dinner.
Jenny had her birthday dinner here .

Mexico is a country. Mexico is a country where our cousin held her wedding
last year.
Our cousin held her wedding in Mexico last year.

They ate all the food. They ate all the food that we brought to the party.

We brought the food to the party.

Do you remember learning about using 'that'? Remember, sometimes it's okay to leave it out in a sentence. For
example, you can say 'They ate all the food we brought to the party' instead of 'They ate all the food that we brought
to the party.'

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