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viernes, 13 de mayo de 2016
RELATIVE CLAUSES
Relative Pronouns
relative pronoun | use | example |
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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? |
that | subject or object pronoun for people, animals and things in defining relative clauses (who or which are also possible) | I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen. |
Relative Adverbs
A relative adverb can be used instead of a relative pronoun plus preposition. This often makes the sentence easier to understand.
This is the shop in which I bought my bike.
→ This is the shop where I bought my bike.
→ This is the shop where I bought my bike.
relative adverb | meaning | use | example |
---|---|---|---|
when | in/on which | refers to a time expression | the day when we met him |
where | in/at which | refers to a place | the place where we met him |
why | for which | refers to a reason | the reason why we met him |
I like the woman. She lives next door.
She loves the chocolate. I bought that chocolate.
We went to the village. Lucy recommended it.
The police arrested a man. Jill worked with him.
The university is famous. She likes that university.
The woman is from Mexico. My brother loves her.
The dog is over there. The dog's / its owner lives next door.
The house belongs to me. Its roof is very old.
I live in a city. I study in the city.
The summer was long and hot. I graduated from university in the summer.
My sister knows a lot about cars. I live with her.
I live in London. It has some fantastic parks.
miércoles, 4 de mayo de 2016
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