Units 17 - 26 - Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns

1 Grado en Estudios Ingleses
Curso 2009-2010
Lengua Inglesa II (Grupo C). Cdigo 1529
Lecturer: Dr. Raquel Criado Snchez
UNIT 17. DEFINING AND NON-
DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
UNIT 26. RELATIVE PRONOUNS
(See pp. 204-205 and 207 in Capel, A. & Sharp, W. (2008).
Objective. First Certificate. Self-study Students Book. j y
With CD-ROM. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Adapted from:
Murphy R (2004) English Grammar in Use with Answers A Self study Reference and Murphy, R. (2004). English Grammar in Use with Answers. A Self-study Reference and
Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English. (3rd revised edition). Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Swan, M. (1995). Practical English Usage. (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press , ( ) g g ( ) y
Vince, M. (2009). First Certificate Language Practice: English Grammar and
Vocabulary. With Key (4th ed.). Oxford: MacMillan
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1. THAT INSTEAD OF WHO, WHICH.
Can we use that instead of which and who in the following Can we use that instead of which and who in the following
sentences?:
A.1.) Thats the car which/that I used to own. A.1.) That s the car which/that I used to own.
A.2.) That car, which/that I used to own 10 years ago, has
recently been removed from the market.
B.1.) The hotel which/that was above the cliff was impressive.
B.2.) The hotel, which/that was a hundred years old, was very
comfortable.
C.1.) That is the person who/that I sold my car to.
C.2.) My cousin Daniel, who/that I will be seeing soon, lives in the
USA. USA.
D.1.) That is the person who/that bought my car.
D.2.) My cousin Daniel, who/that will be nine soon, lives in the
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1. THAT INSTEAD OF WHO, WHICH
A.1.) Thats the car which/that I used to own.
DEFINING THING OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE DEFINING THING OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
A.2.) That car, which I used to own 10 years ago, has recently been removed from the market.
NON-DEFINING THING OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
B 1 ) Th h t l hi h/th t b th liff i i B.1.) The hotel which/that was above the cliff was impressive.
DEFINING THING SUBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
B.2.) The hotel, which was a hundred years old, was very comfortable.
NON-DEFINING THING SUBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
DEFINING PERSON OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
C.2.) My cousin Daniel, who I will be seeing soon, lives in the USA. C.2.) My cousin Daniel, who I will be seeing soon, lives in the USA.
NON-DEFINING PERSON OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
DEFINING PERSON SUBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
D.2.) My cousin Daniel, who will be nine soon, lives in the USA.
NON-DEFINING PERSON SUBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
THAT can only be used instead of who or which in defining object and subject relative clauses.
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That is only correct in A.1.) B.1.) C.1.) and D.1.).
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That cannot be used after a
preposition: p p
This is the car (that/which) I paid 8,000 for.
(Everyday speech). (Everyday speech).
This is the car for which I paid 8,000.
(Formal) (Formal).
*This is the car for that I paid 8,000.
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2. OMITTING THE RELATIVE PRONOUN
Can you omit the relative pronoun in the following sentences?:
A.1.) Thats the car which/that I used to own.
G G O C C S DEFINING THING OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
A.2.) That car, which I used to own 10 years ago, has recently been removed from the
market.
NON-DEFINING THING OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE. NON DEFINING THING OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
DEFINING THING SUBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
DEFINING PERSON OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE DEFINING PERSON OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
C.2.) My cousin Daniel, who I will be seeing soon, lives in the USA.
D.2.) My cousin Daniel, who will be nine soon, lives in the USA.
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2. OMITTING THE RELATIVE PRONOUN
A.1.) Thats the car I used to own.
DEFINING THING OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
A.2.) That car, which I used to own 10 years ago, has recently been removed from the market.
NON-DEFINING THING OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
DEFINING THING SUBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE DEFINING THING SUBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
C 1 ) Th t i th I ld t C.1.) That is the person I sold my car to.
DEFINING PERSON OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE.
C.2.) My cousin Daniel, who I will be seeing soon, lives in the USA.
D 2 ) My cousin Daniel who will be nine soon lives in the USA D.2.) My cousin Daniel, who will be nine soon, lives in the USA.
The relative pronoun can only be omitted in defining object (thing and person)
relative clauses.
Th l ti l b itt d i A 1) d C 1 )
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The relative pronoun can only be omitted in A.1) and C.1.).
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3. WHOSE 3. WHOSE
Whose means of whom and of which.
Do we use it in defining or non-defining
relative clauses?
Can we omit it?
Th h h l th I l i b t t The shop whose clothes I love is about to
close.
This shop, whose clothes I love, is about to
close.
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3 WHOSE 3. WHOSE
Whose means of whom and of which.
Do we use it in defining or non defining Do we use it in defining or non-defining
relative clauses? BOTH.
Can we omit it? NO! Can we omit it? NO!
The shop whose clothes I love is about to
close close.
This shop, whose clothes I love, is about to
close close.
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4. WHOM
Whom is the object form of who.
It can be used as It can be used as
A) the object of a verb:
The man whom I met at the reception is the The man whom I met at the reception is the
Ambassador. (Formal).
B) after prepositions: B) after prepositions:
This is the person I sold my car to. (Everyday
speech). speech).
This is the person to whom I sold my car.
(Formal).
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5. WHAT
Which of the following sentences is Which of the following sentences is
correct?:
E thi h t th id t Everything what they said was true.
I gave her all the money what I had.
Did you hear what they said?
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WHAT = the thing(s) that.
*Everything what they said was true. y g y
Everything (that) they said was true.
*I gave her all the money what I had I gave her all the money what I had.
I gave her all the money (that) I had.
Did h h t th id? Did you hear what they said?
Remember: (): you can omit it.
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