RELATIVE CLAUSES

DEFINING OR RESTRICTIVE RELATIVE CLAUSES

(Oraciones subordinadas adjetivas especificativas)
Son informacin necesaria para especificar o identificar con ms exactitud al antecedente o
palabra de la que se quiere dar informacin.
No van separadas de la oracin principal por comas.
Van inmediatamente detrs del antecedente.
El pronombre relativo puede omitirse si hace la funcin de objeto dentro de la oracin de
relativo.

NON DEFINING OR NON RESTRICTIVE RELATIVE CLAUSES

(Oraciones subordinadas adjetivas explicativas)
Son informacin aadida sobre el antecedente, por tanto, prescindible.
Van separadas de la oracin principal por comas.
Van inmediatamente detrs del antecedente.
Nunca puede omitirse el pronombre relativo.

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

DEFINING NON DEFINING

People Things People Things
Nominative Who / that Which / that Who Which
Objective Whom / that / who Which / that Whom / who Which
Genitive whose Of which / whose Whose Of which / whose
Locative When / where When / where

JOIN THESE SENTENCES USING RELATIVE PRONOUNS. MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES.

1. The boy is my brother. He is speaking to Andrew.

2. I like the boy. You introduced me to him.
3. The girl is very friendly. You are working with her.
4. I cant remember the year. We moved to our new house that year.
5. The pupils usually get the best grades. They work the hardest.
6. I know the man. You are talking to him.
7. The girl lives near me. You play tennis with her.
8. We visited a cathedral. Many important people were buried there.
9. Sarah wrote the poem. The poem won first prize.
10. I want to buy the book. I saw it at my friends house.
11. Is this the scarf? You wanted it.
12. The actor was very good. He won the award.
13. We were talking about the day. We first went to school that day.
14. The table is broken. We bought it last year.
15. The book was well written. I have just read it.
16. The dog was very small. It ran away.
17. I like people. Those people always tell the truth.
18. The jacket is mine. It is hanging on the hook.
19. The man is the headmaster. You were talking to him.
20. This is the church. They got married there.