RELATIVE CLAUSE

Subject & That's a woman who bought my car. Mnh quan h b ngha cho danh t ng trc n
object trong M/ chnh, dt c th l ch t hay tc t.
This is the car that I used to own.
This is Jean. She bought my car. Jean is Dng ni hai cu n li.
the person who bought my car.
This is Jean's car. I used to own it This is
the car that I used to own.
Defining/ That book which you lent me is really good. Mnh hn nh : cn thit, khng c n cu s
restrictive That is the book that I like best khng ngha.
clause C th b i t quan h trong m/ quan h lm tc t.
Non-defining This is Mr. John, who help me last week. Mnh khng hn nh : khng cn thit, khng c
clause Mary, whose sister I know, has won an n cu vn ngha; c ngn vi m/ chnh bng
Oscar. du phy; (trc n l 1 danh t ring, hoc trc
danh t c cc tnh t s hu (my, his, her, your,
our, their,) hay i t ch nh (this , that, these,
those) Khng c dng "THAT" trong m/
khng hn ch.
Khng c b i t quan h.
Reduced formThe man who is sitting next to you is my Nu t trong m/ quan h th ch ng dng
uncle. The man sitting next to you is my Present participle phrase
uncle.
The books which were written by To Hoai Nu t trong m/ quan h th b ng dng
are interesting. The books written by To Past participle phrase
Hoai are interesting.
English is an important language which we C th rt gn bng to infinitive
have to master. English is an important
language to master.
Here is a form that you must fill in. Here C th rt gn bng infinitive phrase (for + O + to-
is a form for you to fill in. inf.)
RELATIVE PRONOUNS : who, whom, which, that, whose, where, why, when, and what
WHO / That's a woman who bought my car. Who/whom : thay th cho dt ch ngi.
WHOM My father is the person whom I admire
most.
WHICH That is the book which I like best. Which dng thay cho danh t ch vt.
THAT My father is the person that I admire most. THAT l i t quan h ch c ngi ln vt, c th
That is the book that I like best. dng thay cho : WHO, WHOM, WHICH trong m/
quan h hn nh.
WHERE That is the house where we are living now. WHERE l i t quan h ch ni chn, dng thay cho
(in which) at / on / in + WHICH
WHEN May Day is the day when people hold a WHEN l i t quan h ch thi gian, dng thay cho
meeting. (on which) at / on / in + WHICH; THEN
That was the time when he managed the
company. (at which)
WHY Please tell me the reason why you are so WHY l i t quan h ch l do, ng sau "the
sad. (for which) reason"; dng thay cho for which.
WHOSE John found a cat whose leg was broken. Whose + Noun
Note :
- Trong non-definining clauses, cc determiners nh some, all, neither, none, (a) few, (a) little, both, most, much
and several, superlatives (so snh nht), v cc expressions of quantity (thnh ng ch s lng) c th s dng vi OF
WHOM (cho ngi) v OF WHICH (cho vt)
Theyll introduce you a lot of people, most of whom youll forget immediately.
I was offered lamb or chicken, neither of which I like.
- WHICH cn c s dng thay th cho c cu v trc n phi c du phy.
Nicolas never offers to pay, which always annoys me. (khng dng WHAT always annoys me)
- WHICH / THAT c th thay th cho nhau. Tuy nhin, trong mnh hn nh, THAT thng c s dng
thay th WHICH sau superlatives, every (thing), all, only, some (thing), any (thing), none, little, few and much.
* That c dng sau danh t c tnh t so snh nht (the best, the most, everybody, anybody, nobody, somebody,
everything, something )
Ex. Hes the best teacher that I have ever known. I can see a girl and her dog that are running in the park.
* That khng bao gi dng sau du phy (mnh quan h khng hn nh), cng khng dng sau gii t.
- Khng s dng tnh t s hu trong loi cu sau :

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Its the bike Dad gave me. (NOT : Its my bike Dad gave me.)