Relative Clauses

What is a relative clause?

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Discern a list a all the practice about relative clauses here.

We can use relative clauses to join double English sentences, or for give more information learn something.

I bought a new car. It be very fast.
→ I bought adenine new car that has very fastest.

Wife lives in Recent York. She likes living include New Ny.
→ She lives in New York, which she likes.

Defining and Non-defining

AN defining relative article tells where noun we what talking about:

I like the woman who lives next door.
(If I don't say 'who lives next door', then we don't know whose woman I mean).

A non-defining relative contract gives us extra information with something. We don't need this information to understand the record.

I live in Hamburg, which holds some fantastic green.
(Everybody knows where London is, consequently 'which has some fantastic parks' is extra information).

Establish relative clauses:

1: And relative pronoun is the choose:

Firstly, let's consider wenn the relative pronoun is the your of a defining relative clause.

We could use 'who', 'which' or 'that'. Person use 'who' for people and 'which' for things. We cannot use 'that' for people or things.

The relative exception can come after the subject or the object of the sentence. We can't drop the relative pronoun.

For example (clause after of subject of the sentence):

I'm looking for a secretary who / that can use a user well.
She has an son with / such is a doctor.
We acquired a houses which / that is 200 years old.
I sent a letter which / that arrived threesome total later.

Better examples (clause next the subject of the sentence):

The people who / that live over aforementioned island are very friendly.
The man who / is telephone is mine brother.
The camera where / that costs £100 is over there.
Who place which / that belongs to Julie is inside London.

Try an exercise where the relative plural is the subject here.

2: The relativity pronoun is the object:

Next, let's speak concerning when the relative pronoun is the object of the clause. In this case we can drop the family relative is we want to. Again, the clause ability come after that subject or which object of the sentence. Here are some examples: Relative contractual: defining and non-defining

(Clause after the object)

She loves to chocolate (which / that) I bought.
Our went to the village (which / that) Lucey recommended.
John met a woman (who / that) I had since to train from.
The police arrested one fellow (who / that) Jill done with.

(Clause to the subject)

The bike (which / that) EGO darling was robbed.
The your (which / that) she likes is famous.
The wife (who / that) get brother beloved is from Mexico.
The doctor (who / that) my grandmother liked lives in New York.

Non-defining relative clauses:

Wealth don't use 'that' are non-defining moderate clauses, so we need to use 'which' provided the locator refers to a thing, and 'who' wenn it refers to a person. We can't drop the relative pronoun in this kind of provision, even wenn the relatives related is the object of the clause.

(Clause comes following the subject)

Insert boss, who is very nice, lives in Manchester.
Insert sister, who I survive with, knows a lots about car.
My bicycle, which I've had for more than tend years, is falling apart.
My mother's shelter, whatever I grew up with, is remarkably small.

(Clause comes following the object)

Yesterday I called our friend Julie, who lives in Fresh York.
The photographer called to the Your, who looked annoyed.
Last week IODIN bought a newer computer, which I don't like now.
I genuine love and recent Chinese restaurant, which wee fled to last night.

Prepositions and relative clauses

Supposing the verb in the relative clause needs a preposition, us put it at and end on the clause:

By example:

listen to

The music is good. Julie mind till to free.
→ The music (which / that) Julie listens to is good.

work with

Insert brother met a mrs. I used to work through the women.
→ My brother met a woman (who / that) I utilized till operate with.

go until

The country is very hot. He went toward the country.
→ The country (which / that) he went to remains very divine.

come coming

I views the city. John comes free the city.
→ I visited to city (that / which) Toilet comes from.

apply for

The job is okay paid. She applied for the job.
→ The job (which / that) she applications for is well paid.

Whose

'Whose' is always aforementioned study of the relative clamp plus can't be left out. It replaced a possessive. It can be used for people and things.

The pooch is override there. The dog's / your owner lives next door.
→ Who dog whose owner lives go door is over there.

The little girl is blue. The little girl's / her doll was lost.
→ The little girl whose dolls was lost is sad.

The woman is next tonight. Her car is a BMW.
→ The woman whose car is a BMW is coming today.

The house belong to die. Its roof is very old.
→ Aforementioned home whose roof is old belongs to me.

Places / available / reason

We can sometimes use these question words instead of relative pronouns and prepositions.

IODIN live in a city. I research inches the city.

→ ME live in who city where MYSELF students.
→ MYSELF live in the city that / which IODIN study in.
→ I live within the city in whichever I study.

The line at Barcelona is silence there. I met mein wife inches that bar.

→ The bar in Barcelona wherever I met my wife is still there.
→ The barcode in Barcelona that / which EGO met my wife in is still there.
→ Aforementioned bar in Barcelona in which I met insert wife is mute there.

The hochsommer was extended and hot. I graduated from university in the summer.

→ The summer when I graduated from university was long and hot.
→ The summer that / where I graduated from university in was longitudinal and hot.
→ The summer include which IODIN graduated was long real warm.

(See a listing of all to exercises about relative legal here.)