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Relative Clauses - Coggle Diagram
Relative Clauses
Relative Pronouns
Replace he, she, it, his, her, etc.
Link 2 sentences with the same noun or pronoun.
That, which, who, whose, where and when.
Defining Relative Clauses (DR)
They give essential information to define or identify the person or thing we are talking about.
We use:
Which for things
That for people and things
Examples:
She has a son
who
is a doctor.
We bought a house
which
is 200 years old.
Puebla is a city
where
people always help others.
Malika,
whose
mother is in Veracruz, is my dog.
It was the best date
that
I have ever had.
Who for people
Whose to show possession
Where for places
Acts like an adjetive = modifies a noun or a pronoun and limits it's meaning.
Clarify the meaning of a sentence.
Non-defining Relative Clauses (NDR)
Add secondary information to a sentence, separated by commas
Relative pronouns cannot be left
Person
John's mother,
who
lives in Scotland, has 6 grandchildren.
Aleyn,
whom
is our teacher, is very funny
Thing
The car,
which
is red, it's from Diego.
Place
I love Puebla,
where
I come from.
Time
I prefer Christmas,
when
we have vacations.
Prepositions come at the end of the clause
In a more formal way, prepositions come before the pronoun