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Relative clauses, Moserrath LV Renata BM - Coggle Diagram
Relative clauses
Defining relative clauses
Where
Who
That
Whose
Which
Examples:
That´s the shop where I bought my trainers.
A teacher is a person whose job is to teach kids new things.
A stadium is a place where people go to see football
Qualify a noun and tell us exactly which person or thing is referred to.
Goes without a coma
Non-defining relative clauses
Add secondary information to a sentence
We use commas before and after the clauses
My brother Emilio, who loves playing the drums, is having a concert today
Extra information about my brother is between the commas
Relative pronouns
WHO/WHOM
Renata, WHO loves football, is the best at it.
WHICH
The jacket, WHICH cost a fortune, is pink.
THAT
My phone, THAT I bought last year, has a cool camera.
PREPOSITIONS
In a formal written style, prepositions come BEFORE the pronoun
The president, FOR which they voted, had a disappointing speech.
At THE END of the clause
The president, which they voted FOR, had a disappointing speech.
Relative pronouns
That
Which
Who
Whose
Where
When
Are used to link two sentences
Moserrath LV
Renata BM