Relative clauses

Defining relative clause identify a noun more clearly

they allow us to write complex sentences

Independent clauses

Non-definding relative clauses

dependent clauses

Relative pronoun

Who

For people

subject or object pronoun

Reduced Relative Clauses

Whom

For people

object pronoun

Unusual in formal english

Wich

For things or animals

subject or object pronoun

Give extra information about a person, animal...

That

For people or things

subject or object pronoun

It is not possible to use "That"

They go between commas

Whose

people or things

possessive pronoun

Position of preposition

It is not possible to omit the relatives

Before relative pronoun

Is a relative clause that is not marked by an specific relative pronoun or just write it as is market such as who, which or that.

At the end of relative clause

Who or that

are not used at prepositions

can be omitted when it is the object of the clause

An adjective/ person who was affected

Example

Diego, who is my brother, plays the guitar.

when it is the subject of the clause, it can't be omitted

An adjective/ person who was responsible

Punctuation rule

Do not use commas when writing defining clauses

We only use commas when writing non-defining relative clauses

A prepositional phrase/ something in a place

A past participle/ someone was affected

A present participle/ someone who was being affected

Rodrigo Zadkiel Hernandez Perez A01769391 Diego Arath Ramírez Palacios A01659011
Josue Salcido A01568861