Welcome to our 5th lesson! Today we are going to revise RELATIVE CLAUSES.
- Para trabajar con Relative Clauses (Cláusulas Relativas) debemos conocer primero la palabras que nos sirven para unir las cláusulas y formar una nueva oración.
- Las cláusulas relativas se usan para identificar a un sustantivo en una cláusula principal.
Example: The man who / that works in that shop is French.
relative clause
(El hombre que trabaja es ese negocio es Francés)
La cláusula relativa identifica al hombre del que se está hablando.
WHO / THAT:
Se usa WHO / THAT en vez del pronombre sujeto (I, you, he, she, it...etc) para hacer referencia a personas.
Example: That girl is from India. She lives next door.
The girl who / that lives next door is from India.
WHICH / THAT:
Se usa WHICH / THAT para hacer referencia a objetos o animales.
Example: The horse is black. It won the race.
The horse which / that won the race is black.
WHOSE:
Se usa WHOSE en vez de los adjetivos posesivos (my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their) con personas, objetos y animales para indicar posesión.
Example: That's the man! His car was stolen.
That's the man whose car was stolen.
That's the bag. Its strap is broken.
That's the bag whose strap is broken.
WHEN:
Se usa para hacer referencia al tiempo.
Example: 2014 was a great year, I went on a cruise that year.
2014 was the year when I went on a cruise.
WHERE:
Es usado para hacer referencia a un lugar.
Example: That's the hotel I like. I spent my holidays there.
That's the hotel where I spent my holidays.
WHY:
Se usa para dar razones.
Example: He had a fight with his best friend. He is sad for that.
He had a fight with his best friend, that's why he's sad.
- Ok, now let's practise!
1- Write sentences using the information given:
a- Dickens / man / wrote Oliver Twist.
Dickens was the man who wrote Oliver Twist.
b- Columbus / discovered America.
c- Cleopatra / ruled Egypt.
d- A lion / animal / lives in the jungle.
e- A photocopier / machine / makes photocopies.
2- Match column A with column B to make correct sentences.
1.____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____ 7. ____
3- Fill in the gaps with WHO, WHY, WHERE, WHEN, WHICH or WHOSE.
4- Join the information in the two clauses into one sentence.
a- Max talked to a man. The man was from Canada.
Max talked to a man who was from Canada.
b- Debbie is looking at the photo album. The photo album is mine.
c- Sharon was talking to a boy. The boy lives next door.
d- These are the people. Their daughter is a rock singer.
e- That's the dress. My mother bought me that dress.
f- That's the hospital. I was born there.
g- That's the ring. Sophie found it yesterday.
HOMEWORK
Send your teacher a photo of the activities above.-
