DEFINING&NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

DEFINING&NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

1. Defining& Non-defining
relativeclauses
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2. DEFINING RELATIVE
CLAUSES
(Oraciones de relativo especificativas)

3. Definingrelativeclauses
•Theyindicatewhoorwhatthespeaker refersto.
•E.g: Shespoketo thatmanwhopaintedthehouse
•“Whopaintedthehouse” refersto a specificman, the
onewhopaintedthehouse.

4. •WhoàPeople
•WhichàThings
•ThatàInsteadof “who” or“which” (informal language)
•Examples
I sawthewomanwhovisitedyou
He boughtthebikewhichyoulike
I sawthewomanthatvisitedyou
He boughtthebikethatyoulike

5. •“Who”, “Which” and “That” can be omittediftheyare not
thesubjectof theverb.
•Examples
I sawthewomanwhovisitedyou(NO)
Heboughtthebike(which) youlike(YES)
Whereisthemanwhosoldyouthedog? (NO)
Isthatthebook(that) Ilentyou? (YES)

6. •Whoseàto indicatepossession(cuyo/cuya)
•Whereàto indicateplace
•Whenàto indicatetime
•Examples:
Thefilm isabouta manwhosewifedisappears
Isthatthetownwhereyouwereborn?
I’llneverforgetthedaywhentheyarrived!

7. •“Whose” and “Where” cannotbe omitted.
•“When” can be omittedand replacedby“That”
•Examples:
Thefilm isabouta manwhosewifedisappears
Isthatthetownwhereyouwereborn?
I’llneverforgettheday(that/when) theyarrived

8. NON-DEFINING RELATIVE
CLAUSES
(Oraciones de relativo explicativas)

9. NON-DEFINING RELATIVE
CLAUSES
•Theygiveadditionalinformationabouta personorthing
previouslyidentified.
•Therelativeclauseisusuallyseparatedbya comma
fromtherestof thesentence.
•Example:
Mymother,wholivesin Madrid,is65 yearsold
•“Wholivesin Madrid” givesmore informationaboutthe
subject, butitdoesn’tindicatewhatwomanweare
talkingabout.

10. •“Who” àPeople
•“Which”àThings
•“Who” and “Which” cannotbe omitted
•Wecannotuse “That”
Examples:
I boughtthemagazine, whichwasfantastic
María, whoisSpanish, speaksgoodEnglish
Jane, whoworksin myoffice, isverynice

11. •Whoseàto indicatepossession(cuyo/cuya)
•Whereàto indicateplace
•Whenàto indicatetime
•Theycannotbe omitted
•“That” cannotbe usedinsteadof “When”·
Examples:
John, whoseson isanactor, ismyfriend
London, whereI wentlastweek, isnearhere.
I’mgoingto Rome in June, whentheweatheriswarm.

12. LET’S WORK!
Now, let’sopen ourbooksonpage 99 to do
exercisesaboutrelativeclauses.