Relative clauses ฉบับปรับปรุง

1. Relative Clauses 1. Defining Relative Clauses ทำหน้าที่ประหนึ่งว่าเป็น Adjective ไม่มี comma ระหว่าง คำนาม และ relative clause The man who works in your office came here yesterday. The house that stands at the end of the street is very old.

2. 2. Non- d efining Relative Clauses Relative Clauses เป็นเพียงข้อมูลที่เพิ่มเติมเข้ามา (Additional information) ใช้ comma ใช้ r elative pronouns ซึ่งไม่ชี้เฉพาะเจาะจง ไม่ใช้ that James Smith, who lives next door , is coming to see us.

3. 1. Defining Relative Clauses Persons Things (Animals) (1) Subject who , (that) that , (which) (2) Object of the verb that , (whom) that , (which) (3) Object of the Preposition that , (whom) that , (which) (4) Possessive whose of which , (whose) We like the woman who teaches us German . We like the woman. The woman teaches us German.

4. Defining Relative Clauses The car that is going to pass now belongs to me. The car belongs to me. The car is going to pass now.

5. Defining Relative Clauses ( Object of the verb ) w hom The lady (that or whom) you met last week came here yesterday. The lady came here yesterday. You met the lady last week. that

6. Defining Relative Clauses ( Object of the verb ) The composition (that) you wrote yesterday was good. The composition was good. You wrote the composition yesterday.

7. Defining Relative Clauses ( Object of the verb ) The teacher I love is ill today. The friends he met at school went aboard. The house we have just bought cost a million baht.

8. Defining Relative Clauses ( Object of the Preposition ) The woman the book was written by is in hospital now. Subject + verb + preposition The woman is in hospital now. The book was written by the woman .

9. Defining Relative Clauses ( Object of the Preposition ) The bridge they went over a few minutes ago was built in 1970. Subject + verb + preposition The bridge was built in 1970. They went over the bridge a few minutes ago.

10. Preposition + relative pronoun Defining Relative Clauses ( Object of the Preposition ) The pencil with which I’m writing is cheap. The woman by whom the book was written is in hospital.

11. Defining Relative Clauses ( Object of the Preposition ) Here is the book to which he referred . Here is the book that he referred to . Prep. + which + s + v that + s + v + prep.

12. Defining Relative Clauses ( Object of the Preposition ) The joke that I laughed at was rather silly. Th e joke at which I laughed was rather silly. Prep. + which + s + v that + s + v + prep.

13. Take note at which = where (live, stay) in for which = why on which = when at

14. Rewrite the following sentences using ‘when’, ‘where’, or ‘why’ 1.) I have not fixed the date on which I’ll go abroad. 2.) Are those the reasons for which you choose to go to Africa instead of America? 3.) This is the town in which I used to live. 4.) This is the place at which I found your watch. when why where where

15. The boy is my cousin. The boy whose hat hangs here is my cousin. The boy’s hat hangs here. Defining Relative Clauses (Possessive) Whose + subject + verb

16. The book of which the cover is black and white is exciting. Defining Relative Clauses (Possessive) of which + subject + verb …..

17. The book with the black and white cover is exciting. Defining Relative Clauses (Possessive) with + noun

18. Join these pairs of sentences using whose or with. Be careful to use ‘with’ for things and animals. That’s the woman whose husband is a professor. That’s the woman. Her husband is a professor. That house is theirs. Its windows are white. That house with the white windows is theirs.

19. Join these pairs of sentences using whose or with. Be careful to use ‘with’ for things and animals. The student whose work has always been bad failed his exam. The student failed his exam. His work has always been bad. Please buy me the dog. Its color is black. Please buy me the dog with the black color.