LESSON 4A GRAMMAR
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• we use defining relative clause to give essential information about someone or something- information that we need in order to understand what or who is being referred to • A defining relative clause usually comes immediately after the noun it describe |
look at the following examples:
• The woman who lives next door works in a school.
• She's the woman who cuts my hair.
• He's a musician whose albums have sold millions.
• The weather that we had this summer was beautiful.
To form relative Clauses we use relative pronouns:
WHO ⇒ It is use to refer to people
Which ⇒ It is use to refer to animals and objects
Whose ⇒ It is use to refer to possession
That ⇒ It is use to refer to people, animals.
It can replace WHO or WHICH
Where ⇒ It is use to refer to place
When ⇒ It is use to refer to time
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subject or object the relative pronoun can define the subject or the object of the verb: 1- The woman who lives next door works in a school. (The woman is the subject) 2- She's the woman who cuts my hair. ( the woman is the subject) 3- She's the woman whose hair I cut. (the woman is the object) |
