Relative
Clauses
- Relative Pronouns.
WHO:
people WHERE:
places
WHICH:
Things WHEN:
time
Whose:
Possession (Cuyo)
- Defining Relative clauses
- Definen la persona, lugar u objeto a que se refiere el hablante. Pueden actuar como sujeto (cuando el relativo realiza la acción de sujeto en la oración de relativo) o como objeto (cuando el relativo sustituyo al objeto en la oración de relativo.
- Sujeto: The person who makes bread is called baker.
The
person
makes bread
Subject
(Antecedente)
The
shop which
sells vegetables
is called a greengrocer´s
The
shop
sells vegetables
Subject
(Antecedente)
- Objeto: The people who we met at the party come from Finland
We
met the
people
at the party
Object
(Antecedente)
The
book which
you´ve written
will be successful.
You
have written the
book
Object
(Antecedente)
- No hay comas que separen la oración de relativo del resto.
- El relativo se puede omitir cuando funciona como objeto o complemento de la preposición de la oración de relativo
The
people we met at the party come from England
The
book you´ve written will be successful.
- Non Defining Relative Clauses
- Proporcionan información adicional a la presentada por la oración principal, pero dicha información podría omitirse sin afectar en absoluto el significado de la frase. Estas oraciones suelen ir entre comas, y siempre damos dos informaciones sobre una misma persona u objeto.
William
Shakespeare, who
died in 1616,
wrote very famous plays
My new
bike, which
I bought last week,
is fantastic
-
RELATIVES. DON´T USE THAT
- The book was very thick. I had to read it.
- Janet is already a famous actress. She is only sixteen years old.
- John is an excellent player. Dan plays chess with him.
- I recognize the man. My mother mentioned him yesterday.
- The woman is very quiet. Her children are very noisy.
- I bought them a gift. They appreciated it.
- My cousin´s flat is in the same building as mine. He bought it last year.
- We will go on holiday in December. All the Christmas celebrations take place then.
- Helen is studying medicine. She is very popular.
- Bill wants to be a professional football player. He´s nearly two metres tall.
- The school trains dogs for blind people. It was started in 1987.
- She wrote a short story. It was published last year.
- Amanda and Tim are the children. I have to look after them.
- Central University is a very famous place. Mr Smith teaches there.
- I wanted to visit Corfu. I was born in that island.
- I met a girl. She lives in England.
- Peter will never forget the day. He first met July then.
- The girl was late. I was waiting for her.
- I can still waiting for Mary. Her opinion is important for me.
- He won the race. It was held last month.
- Relatives. Key
- The book (which) I had to read was very thick.
- Janet, who is already a famous actress, is only sixteen years old.
- John, who is an excellent player, plays chess with Dan.
- I recognize the man (who) my mother mentioned yesterday.
- The woman whose children are very noisy is very quiet.
- I bought them a gift which they appreciated.
- My cousin´s flat which he bought last year is in the same building as mine.
- We will go on holiday in December when all the Christmas celebrations take place.
- Helen, who is studying medicine, is very popular.
- Bill, who wants to be a professional player, is nearly two meters tall.
- The school, which was started in 1987, trains dogs for blind people
- She wrote a short story which was published last year.
- Amanda and Tim are the children (who) I have to look after.
- Central University is a very famous place where Mr. Smith teaches.
- I wanted to visit Corfu where I was born.
- I met a girl who lives in England.
- Peter will never forget the day when he first met July.
- The girl (who) I was waiting for was late.
- I can still wait for Mary whose opinion is important for me.
- He won the race which was held last month.
