RELATIVE CLAUSES

If I do exercise every day, I will have a good health

If I did exercise every dad, I would feel healthy

If I had done exercise every day, I would have felt healthy

Relative pronouns

We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words

I  am a sportsman

I do exercise every day. 

On Modays I don't like exercising

This is my gym

I like lifting weights

One friend likes jogging

Yesterday I was exhausted, I didn't do exercise.

I am a person who does exercise every day

This is the gym where I do exercise every day

Monday is the day when I don’t want to do exercise.

Lifting weight is something that I  like doing

I know a person whose favorite sport is jogging

The main reason why I didn’t exercise is because I was exhausted.

 

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

n Who             People

n Whose         People(possession)

n Which          Things

n That             Thing and people (Informal)

n where           Places

n when            time

n why              reasons

Complete the definitions.

1.    A banana   is a person who pulls teeth. is a horse which is very small. is a fruit which is long and yellow. is a big car which carries a lot of people. is a thing which people wear on their heads. 

2.    A hat   is a person who pulls teeth. is a horse which is very small. is a fruit which is long and yellow. is a big car which carries a lot of people. is a thing which people wear on their heads. 

3.    A pony   is a person who pulls teeth. is a horse which is very small. is a fruit which is long and yellow. is a big car which carries a lot of people. is a thing which people wear on their heads. 

4.    A dentist   is a person who pulls teeth. is a horse which is very small. is a fruit which is long and yellow. is a big car which carries a lot of people. is a thing which people wear on their heads. 

5.    A bus   is a person who pulls teeth. is a horse which is very small. is a fruit which is long and yellow. is a big car which carries a lot of people. is a thing which people wear on their heads. 

V

Decide whether the relative pronoun is correct or not.

1.    The postman which works in this village is very old.
 correct
 not correct

2.    The egg which is in the nest is brown.
 correct
 not correct

3.    Where is the bed who was in the attic?
 correct
 not correct

4.    The bottles that are lying on the floor are green.
 correct
 not correct

5.    The cowboy who is wearing the red shirt is very funny.
 correct
 not correct

Relative Pronouns (who / which / whose)

Choose the correct relative pronoun (who, which, whose).

1.    This is the bank  who which whose  was robbed yesterday.

2.    A boy  who which whose  sister is in my class was in the bank at that time.

3.    The man  who which whose  robbed the bank had two pistols.

4.    He wore a mask  who which whose  made him look like Mickey Mouse.

5.    He came with a friend  who which whose  waited outside in the car.

6.    The woman  who which whose  gave him the money was young.

7.    The bag  who which whose  contained the money was yellow.

8.    The people  who which whose  were in the bank were very frightened.

9.    A man  who which whose  mobile was ringing did not know what to do.

10.  A woman  who which whose  daughter was crying tried to calm her.

11.  The car  who which whose  the bank robbers escaped in was orange.

12.  The robber  who which whose  mask was obviously too big didn't drive.

13.  The man  who which whose  drove the car was nervous.

14.  He didn't wait at the traffic lights  who which whose  were red.

15.  A police officer  who which whose  car was parked at the next corner stopped and arrested them

 

 

Complete the sentences with relative clauses in simple present. Use who or which.

1.    This is the man (work at the station) .

2.    The tree (grow in the garden)  is an apple tree.

3.    The man (go jogging)  every Friday is my neighbour.

4.    The elephants (live in Africa)  have big ears.

5.    Turn left at the yellow house (be opposite)  the petrol station.

 Relative Clauses - Formation

Complete the sentences using relative clauses. Use who and which.

 

A Scottish is a person (live in Scotland)

Nessie is a monster (live in Loch Ness)

A fridge is a thing (keep food cool)

A DJ is someone (play music in a disco)

A bee is an insect (make honey)

A lemon is a fruit (be yellow and sour)

A watch is a thing (tell the time)

A ferry is a ship (carry people across the water)

A shop assistant is someone (work in a shop)

A key is a thing (can open and lock doors)

Relative clauses with extra-information

Non-defining relative clauses.

 

Who,  which, when, whose

We don’t use that

 

To give extra information, put a comma and start a new clause with a relative pronoun.  End with a comma and continue the sentence.

 

John

He  is my friend.

John is very smart.

John, who is very smart, is my friend.

 

 

Karla

She  is going to have a baby

She works in my home

Karla, who works in my office, is going to have a baby

 

There was a moment in my life

I didn’t know what to study

I was very young

There was a moment, when I was very young, I didn’t know what to study.

EJEMPLOS:

My grandfather, who's 87, goes swimming every day.

The house, which was built in 1883, has just been opened to the public.

The house, which is very big, is also very cold!

My next-door neighbour, whose children go to school with ours,  bought a new car.

 

Complete the sentences with whose, who, which, or where.

Principio del formulario

1. Dublin,  is the capital of Ireland, is my favourite city.
2. Amelia,  mother is from Shanghai, speaks English and Chinese fluently.
3. This smartphone,  I bought last week, takes great photos.
4. Buckingham Palace,  the Queen of England lives, is in the centre of London.
5. Ferraris,  are made in Italy, are very expensive.
6. Russell Crowe, starred in Gladiator, was born in New Zealand.
7. Emily,  brother is a singer, is in my English class.
8. Mr Kemp,  teaches physics, is going to retire next year.

Final del formulario

 

 

 

WRITE THE RELATIVE CLAUSE.

Non-defining relative clause activity

My birthday

It was a wonderful day.

It was my 40^th

 

 

The Javan tiger

It is now extinct

It was junted by humans.

 

 

The hotel

It is simple buy clean

We have stayed there many times

 

Jose

He is a cheerful man

He is my best friend

 

Gorillas

Can sometimes be found in zoos

They are from Africa

My grandmother

She came from Italy

She is dead now

 

February

It  lasts 29 days this year

 It is my favorite month