Relative caluses

A relative clausealso called an adjective or adjectival clausewill meet

three requirements.
First, it will contain a subject and verb.
Next, it will begin with a relative pronoun [who, whom, whose, that,
or which] or a relative adverb [when, where, or why].
Finally, it will function as an adjective, answering the
questions What kind? How many? orWhich one?

-We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences, or to give more
information about something.
-We use relative clauses to postmodify a noun - to make clear which
person or thing we are talking about
- as object of a clause
- Sometimes we use whom instead of who when the relative pronoun is
the object
- When the relative pronoun is object of its clause we sometimes leave it
out
-as object of a preposition. When the relative pronoun is the object of a
preposition we usually put the preposition after the verb.:

-We also use when with times and where with places to make it
clear which time or place we are talking about:



Examples
Which Francine did not accept
Which = relative pronoun; Francine = subject; did accept = verb [not, an
adverb, is not officially part of the verb].
Where George found Amazing Spider-Man #96 in fair condition
Where = relative adverb; George = subject; found = verb.
That dangled from the one clean bathroom towel
That = relative pronoun functioning as subject; dangled = verb.
Who continued to play video games until his eyes were blurry with fatigue
Who = relative pronoun functioning as subject; played = verb.

Exercises

1) I talked to the girl whose car had broken down in front of the shop.
2) Mr Richards, who is a taxi driver, lives on the corner.
3) We often visit our aunt in Norwich which is in East Anglia.
4) This is the girl who comes from Spain.
5) That's Peter, the boy who has just arrived at the airport
6) Thank you very much for your e-mail which was very interesting
7) The man, whose father is a professor, forgot his umbrela
8) The children, who shouted in the street, are not from our school.
9) The car, whose driver is a young man, is from Ireland
10) What did you do with the money which your mother lent you?