Touchstone 2nd Edition Language summary Level 3

Unit 7 Lesson A: Circle of friends

Vocabulary
Friendships
best friend (n)
circle of friends (n)
closest friend (n)
friend from college (n)
friend from work (n)
new friend (n)
oldest friend (n)
roommate (n)
running buddy (n)
contact someone (v)
make friends with someone (v)
meet a person through a friend (v)
share an apartment (v)

Other words
right down the street (adv)
that (pron)
which (pron)
who (pron)
grow up (v)

Grammar
Relative clauses
Relative clauses begin with who, that, and which. They give information about people or
things.

Use the relative pronouns who and that to refer to people.

Use the relative pronouns which and that to refer to things.

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Subject relative clauses

In subject relative clauses, the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb. The subject does
the action:

Nina is an interesting woman who / that sits across from me.

(The woman sits across from me.)

Nina had a company that / which planned weddings.

(The company planned weddings.)

In subject relative clauses, you have to use who, that, or which.

Object relative clauses

In object relative clauses, the relative pronoun is the object of the verb. The object receives
the action:

Charlie is someone (who / that) I can trust.

(I can trust Charlie.)

Jen talks about the things (that) she's doing.

(Jen's doing things.)

In object relative clauses, you don't have to use who, that, or which.

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