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Inductive Grammar Chart

(Unit 7, page 78)

GRAMMAR. Adjective clauses with object relative pronouns who, whom,

and that

Look at these sentences with adjective clauses.

1. The people who are the guests should bring gifts.

2. The people who / that / whom you invite should bring gifts.
3. The people you invite should bring gifts.
Don’t say: The people are the guests should bring gifts.
Don’t say: The people who you invite them should bring gifts.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
A. Subject or object? Fill in the blanks.
1. In sentence 1, the relative pronoun who is the _____________ of the adjective clause.
2. In sentence 2, the relative pronoun who, whom, or that is the _____________ of
the adjective clause.

B. Look at the sentences. Choose the correct answers.

1. When the relative pronoun is the object of the clause, it _____________ be omitted.
a. cannot b. can
2. When the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause, it _____________ be omitted.
a. cannot b. can

Top Notch 3, Third Edition Unit 7

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