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    Relative Clauses : t who: «Wiel take Timmy tothe specialist who we've heard so much about Whose is pssesie, for peo or things | + She works for a company whose chief executive has been arestad for fraud. Where is used attr nouns refer | andwhy aiter the word reason. Where/when can often replace in/on/at which * think that’s the church viherelin which my grandparents were marie + itwas a day when everthing seemed to go wrong «ster any reason why he can't come? What means ‘the thing tht 1 | # FB explain what he saie * What ike for break fst is not buttered toast. + She'l gve you just what you want. A Correct the sentences if necessary. Tick any which are already correct. Relative pronouns connect 2 relate clause 10. main clause. They are who, ‘whom, which, that, whose, where, why, when anc what. | Who/whom referto people. Which/that refer to anima or things although people whe love animals often use whho when speaking of them. Whom i vary unusual, especialy in inforral English, anc is generally omitted or replaced with place, when after nouns referring to ime, ‘There's the woman who she sold me the oranges. 1 2 This is my brother, who's wife's French 8 Did you ever moet the model who's married Jeff's cousin? 4 [don't like people which talk too loudly. 5 That's the car whose brakes are being repaired, 6 I know a little taverna at where you can get a wonderful meal. 7 Do you understand what he said? 8 I suppose that’s the house where we'll have to stay in. 9 Could we arrange a time when we'll both be feo? 10 T'm afraid I haven't sont exactly what he asked for. 11 That I can't stand is queuing in the rai 12 Have you any idea to whom I'll be speaking to? 13 Is that the school which you studied? 14 Hell show the new students which to do. 18 You'd better tell me the reason for he didn't turn up. 16 That's the old chap whom you met at the bus.stop last woek, isn't it? 17 That was the day whon I mislaid my passport. 18 What he told you is hopelessly inaccurate. User 13 B Explain the difference in ‘meaning between each pair of sentences, Defining relative clauses give us the necessary information to know which person or thing is referred to: * Ici the mark thathhich) be asked me to do. In this ype ofc pronoun can be omitted if it isthe object. ‘Which and that are often interchangeable. In defining clauses, however, thats commonly use instead of which after superlatives, every(thing), all, only, ‘some(thing), any(thing), notthing), none, litle, few and much * ttvas the strangest case that had ever come to Dr Martin’ notice. No disorder that he had read about had such bizare symotams Which is used 2a torefer to.a whole previous sentence, and needs a comma before it 50 there's no comma, That or which can be used, othe «Nicholas never offers to pay, which always annoys me. (NOT *what

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