Grade 8 Bilingual / Classical

Pointers to Review
*RELATIVE CLAUSES*REPORTED SPEECH* THE PAST PERFECT*
ENGLISH WRITING

RELATIVE CLAUSES
A relative clause is a phrase that adds information to a sentence. All
relative clauses describe a noun, and they begin with one of these
relative pronouns or relative adverbs.

Relative Pronouns
who (to describe people – subject)
The woman who works in the bank is my neighbor.
whom (to describe people – object)
My cousins, one of whom is a doctor, live in England.
whose (to describe possession)
The man whose car was stolen went to the police station.
that (to describe things – defining relative clauses)
I’m selling the computer that I bought in the U.S.
which (to describe things – non-defining relative clauses)
I’m selling this computer, which has a 250-GB hard drive, for $500
Relative Adverbs
when (to describe times)
My favorite season is fall, when all the leaves change color.
where (to describe places)
I visited the neighborhood where I grew up
why (to give a reason)
Do you know the reason why the stores are closed today?

Uranus was the first plane

t to be
discovered by scientists
using a
telescope. It was named
after
Ouranos, the Greek god of
the sky.