DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES:

 To give additional information about the subject or the object.

 To join two sentences with a relative pronoun.

Relative pronouns: who / which / that

Relative adverbs: where, when, whose, why, how, whom

People: who / that

Things: which / that

My house…
My house that is over there, is new.
Pedro is the guy who is wearing blue jeans.

This is the computer. The computer needs to be fixed.

This is the computer which needs to be fixed.

That is the book. I bought a book yesterday.

That is the book which I bought yesterday.

That is the car. My parents bought a car in $20,000.

That is car which / that my parents bought in $20,000.
That girl is my sister. She is standing by the door.
That girl, who is my sister, is standing by the door.
That girl who is standing by the door is my sister.

That is a building. I was born there.

That’s a building where I was born.

Roger has an intelligent daughter. His daughter studies at UPS.

Roger has an intelligent daughter who studies at UPS.
Roger, whose daughter is intelligent, studies at UPS.
Roger, whose daughter studies at UPS, is intelligent.

I bought a new cellphone. My cellphone doesn’t work anymore.

I bought a new cellphone which doesn’t work anymore.

These are my shoes. I was looking for them.

These are my shoes which/that I was looking for.

This is my jacket. I bought it in Guayaquil.

This is my jacket which I bought in Guayaquil.

Mike has an old pet. His pet is lost.

Mike has a pet which is lost.
Mike, whose pet is lost, is an old one.
Mike, whose pet is old, is lost.

I have a computer. Mike doesn’t give me back my computer.

I have a computer which Mike doesn’t give me back.