pannus ii ; relative clauses defining relative clauses Defining relative clauses give essential information about a person, place, thing, etc. + Use relative [person | thing place | who or that _ pronoun | example | She's the woman who | spoke to. + join the main clause and the relative clause. time Possession | whose + Itis possible to leave out the relative pronouns who, which and that when this word is not the subject of the relative clause. That's the man (who) | spoke to today. (The subject is |, not who, so we can leave out who.) That's the man who works with me. (The subject is the man, so we cannot leave out who.) | That was the day when everything changed. ~__ [That the man whose house burned down. non-defining relative clauses + Non-defining relative clauses give non-essential, extra information about a person, place, thing, etc. The sentence is grammatically correct without the non-defining relative clause. Richard, who I’ve known for ten years, is my best friend. Richard is my best friend. Use commas before and after the relative clause. Istanbul, where | was born, isa beautiful city. NOT istanbutwhere-Hwas boris a In non-defining relative clauses, we cannot leave out the relative pronoun. The film, which starred Brad Pitt, was great. NOT great: In non-defining relative clauses, we cannot use that instead of which or who. The teacher, who | met when | was six, became a good friend. NOT Fheteacher-that met wher twas1 A Underline the correct alternatives to complete the story. Intruder cleans up Last Thursday, Mike Bazantkis returned from Croatia, ‘which/where he'd been on holiday, to discover that his front door was unlocked and the windows open. Bazantkis, ‘whose/who lives alone, immediately searched the house for objects 2what/that might be missing. To his surprise, he found none. A Painting ‘which/who was worth over 5,000 pounds was untouched, and the intruder had also left televisions and computers ‘where/ that were worth thousands. In fact, the intruder, ‘whose/ who identity remains unknown, hadn't stolen anything and had cleaned the house. Bazantkis said, ‘I panicked. It was one of those moments ’which/when you think your world has ended. But then | saw that the ‘burglar’ hadn't taken anything, had tidied up, and left me some food in the fridge. It was almost as if my mother had broken in!’ Bazantkis reported the break-in to the police, ‘who/which said they were ‘completely baffled’ by the incident. ee B Join the sentences using relative clauses. Use the words in the box. Add Punctuation and omit words where necessary. which (x2)_when where who whose 1 Can you see that hospital? You were born there. That's the hospital So" 2 Do you know that woman? Her daughter is a famous dancer. That's the woman 3. The dress is black. It arrived today. The dress, black. 4 Agirl talked to me. She was from Ethiopia. The girl Ethiopia. 5 It was 2a.m. At that moment, the phone rang. It was 2a.m. 6 | worked as a waiter. | hated it. | worked as a waiter,